Netanyahu rejects 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – A bomb exploded outside a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, when worshippers were going out of the premises after offering weekly Friday prayers, killing and injuring several people. An explosion occurred on the main road near the Wazir Akbar Khan Mosque after Friday prayers, according to Kabul polic...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has said that a two-state solution is the “right thing” for Israel’s security, provided that Palestinians lay down their arms. He made the remarks in a speech before the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday. “An agreement wit...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The US has announced additional humanitarian assistance of more than $170 million for Rohingya inside and outside Myanmar as well as for host communities in Bangladesh. With the new funding, total US assistance in response to the Rohingya refugee crisis has reached nearly $1.9 billion since August 2017, US Secret...
ALGERIA (AA) – Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune has invited his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev to be the guest of honor at the Arab League summit in November. Tebboune invited Aliyev, whose country holds the presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement, to attend the summit in the capital Algiers, according to a statement Thursday ...
BEIRUT (AA) – Syrian regime authorities said Thursday that 15 bodies were found off the coast of Tartus after a boat carrying irregular migrants sank that set off from Lebanon. The Director General of Ports, Samer Kobarli, said: “15 bodies and 8 survivors were found,” and that searches will continue at the site, according to ...
ANKARA (AA) – The international community is losing interest in improving the conditions of living for Rohingya, the Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday, urging the international community to do more for the minority Muslims forced to flee Myanmar five years ago. “Rohingya Muslims have been deprived of their fundamental right...
Basti Ahmad Dīn, Pakistan – AFP The 400 residents of Basti Ahmad Din, a tiny Pakistani village left surrounded by floodwater after torrential monsoon rains, are facing starvation and disease. However, they have refused pleas to evacuate. Leaving for a relief camp would mean the women of the village would mingle with men outside their [&h...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union has deplored the sentencing of Crimean Tatar leaders, and called for their release. “The European Union condemns the so-called ‘sentence’, issued yesterday in the illegally annexed Crimea by illegitimate Russian authorities, against First Deputy Head of the Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People Nariman Dzhelia...
IGDIR, Türkiye (AA) – A total of 483 Afghan migrants who had entered Türkiye illegally have been deported by Turkiye. As part of the work carried out according to the Irregular Migration Strategy Document and the National Action Plan, migrants who do not have valid documents to reside legally in Türkiye are being sent to […]
Nablus, Palestinian Territories – (AFP): Gun battles in central Nablus, with young Palestinians fighting police and setting blazes that shut the city down, signal growing chaos in the northern West Bank that could spiral out of control. The city centre’s transformation into a combat zone happened with little overt warning. Early on...
