ISLAMABAD (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) has rejected the issuance of fake domicile certificates to non-Kashmiris granting them voting rights by the Indian government in the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir. A joint statement after a meeting of the foreign ministers of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir said [&h...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Qatar on Thursday began disbursing financial aid to thousands of Palestinian families in Gaza, which has been under a crippling Israeli blockade since 2007. People started gathering at various distribution points early in the morning to receive a grant of $100 per family for the month of September. Some 100,000 [&he...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday welcomed the comment of his British counterpart Liz Truss about considering the possibility of moving the UK embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Lapid thanked Truss on his Twitter account, saying he “will continue to strengthen the partnership between the two countries....
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – A US airstrike in central Somalia killed 27 al-Shabaab members, the American military said on Wednesday. The airstrike was conducted on Sept. 18 “at the request of the Federal Government of Somalia … against al-Shabaab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde,” the US African Command s...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least 45 people have been abducted by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria’s Kaduna state according to official sources. Speaking to reporters, the president of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, Awemi Maisamari, said armed men on motorcycles stormed a church in the Kajuru local government area of Kaduna. In the attack...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The death toll and property damages from floods in Pakistan keep steeply rising as 10 more people died and the total number of houses damaged across the country crossed two million, according to official sources. At least 10 deaths and over 50,000 house damages were reported in the past 24 hours, bringing […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – France has assured Pakistan of help in the revival of its economy and reconstruction in the wake of devastating floods and announced holding an international financial and development conference this year. In a joint statement issued after a meeting between Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and French President Emmanuel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has offered his nation’s experience in peacebuilding in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao to the UN Security Council. “My country’s experiences in building peace and forging new paths of cooperation can enrich the work of the Security Council,” said Marcos, addressing ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police have said that they have found the body of a Palestinian accused of killing an elderly woman. Police said Musa Sarsour, 28, from the West Bank city of Qalqilya, was suspected of killing an 84-year-old woman in the city of Holon. A police statement said Sarsour’s body was found in […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces have demolished two Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank. Hasan Melihat, head of Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, said Israeli forces stormed the Ein Samia Bedouin community, east of Ramallah city, and demolished two shack homes citing ‘lack of building permits....