JERUSALEM (AA) – Palestinian schools in occupied East Jerusalem went on strike on Monday to protest Israeli attempts to impose textbooks that attempt to wipe out Palestinian national identity. The one-day strike was staged in response to a call by a coalition of national and Islamic factions in the city. “We reject Israel’s attempt...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Ennahda deputy leader Ali Laarayedh has condemned terrorism accusations by the government against the opposition as an attempt to “distract” attention away from economic woes. Tunisian judicial authorities summoned Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi and Laarayedh for questioning on Monday regarding accusations of sending Tu...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police has detained Sheikh Omar al Kiswani- the director of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, according to eyewitnesses. Israeli forces raided the home of al-Kiswani in al-Tur neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Monday and took him into custody, as testified by several witnesses. No reason has been provided for his [...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – Hundreds of people took to the streets of Niger capital Niamey on Sunday to protest against the presence of French troops in the country. During the protest, which was organized by civil society organizations operating under the umbrella of the M62 movement, they marched from Toumo Square to the National Assembly. [&helli...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The death toll from floods in Pakistan has risen to 1,545 as 37 more people, including 18 children, died in flood-related incidents in the last three days, official statistics showed on Monday. A total of 678 people have died in Sindh since June 14, 306 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and 299 in Balochistan, […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The interim Afghan government and the US have swapped prisoners under the Doha Agreement, an official announced on Monday. The last Afghan prisoner at Guantanamo prison, Haji Bashar Noorzai, was handed over to acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at Kabul airport, said Hafiz Zia Ahmad, deputy spokesman for the Foreign Min...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A Pakistan court on Monday quashed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan for “threatening” a judge and police officials. A two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah ordered the police to remove the terrorism charges against Khan. In his speech during a ...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AA) – The death toll from recent border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan rose to 59, Kyrgyzstan’s Health Ministry said on Monday. In a statement it said another 13 bodies were brought to medical facilities in Kyrgyzstan’s Batken region, where fighting at a disputed section of the border started on Wedn...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AA) – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a decree, officially changing the name of the capital Nur Sultan to Astana. According to the statement made by the Presidency of Kazakhstan, Tokayev approved the law envisaging amendments to some articles of the Constitution. Also, the presidential mandate was in...
ANKARA (AA) – Greece has engaged in what is being considered a “hostile act” against NATO ally Türkiye during a NATO mission over the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean seas. On the August 23 “harassment” (radar locking) by a Russian-made S-300 air defense system stationed on the Greek island of Crete, expert and diplomat...
