WASHINGTON (AA) – The US maintained on Wednesday that it would not allow the Taliban to access Afghanistan’s $3.5 billion in Central Bank reserves without major reforms, even as it opened the funds for disbursement to alleviate economic strain on the war-torn country. Washington announced earlier in the day the formation of an inte...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday confirmed a cross-border exchange of fire with Pakistani forces, causing casualties on both sides. Pakistani forces wanted to establish a military post near the border district of Dand Wa Patan in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktia province, Taliban spokesman Bilal Karimi said on ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The death toll from devastating floods across Pakistan jumped to 1,481, with 54 fresh casualties, including 18 children, in the past 24 hours, official statistics showed on Wednesday. Of the fresh fatalities, 44 were reported from the southern Sindh province, whereas eight people lost their lives in flood-related mishaps in so...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell discussed renewed fighting on the Armenia and Azerbaijan border with the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers on Tuesday. Borrell said he had an in-depth discussion about the situation in a telephone call with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. He said on Twitter that...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli court has ordered the conditional release of detained Palestinian journalist Lama Ghosheh. In a statement, Ghosheh’s lawyer Nasser Odeh said that the Israeli District Court released the Palestinian journalist on condition that she does not write on social media and remain under house arrest until her cou...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Union has said that it supports the rights of Syrians to return to their homeland but conditions for that have not been met. “What is required first is to create conditions for safe, voluntary and dignified return of refugees and the internally displaced, in accordance with international law and the [&hel...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to de-escalate tensions amid recent fighting which claimed lives on both sides. “The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about reports of renewed fighting along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border,” his spokesman Stephane Dujarric ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday staged a protest to demand their rights to the natural gas off the coast of Gaza and to establish a waterway to link Gaza with the world via the Mediterranean Sea. At the invitation of Palestinian groups in Gaza, Palestinians held an event in the […]
PARIS (AA) – Two international non-governmental organizations have filed a legal complaint with the judiciary to investigate the French state’s role in crimes against humanity in a covert military operation in Egypt. Based on its 2021 investigation into what was dubbed “Operation Sirli” in Egypt, US-based NGOs Egyptians Abroad for ...
NICE, France (AA) – A retired French police officer accused of assaulting two high school girls wearing headscarves will appear in court to face charges. Footage of the attack, which occurred early this year in France’s southern city of Montpellier, was circulated widely on social media during the recent presidential election. The trial ...
