DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is set to visit Qatar this week, a high-level source has informed. “He will meet during his two-day visit with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani for talks on bilateral ties and a number of regional and international issues,” the unnamed source said. The visit […]...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Germany and France, with the support of the US and Türkiye, want a quick solution to the Kosovo issue, Serbia’s president has said. “The great Western powers and Turkiye want to solve these problems because there is a war in Europe,” Aleksandar Vucic said in an address to the nation after […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has accused Israel of seeking to destroy the Palestinian Authority. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, Shtayyeh said Israel continues its efforts “to destroy the Palestinian Authority and undermine its institutions.” “Israel tells the world that it wants to s...
LONDON (AA) – The head of Britain’s largest Muslim umbrella organization has issued a statement offering condolences to King Charles III over the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and called him a “friend” of British Muslim communities. Zara Mohammed, the secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said that in times of grief, Muslims say [...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh has again warned Myanmar against firing inside Bangladesh’s territory amid the ongoing month-long heavy gunfight inside Myanmar. On September 9, a bullet from an AK-47 rifle fell 229 meters inside Bangladesh across the Tambru border in the country’s southeastern district of Bandarban, according to official s...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan has called for rallying efforts to increase aid to refugees in the Middle East region. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi met in Amman with High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, to discuss efforts to provide needed aid to refugees. Al-Safadi underlined the need to secure support for c...
ABU DHABI, UAE (AA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that its tourism revenues hit 19 billion dirhams ($5.1 billion) in the first half of 2022. UAE Vice-President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum said on Twitter that hotel guests rose to 12 million, marking a 42% increase. Sheikh Mohammed, who is also UAE […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has termed his country’s campaign against signing a deal with Iran over its nuclear program “successful.” “Israel is conducting a successful diplomatic campaign to stop the nuclear agreement,” Lapid tweeted. However, he said that there still was “a lon...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – A top Iranian military commander says Iran has developed a long-range drone that is designed specifically to target the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari, the commander of the Iranian army’s ground forces, made the remarks in a program broadcast on state TV, amid heightened tensions [&h...
NEW DELHI (AA) – An Indian court on Monday admitted for hearing a petition by a group of Hindus to allow them to pray inside a historic 17th-century Gyanvapi Mosque in the ancient city of Varanasi. Gyanvapi Mosque, adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple, has been at the center of an ongoing legal battle in […]
