BEIRUT (AA) – A bomb exploded on Thursday inside the house of Lebanese Minister of Public Work and Transport Ali Hamieh, who is affiliated with the Hezbollah group. The official Lebanese news agency stated: “A bomb tied to electrical wires exploded in the garden of Minister Hamieh’s house in his hometown of Taria in Baalbek [...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The US has approved a potential deal to provide F-16 equipment to Pakistan to strengthen its forces in the ongoing counterterrorism efforts. In a statement, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency said it has delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale. “The State Department has made ...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani held talks on Wednesday with EU Council President Charles Michel to discuss energy cooperation. Discussions between the two sides dwelt on ways of developing bilateral cooperation in the energy field as well as regional and international developments, the state news ag...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The death toll from devastating floods across Pakistan has jumped to 1,355, with 12 fresh casualties reported in the past 24 hours, official statistics showed on Wednesday. Of the fresh fatalities, six were reported from Sindh, whereas three people lost their lives in flood-related mishaps in Balochistan and two in Khy...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday said Israel had details about Syrian nuclear activities five years before striking an alleged atomic reactor in Syria. “We knew there were some activities that may have been involved with possible atomic energy, but we didn’t know anything more than that in 2002. It [&hell...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libyan authorities on Wednesday exhumed six bodies from a mass grave in the city of Tarhuna, south of the capital Tripoli. In a statement, the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons said the corpses were found in a landfill site in the city. According to the statement, forensic […]
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye has “completely rejected” the “baseless” claims made in Tuesday’s Arab League foreign ministers meeting. The decisions once again targeted Türkiye, and were taken under the influence of some “narrow-minded and short-term interests,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a sta...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has criticised Albania’s decision to sever diplomatic relations with Tehran as “ill-considered” and “short-sighted”, denying involvement in a July cyberattack targeting the European country. In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani termed the Albanian government’s move as “short-sighted in intern...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – At least nine people, including two soldiers, were killed Wednesday in separate terror attacks in Burkina Faso, according to media reports. Unidentified gunmen raided Tassiri village in the north of the country, killing seven civilians, said reports. In another terror attack that killed two soldiers, a roadside mine...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has called on the international community to play its “constructive role” for peace in Afghanistan, after at least six people, including two Russian Embassy workers, were killed in an explosion in Kabul. “China strongly condemns the terrorist attacks on diplomatic organizations and personnel,” Mao Ning, Chinese Foreign Mi...
