PARIS (AA) – French authorities announced Wednesday that Hassan Iquioussen, whose deportation to Morocco was greenlighted by the top court, has fled the country. Georges-Francois Leclerc, prefect of the Hauts-de-France region, told a press conference that Iquioussen is likely to have escaped to Belgium. Government spokesman Olivier Veran...
ANKARA (AA) – US President Joe Biden on Wednesday reiterated his country’s commitment to not allowing Iran to become a nuclear power. In a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Biden “underscored the U.S. commitment to never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon,” according to a readout by the White House....
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Saudi officers have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 47 million amphetamine pills into the country. Official sources describe it as the largest ever drug trafficking operation in the kingdom. Six Syrians and two Pakistanis were arrested in a raid after the pills, concealed in a flour shipment, arrived at a dry [&helli...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will visit flood-hit Pakistan on September 9, his spokesman has announced. “With the tragic situation facing millions of men, women and children impacted by historic floods in Pakistan, the Secretary-General will travel to the country next week for a solidarity visit,̶...
ANKARA (AA) – Baku has found more than 1,300 mines laid by Armenian troops in the Lachin region, which lies between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has said. During the last two weeks, a total of 1,318 mines have been detected in anti-personnel minefields, the ministry said in a statement. It added that [&h...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libyan authorities have announced that 15 bodies have been exhumed from two mass graves in the coastal city of Sirte. In a statement, the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons said the two graves were found in the garden of Ibn Sina Hospital upon a tip-off from the […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – China’s leadership has expressed solidarity with Pakistan and assured it of its support as the South Asian country was badly hit by a devastating flood. Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed solidarity and informed his Pakistani counterpart Arif Alvi of his country’s immediate response in a message. “China w...
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): The Taliban celebrated the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan on August 31 with victory chants and a military parade showcasing equipment left behind by foreign forces as they exit the war ravaged country after two decades of occupation. Despite new restrictions imposed by the Taliba...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – A Google employee who became a high-profile opponent of the tech giant’s $1 billion artificial intelligence and surveillance contract with the Israeli military announced her resignation Tuesday. Ariel Koren, a marketing manager with the company, cited what she said is its creation of a hostile work environment...
MOSCOW (AA) – A meeting of the commission to determine the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia, former Soviet republics, was held in Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The meeting followed an agreement reached last year by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister N...
