KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved the release of a long-stalled $1.17 billion tranche of its bailout package for cash-strapped Pakistan. The development came after Islamabad agreed to fulfill some key IMF demands, including withdrawal of subsidies on electricity and petroleum, despite public outc...
BAGHDAD (AA) – The US and the UN have urged rival groups in Iraq to pursue dialogue to resolve differences amid protests by supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. “The United States is concerned about escalating tensions and urges all parties to remain peaceful and refrain from acts that could lead to a cycle of […]
ANKARA (AA) – Amid deadly unrest in Iraq, influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Monday that he was staging a hunger strike until the violence came to an end, according to the official INA news agency. Al-Sadr “has announced a hunger strike, until the violence and the use of weapons stop,” INA said, citing a [&hellip...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Rising floodwaters washed away the village of farmer Altaf Hussain near Ranipur town of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province in a few hours. Like hundreds of thousands of other displaced Pakistanis, Hussain from village Dur Mohammad Langrija Goth is currently lodged at a government school-turned-shelter camp ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – An international advocacy group in its latest report has accused the Indian authorities of using “draconian laws” against journalists and human rights defenders to silence their voices in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The report, titled “India Silencing Journalism & Human Rights in Kashmir”, ha...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Military Prosecutor’s Office of Libya’s Defense Ministry has issued an arrest warrant for Tobruk parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha following clashes in the capital Tripoli. The prosecutor’s office made a written request to the police, intelligence services and all security services in the ...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – At least 10 Yemeni soldiers were killed in a rebel attack in the central Taiz province, according to authorities on Monday. A Foreign Ministry statement said Houthi rebels mounted a deadly attack late Sunday in al-Dhabab district, west of Taiz city. The ministry said seven other soldiers were injured in the […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Ten protesters were killed on Monday after supporters of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed the Republican Palace, the seat of the Iraqi government in Baghdad, according to local media. More than 150 protesters were also injured in the unrest, the local Baghdad Today website said citing a security source. Following ...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Japan will cooperate closely with African countries to promote “more resilient” economies, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the final session of an investment conference in Tunisia on Sunday. He also promised Japan would use its place on the United Nations Security Council next year to push for a permanent Af...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia has said it thwarted seven irregular immigration attempts north of the country on Sunday. In a statement, the Interior Ministry’s Maritime Guard said 85 people had been arrested and six boats seized before setting out to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. Tunisian authorities said that 1,509 irregular immigration ...
