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KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The US government has signed an agreement to repatriate $23 million laundered by Nigeria’s former military ruler Gen. Sani Abacha, Justice Minister Abubakar Malami said on Wednesday. Nigeria has in the past recovered several other tranches of the loot, which are proceeds believed to have been diverted from publ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has detained 14 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces raided the Jenin refugee camp and arrested three Palestinians after searching their homes, according to local residents. The raid led to protests during which Israeli forces used live fire, rubber-coated bullets and tear gas ca...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif discussed bilateral relations in here on Wednesday. They also discussed efforts to combat terrorist, the emir’s office, Amiri Diwan, said in a statement. Sheikh Tamim underlined “the importance of building and developing bro...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union on Wednesday called for the investigation of crimes committed against the Rohingya and urged for their safe return to Myanmar. In a joint statement marking five years since more than 750,000 minority Rohingya women, men, and children fled Myanmar for neighboring Bangladesh, EU foreign policy chief Josep...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan government has sought the international community’s help to cope with the destruction caused by floods in the country. The magnitude of the abnormal rains and flooding has prompted cash-strapped Pakistan to launch a global appeal to raise funds to meet the needs of the growing number of affected people. ...
ANKARA (AA) – The US military announced early Wednesday that it carried out airstrikes against Iran-affiliated groups in eastern Syria. “At President (Joe) Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces conducted precision airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor, Syria today. These precision strikes are intended to defend and protect U.S. forces from attacks...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan will provide its troops for the security of the FIFA World Cup scheduled to be held in November in Qatar. The Federal Cabinet had approved the draft of an agreement between Pakistan and Qatar for the provision of troops for the mega event ahead of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia has said it remains committed by the Arab boycott of Israel. Last week, activists circulated media reports on social media about trade exchange between Tunis and Tel Aviv. The Tunisian Ministry of Trade has dismissed the reports. “Tunisia is committed by the rules and principles of the Arab boycott within [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – There will be no meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad at an upcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in September, Türkiye’s foreign minister has confirmed. Mevlut Cavusoglu has ruled out a meeting between Erdogan and Assad at the summit slated ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Iran has dropped its demand that the US remove its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from its terror blacklist as part of ongoing talks to return both countries to the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, the State Department has said. President Joe Biden has opposed lifting the IRGC’s blacklisting as part of any […]...
