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JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has said Israel opposes a return to the nuclear deal with Iran. Lapid spoke over the phone with French President Emmanuel Macron during which he said Israel would not be obligated by the deal, according to a statement issued by his office. The Israeli premier claimed that […]
Karbala, Iraq (AFP): The bodies of two pilgrims were pulled from an Iraqi shrine Monday, two days after its partial collapse in a landslide, taking the overall toll to seven dead, rescuers said. Emergency workers were trying to remove the rubble and debris from the shrine known as Qattarat al-Imam Ali near the Shiite holy […]
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN Security Council remains divided over whether to extend travel exemptions for 13 Taliban officials who are among Afghanistan’s de facto rulers for participation in peace talks. The exemptions for the Taliban officials expired last Friday. Citing the Taliban’s failure to uphold women’s rights...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (AFP): The families of Sierra Leoneans who died in protests against the spiraling cost of living arrived at a morgue in the capital Freetown on Monday to identify their loved ones. A small crowd gathered outside the Connaught Hospital, where officials said the remains of 31 people were waiting to be identified. […...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU foreign policy chief has called the recent crackdown by Israeli forces on six Palestinian NGOs “unacceptable.” “The EU is deeply concerned by the raids on six Palestinian civil society organizations that took place in the morning of 18 August and the measures that followed them including arrests and interrogations ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians held by Israel on Monday refused security checks as part of a protest against abuses, according to a local NGO. “Over 4,500 detainees in all Israeli jails began their first step to protest prison laws,” the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement. The detainees accuse Israeli prison authorities ...
ANKARA (AA) – Greece can be the energy gateway between Europe and Qatar, one of the world’s largest LNG suppliers, said the country’s prime minister on Monday. Greece, both through the Revythoussa LNG terminal, located west of the capital Athens, and northern port city of Alexandroupolis, can be a bridge between Qatar and Europe, Kyriako...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces on Monday demolished nine Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. Israeli bulldozers razed eight houses under construction in the town of Al-Daouk near Jericho and a house in the town of Farasin near Jenin, the witnesses said. Israeli forces cited lack of building permits f...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran on Monday said “good progress” had been made in talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement with the West. “So far, we had good progress,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani told reporters in Tehran. “But negotiations are a totality and there should be agreement on all issues. As long […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday reiterated opposition to a likely nuclear deal between the West and Iran. Israel is opposed to the proposed deal and will “work to bring it down,” Gantz said in statements cited by public broadcaster KAN. He said the deal is bad in terms of “enrichment […]
