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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali security forces fighting al-Shabaab militants inside a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu ended the siege after nearly 30 hours of operations, a security official said on Sunday. Security forces eliminated al-Shabaab militants and ended the siege which had started on Friday evening in Hayat hot...
İSTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan have inked multiple deals worth over $12.5 billion in various fields. The deals were signed at a Saudi-Uzbek Business Council meeting which was held during Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s two-day visit to Saudi Arabia. The agreements aim to promote investments, and increase joint proj...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian Islamic Jihad group on Saturday condemned the launch of a police investigation in Germany against President Mahmoud Abbas over his comments that Israel had committed “50 Holocausts” against Palestinians. “The police move reflects a form of double standards, bias to the (Israeli) occupation and disregard ...
ANKARA (AA) – Nine EU countries on Friday expressed their concern over Thursday’s Israeli raids on the Palestinian NGOs. In a joint statement, foreign ministries of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden said: “A free and strong civil society is indispensable for promoting democratic values a...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – El Shafee Elsheikh, the ISIS man who was part of a group known as the “Beatles,” was sentenced on Friday by a US court to eight consecutive life terms in prison for torturing and murdering four American nationals. “With today’s verdict, we finally have a bit of justice,” Diane Foley, the [&he...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s Ennahda movement has said the country’s new constitution “lacks legitimacy”. “The 2022 constitution lacks legitimacy and represents an attempt to legitimize the coup against [Tunisia’s] revolution and dismantle its institutions and gains,” the moderate Islamist movement said in a statement. Ennahda s...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN has said it is in contact with Israeli authorities over the closure of seven Palestinian civil NGOs in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. “United Nations agencies working in the occupied Palestinian Territory said that they and their partners take seriously allegations of funding terrorism and the Israeli desig...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Relentless rains and subsequent floods killed another 33 people across Pakistan over the past two days, , officials and local media reported on Saturday. Hundreds of thousands of people have been directly affected by flooding caused by torrential downpours in all four provinces, the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, an...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – At least 79 people have been killed in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Sudan since June, said a local official on Saturday. Abdul-Jalil Abdul-Rahim, a spokesman of Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defense, said dozens of homes were damaged by the floods. “Most of Sudan’s 18 states have been [...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 10 people were killed and 15 others wounded after al-Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabaab attacked a popular hotel on Friday night in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a security official said on Saturday. A security official, asked not to be named due to security restrictions, told Anadolu Agency over phone t...
