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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has had a meeting with Iraqi Shiite cleric Ammar al-Hakim to discuss the lingering political crisis in Iraq. The meeting came after the leader of Iraq’s Hikma Movement, a political coalition, arrived in the Kingdom on an unannounced visit. During the meeting, Saudi-...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Calls are growing in Iran for the release of a pilgrim from the country arrested in Saudi Arabia during the Hajj pilgrimage in July, with the nation’s Foreign Ministry seeking mediation from other countries in the region. The Iranian national, identified in some local media outlets as Khalil Dardmand, was allege...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – Four Palestinians were injured by Israeli army gunfire during clashes in the occupied West Bank on Friday. Israeli forces used rubber-coated bullets and tear gas canisters to disperse a Palestinian protest against settlement building in the town of Kafr Qaddum in the northern West Bank. The four injured protester...
Putrajaya, Malaysia – (AFP): Prosecutors have urged Malaysia’s highest court to uphold former prime minister Najib Razak’s 12-year jail sentence for corruption as they wrapped up their case, saying his “dishonesty has been established”. On the second day of hearings at the Federal Court, the prosecutors pressed on...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories – (AFP): An unarmed Palestinian man returning from morning prayer was killed by Israeli forces during a raid in the north of the occupied West Bank. Salah Sawafta, 58, “died of critical wounds, sustained by live bullets from the occupation (Israeli military) in the head, in Tubas this morning,̶...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan on Friday rejected the Indian government’s attempt to allow outsiders to vote in the upcoming election in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, urging the international community to take prompt notice of Delhi’s “demographic changes.” Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement in which i...
ANKARA (AA/AFP) – The death toll from a missile strike in Syria’s northwestern town of al-Bab on Friday has climbed to 14, according to reports from the ground. Children are among the fatalities in the strike, which targeted a part of the town with heavy civilian presence. At least 37 more people have been injured. […]
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP): In the capital of crisis-torn Iraq, two tent cities have sprung up as rival Shiite blocs have set up protest camps, complete with cooked meals and air-conditioners against the blistering heat. As the war-scarred country’s political impasse has dragged on ever since inconclusive October elections, both sides are diggi...
Nablus, Palestinian Territories (AFP): A Palestinian shot by Israeli troops near a flashpoint holy site in the occupied West Bank died of his wounds on Thursday, Palestinian officials said. A hospital official in Nablus in the northern West Bank said the 20-year-old was shot overnight. He was identified as Waseem Abu Khalifa, who died from [&h...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN has warned of increasing violence at the al-Hol refugee camp in eastern Syria, home to families of suspected ISIS members. The warning came after a four-day visit by the UN resident coordinator and humanitarian coordinator in Syria to the northeastern al-Hasakeh and ar-Raqqa governorates. ”This year alo...
