HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – Hadi Matar, the man accused of stabbing award-winning author Salman Rushdie in the US state of New York, pleaded not guilty Thursday to multiple offenses. Matar, 24, was indicted by a grand jury on second-degree attempted murder and assault. The judge in the case ordered him held without bail. If convicted, [&hellip...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has voiced concern about Israel’s closure of several Palestinian non-governmental organizations in the occupied West Bank. “We are concerned about the Israeli security forces’ closure of the six offices of the Palestinian NGOs in and around Ramallah today,” State Department spokesman Ned P...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo and discussed global food security. “Vladimir Putin, in particular, informed about the efforts being made by Russia together with Türkiye and the UN Secretariat to stabilize the situation on the world grain and fertilizer...
RIYADH (AA) – Prominent Iraqi cleric Ammar al-Hakim arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening. The Hikma Movement leader was received at the Jeddah airport by Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed bin Abdul Karim Al-Khuraiji. Al-Hakim’s visit came after his participation in a national dialogue between the presidencies in Iraq and...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union has hailed the recent restoration of full diplomatic ties between Turkiye and Israel. “I welcome the announcement between Turkiye and Israel to restore full diplomatic ties,” EU commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Oliver Varhelyi said on Twitter. The remarks came after Türkiye and Israel announced o...
AMMAN (AA) – A number of Jordanian journalists held a vigil in commemoration of the 100th day since Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot dead by an Israeli sniper in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The protest took place in front of the office of the Al-Jazeera news network in central Amman on […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The UN mission in Afghanistan has deplored the killing of over 20 people in an attack on a mosque in the capital Kabul. In a statement, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said scores of civilians were killed and injured in Wednesday’s attack. “We deplore yesterday’s attack in a Kabul […]...
BAGHDAD (AA) – The movement led by Muqtada al Sadr in Iraq has rejected the results of a national dialogue meeting. The movement led by cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr refused to participate in the talks that were called by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. The session was attended by UN envoy to Iraq Jeanine Plasschaert to find […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA/AFP) – The Israeli army has stormed and ordered the closure of seven Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the occupied West Bank’s Ramallah and Al-Bireh cities. The NGOs that were raided are Addameer for Prisoner Care and Human Rights, Al-Haq Center, Bisan Center for Research and Development,...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The death toll from Wednesday’s explosion in a Kabul mosque rose to 21, an Afghan official said on Thursday. In a statement, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said that 21 people were killed and 33 others wounded in the explosion. “The bomb explosion occurred at the Abu Bakr al Sadiq Mosque when […]
