JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli government officials failed to arrange an “urgent” phone call between Prime Minister Yair Lapid and US President Joe Biden, an Israeli TV reported. When asked by Israeli officials for the phone call, the White House replied that Biden was unavailable as he was on “vacation,” according to Channel 13. The channel [...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian inmates in Israel started a sit-in against the prison authorities, a non-profit group said on Thursday. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said all of the inmates left their cells and gathered in the prison yards. It added that the move is part of their “escalating program”...
ANKARA (AA) – A Russian missile attack on a train station in eastern Ukraine killed at least 25 people, local media reported on Thursday. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Office of the President, said that the attack targeted the Chaplyne railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to Ukraine’s state news agency Ukrinfor...
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...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq’s top judicial body has suspended its activities following a sit-in staged by supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr. In a statement, the Supreme Judicial Council said it decided to suspend all judicial activities after al-Sadr’s supporters staged a sit-in outside the gates of the body’s Baghdad headquarters to demand the diss...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The EU foreign policy chief on Tuesday said that a nuclear deal with Iran could be reached as early as this week. Earlier this month, the EU sent “a final text” to revive the 2015 deal, which would see Iran scale back its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. “. […]
NEW DELHI (AA) – India on Tuesday said that it had sacked three Air Force officers for the accidental firing of a Brahmos missile into Pakistan in March. The country’s Defense Ministry in March said that it was conducting a “high-level inquiry” and reviewing standard operating procedures after a missile was launched into arch-rival Pakis...
Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP): Pakistan opposition leaders warned Monday that authorities would cross a “red line” if they arrested former prime minister Imran Khan after he was reported under the anti-terrorism act for comments he made about the judiciary. Since being ousted by a vote of no confidence in April, Khan has held mass rall...
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 […]
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that Iran’s response to the proposal to revive the 2015 nuclear deal was “reasonable.” Earlier this month, the EU submitted the “final text” for the deal aimed at lifting sanctions on Iran funds and oil exports in exchange for the country […]...
