Netanyahu rejects 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire
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BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halbousi on Sunday called for setting a date for early elections amid tension over failure to form a new government. The call came one day after Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi urged the country’s political parties to hold a new round of national dialogue on Monday to resolve Iraq’s [&hell...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Lawmakers affiliated with Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Sunday filed a lawsuit challenging the acceptance of their resignation from Parliament. In June, 73 MPs from the Sadrist movement resigned amid a parliamentary standoff over the formation of a new government in Iraq. Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halbousi later issued a ...
Four militants were killed after an ambush in the southern Iraqi city of Basra sparked clashes between rival Shiite factions, a security source said Thursday, days after deadly clashes in the capital. Two members of Saraya al-Salam — an armed faction linked to powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr — were killed when their vehicle cam...
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (AFP): Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has said he plans to call a snap presidential election this autumn and will reduce the presidency to one seven-year term from the current two five-year terms. In an address to the Central Asian country’s parliament, Tokayev also proposed holding snap parliam...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday for talks with Palestinian officials. The envoy crossed into Gaza from Israel through the Erez terminal, a local security source said. No information was provided about the meetings the UN envoy ...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – A prominent Yemeni judge was killed on Thursday, one day after being kidnapped in the rebel-held capital Sanaa. Muhammad Hamran, a member of the Supreme Court, Yemen’s highest judicial authority, was abducted by unidentified gunmen outside his house in Sanaa on Wednesday. Local media later said the judge was killed. In [&he...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – An activist from Bangladesh’s main opposition political party was killed and nearly 100 others were injured during a clash with police on Thursday in the country’s central industrial area of Narayanganj, according to local and official sources. The clash reportedly broke out when activists from the Banglade...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan has received $1.16 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under its bailout package, the country’s central bank confirmed. “This will help improve SBP’s (State Bank of Pakistan) foreign exchange reserves and will also facilitate the realization of other planned inflows from multilateral and bilateral...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A court in Pakistan on Thursday granted pre-arrest bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a terrorism case. Khan appeared before the anti-terrorism court in the capital Islamabad that granted him interim bail in four new provisions added by the local police in a case registered against him last month. According […]...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The United Nations has called for elections to break the current impasse in Libya following clashes between two rival militias in the capital Tripoli which claimed dozens of lives. ”The ongoing stalemate and continued delays in implementing the electoral process pose a growing threat to security in and around ...
