AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid arrived in Amman on Tuesday for talks with Jordanian officials. Bin Rashid held talks with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi where they discussed bilateral cooperation and a host of issues, including developments in Palestine. “The meeting was an opportunity to discuss c...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Monday it had destroyed a tunnel dug by Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Military spokesperson Ella Waweya said the tunnel was dug from inside the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel. The tunnel did not cross through a security barrier erected by Israel on Gaza border, the […]
ANKARA (AA) – Iran said Monday the US administration had “verbally agreed” to two Iranian demands for reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement. “They need to adopt a realistic approach about guarantees,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told a press conference in the capital Tehran. “Regarding the two other remaining issues, they have...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council has said it does not have the authority to dissolve the country’s parliament. On Wednesday, Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the council, Iraq’s highest judicial authority, to dissolve the assembly amid a deep political crisis in the country. The council said in a statement that it had [&hell...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Hundreds of Sudanese rallied on Sunday in support of a political initiative backed by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan who led last year’s military coup, AFP correspondents said. The initiative, known as “The Call of Sudan’s People”, was launched last month by renowned Sufi religious leader Al-Ta...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Saturday called for ending Israeli “crimes” in the occupied territories. The call came after an Israeli court ordered the demolition of a Palestinian school in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. The school is in Area C in West Bank, which is under Israel’s full […...
ANKARA (AA) – A Turkish military delegation will visit the US on Monday for talks on the sale of F-16 jets to Türkiye. Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar previously announced that a team would hold the third round of bilateral technical talks following up on US President Joe Biden’s pledge to deliver F-16 fighter […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Egyptian Parliament on Saturday agreed to a Cabinet reshuffle that involved 13 ministers. The move came one day after General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi called the assembly to convene in an extraordinary session to approve the changes. The reshuffle included the ministers of tourism, higher education, trade and industry, water an...
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (AA) – Thousands of pro-democracy protesters in Sudan marched Thursday in Khartoum and other cities against the ruling military. The protesters, who took to the streets after a short break at the beginning of August, chanted against the army and demanded that military generals step down from power. “We want full civilian ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA) – Main Iraqi Shia rival blocs urged their respective supporters on Thursday to demonstrate on Friday in different parts of the country. A committee of the Iran-aligned Coordination Framework, headed by former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, encouraged supporters to rally near the walls of Baghdad’s fortified Gree...
