TEHRAN (AA) – Iran has dismissed as “baseless” and “politically motivated” charges pressed against an Iranian citizen by the US government for the alleged assassination plot against former US National Security Advisor John Bolton. In a statement on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani called it th...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Three Indian soldiers and two freedom fighters were killed in a gunfight in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Two more soldiers were injured in the early morning shootout in the Rajouri district, according to the Indian military. The army’s 16 Corps said on Twitter that two freedom fighters [&hel...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – A court in Tunisia on Wednesday halted the implementation of Tunisian President Kais Saied’s decision to sack judges. Speaking to a local radio, the Administrative Court’s spokesman, Imad Al-Ghabri, said the court had reviewed all the appeals against the president’s June decision and decided to halt its ...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The vice president of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council expressed hope Wednesday that the country’s political entities will agree on finalizing the institutions of the transitional period and form a civilian government. “We hope that the country’s political entities will reach a national consensus lead...
ANKARA (AA) – Firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr on Wednesday called the Iraqi judiciary to dissolve Parliament by the end of the next week. Al-Sadr ruled out in a tweet that the Parliament will convene to dissolve itself citing that it has “blocs that adhere to the quota (system) and are involved in corruption and […]
LONDON (AA) – The UK leadership candidates must address Islamophobia within the Conservative Party, according to the head of the country’s largest and most diverse Muslim umbrella organization. Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Nusrat Ghani recently said that the party is institutionally Islamophobic and her “Muslimness&...
Doha, Qatar (AFP): Chad’s military government has signed a deal with more than 40 opposition groups to launch national peace talks later this month, although the main rebel outfit refused to take part. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the African Union have urged the junta and opposition to seize the latest opportunity to stabil...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina marked on Monday the 97th birth anniversary of Alija Izetbegovic, the country’s first president and a pivotal figure in the troubled history of the Balkans. Izetbegovic — a politician, writer, and lawyer — who came to international prominence during the country’s bitt...
Senate Republicans on Sunday successfully stripped a proposed $35 per month cap on out-of-pocket spending on insulin for patients enrolled in private insurance from the tax and climate bill making its way through the Senate. The Senate parliamentarian had earlier ruled that the provision, sponsored by Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock...
The U.S. Senate on Sunday barely passed a $430 billion bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices, and raise some corporate taxes. The 51-50 party-line vote needed Vice President Kamala Harris to cast the tie-breaking ballot. Thanks to Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), there was a huge, last-minute win for the private equity and hed...
