MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has announced his Cabinet members after lengthy discussions. He announced this at a news conference held in the capital Mogadishu. He appointed Mukhtar Robow Ali Abu Mansur — a former al-Shabaab deputy leader who had defected from the group and renounced violence R...
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AA) – All barricades that were erected by Serbs living in Kosovo’s northern region bordering Serbia have been removed, Kosovo’s interior minister has said. Barricades on the roads were removed and the Jarinje and Brnjak border crossings are open for citizens, Xhelal Svecla announced. Masked groups wielding guns &#...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s election authority on Tuesday ruled that former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party received prohibited funding, and issued it a show-cause notice. The unanimous verdict, announced by a three-member bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan, declared that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...
Dakar, Senegal – (AFP): President Macky Sall’s ruling coalition claimed victory in Senegal’s legislative elections but the opposition rejected the assertion as a “prefabricated majority.” “We won 30 departments” out of the 46 in the west African country and overseas constituencies, Aminata Toure, head ...
Baghdad, Iraq – (AFP): Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad Monday in counter-protests as rival supporters of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr extended their occupation of parliament into a third day. Almost 10 months after Iraqis went to the polls, a political standoff pits two key factions of the Shiite political scene, ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s High Council of State on Monday re-elected Khaled Al-Mishri as its head for a fifth term. Al-Mishri obtained 65 votes out of 118, while his rival, Al-Ajili Abu Sedil, came second with 50 votes in a second round of voting, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. Three council members abstained […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Supporters of Iraqi groups close to Iran staged demonstrations in the capital Baghdad on Monday and attempted to storm the fortified Green Zone. Supporters of the Coordination Framework bypassed three military checkpoints and rallied at the gate of the Green Zone, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter at the scene. Secur...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – A fighter plane believed to belong to the Ethiopian military on Saturday carried out an airstrike in a Somali border region reportedly controlled by al-Shabaab, local media reported. The airstrikes took place in the southwestern town of Garaswayne, located on the outskirts of Hudur, capital of the Bakol region. ...
ANKARA (AA) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on Iraqi parties to avoid violence amid tension over the nomination of a new prime minister. In a statement, his spokesperson Farhan Haq said the UN chief is “following with concern” the ongoing protests in Iraq that have left many people injured...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has denied reports about taking discriminatory measures against Syrian refugees in the country. In a statement, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said Lebanon has not taken any measures or decisions that would distinguish between the displaced Syrians and Lebanese citizens. The ministry said the global food cri...
