KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan said Saturday that 31 people were killed in tribal clashes in the Blue Nile state near the border with Ethiopia. The clashes between Hausa and Birta tribes erupted in the town of Damazin on Friday and spread to other areas in the state on Saturday. The violence was triggered by […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The defeated coup of July 15, 2016 in Türkiye was “an attack on democracy, and an attack on a NATO ally,” a former US ambassador in Türkiye and Iraq said on Friday, calling the perpetrator of the putsch a “terrorist organization.” Speaking at the Turkish Embassy in Washington DC as it marked [&he...
Baghdad, Iraq – (AFP) Hundreds of thousands of worshippers loyal to Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr attended a Friday prayer service in Iraq’s capital, in a display of political might to revive stalled talks on government formation. The enormous turnout came despite scorching heat and the Shiite cleric not being there in person — ...
BETHLEHEM CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that he is ready to extend his hand to Israel to restart peace negotiations. “The opportunity for a two-state solution on the 1967 borders may only be available today, we don’t know what will happen in the future,” Abbas said in a press conferenc...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Palestinians staged a rally in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday to demand justice for slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Abu Akleh, 51, a Palestinian-American journalist working for the Doha-based Al Jazeera network, was shot dead on May 11 while covering an Israeli military raid near the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied [...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Friday hailed “successes” achieved during the visit of US President Joe Biden to the country. Biden’s visit “has attained successes to be discussed years from now,” Lapid said, without providing further details. Biden left Israel earlier on Friday for Saudi Arabia, ...
BETHLEHEM CITY, Palestine (AA) – US President Joe Biden on Friday voiced pessimism about the two-state solution to the conflict between Palestinians and Israel. “I know the goal of the two states seems so far away while indignities like restrictions on movement and travel or the daily worry of your children’s safety are real and [&hellip...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s proposed constitution by President Kais Saied lacks “mechanisms to protect rights,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) has observed. In a statement, the New York-based rights group said the constitution “enumerates many rights but eviscerates the checks and balances needed to protect them.” The dra...
LONDON (AA) – The new British prime minister must treat “systemic” Islamophobia in the ruling Conservative Party seriously, according to the head of the UK’s leading Muslim organization. As the party searches for outgoing Premier Boris Johnson’s successor, whoever wins “must represent everybody and they have to make sure that they do tha...
Tehran, Iran – (AFP): Iran warned the United States and its allies against undermining regional security after US President Joe Biden signed Thursday a security pact with Israel during a visit to the Jewish state. “I tell the Americans and their regional allies that the Iranian nation will not accept any crisis or insecurity in [&h...
