ISTANBUL (AA) – The interim Afghan government on Tuesday urged the US to fulfill its commitments made in the Doha agreement, unfreeze all the assets of Afghanistan unconditionally, and lift economic sanctions. Assuring that Afghanistan’s territory will not be used against anyone, acting Afghan Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi told an ...
JERUSALEM (AA) –An Israeli government committee has approved in principle a fresh plan to construct settlement units in the southern part of occupied East Jerusalem, an Israeli NGO said on Tuesday. The plan includes the construction of 1,446 settlement homes in the Lower Aqueduct settlement in the Palestinian town of Sur Baher, and between the...
TAIZ, Yemen (AA) – Hundreds of Yemenis on Tuesday participated in a rally in Taiz to condemn continued violence in the city. Speaking at the rally which was organized by rights activists, human rights activist Faisal Al-Assali denounced the Houthi militia for “violations against civilians.” He said the agreement that the Houthis claim to...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday started an official visit to Morocco during which he is set to sign a memorandum of legal cooperation between the two countries. Israeli Ambassador to Morocco David Govrin tweeted: “We welcome Mr. Sa’ar, on his first official visit to Morocco, at the invit...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Three civilians were killed and three people injured during demonstrations in northern Mali against two politico-armed movements, the United Nations Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said Monday. Demonstrations Saturday in the town of Menaka against the demonstrators who threw stones at the ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisians began voting Monday in a referendum on a new constitution put forward by President Kais Saied. Polling stations opened at 6 a.m. local time (0500GMT). According to the Independent High Authority for Elections, over 9 million people are expected to take part in the referendum. Meanwhile, Saied accused parti...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh has welcomed a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that rejected preliminary objections of Myanmar and cleared the way for a Rohingya genocide case filed by The Gambia to proceed. The ruling rejected the four preliminary objections on legal and procedural grounds, according to a statemen...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – A group affiliated with al-Qaeda and ISIS claimed responsibility Saturday for two recent attacks in Mali, purportedly in response to Mali’s collaboration with mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group. An attack on a military base near Mali’s capital Bamako left a soldier dead on Friday. Seven attackers were shot dead ...
Tunis, Tunisia – (AFP): Tunisians are voting today on a constitution that would give President Kais Saied almost unchecked powers. This is a key moment in his plan to overhaul the political system in the country which was the birthplace of the Arab Spring. The referendum is taking place a year to the day after […]
Jisr ash Shughur, Syria – (AFP): A Russian air strike killed seven people, four of them children, in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib region on Friday, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead included four children “who are siblings… as a result of Russian air strikes”, in the Jisr al-Shu...
