Tripoli, Libya – (AFP): At least 13 people have been killed in fighting that flared overnight between armed groups in Tripoli, emergency services said Friday, the latest violence to hit the Libyan capital in months of rising political tensions. The fighting had broken out after midnight in an area of parkland, sowing terror among Tripoli...
NEW DELHI (AA) – Droupadi Murmu was elected on Thursday the 15th president of India, according to an official announcement. Murmu, who defeated opposition nominee Yashwant Singh, is the first Indian president from a tribal community and is the second woman to hold the highest office in the country. She will succeed President Ram Nath [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Three Syrian regime policemen were killed and two others wounded on Thursday in an attack targeting their patrol in the southwestern governorate of Daraa, according to the regime’s news agency, SANA. “An armed group attacked a police patrol with light weapons, followed by the explosion of an explosive device, ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Syrian regime on Wednesday severed diplomatic relations with Ukraine, according to the country’s Foreign Ministry. “The Syrian Arab Republic has decided to break diplomatic relations with Ukraine in conformity with the principle of reciprocity and in response to the decision of the Ukrainian government,” a foreign ministry of...
BAGHDAD (AA) – The Iraqi judiciary has launched an investigation into leaked audios attributed to former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in which he attacked Iraqi politicians. Iraqi journalist Ali Fadel earlier published audios allegedly attributed to al-Maliki during a meeting in which he termed Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as “murderer” and “...
ANKARA (AA) – The French president on Wednesday called for a direct dialogue between Israel and Palestine. “In the short term, we know, this first requires the end of unilateral measures on the ground,” Emmanuel Macron said in a joint news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at Elysee Palace in Paris. “I am thinking [&hel...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian authorities on Tuesday questioned Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi on accusations of money-laundering. Ghannouchi appeared before an anti-terrorism judge to answer questions regarding suspicious financial transactions within the “Namaa Tounes” charity. Dozens of Ennahda supporters rallied outside the courthouse i...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Tuesday issued a decree to appoint Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah as the new prime minister. The local Al-Qabas newspaper, citing a source, said Sheikh Mohammed was appointed to form a new government. No statement was issued yet by the Emiri Diwa...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Syria has rejected a request to supply Jordan with 30 million cubic meters of water, said a Jordanian minister on Tuesday. The request was turned down “due to the water situation in Syria,” Minister of Water and Irrigation Muhammad Al-Najjar said in statements cited by the state-run Al-Mamlaka TV. Jordan seeks […]...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran and Türkiye on Tuesday agreed to extend their gas supply contract for another 25 years and set an ambitious trade target of $30 billion. The agreements came during a meeting between Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran. In his remarks at a joint […]
