ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye expects Iraq to officially recognize PKK as a terrorist organization, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, Fidan said: “We expect Iraq, out of friendship and brotherhood, to officially rec...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Six Pakistani army troops and four suspected militants were killed in a clash in a northwestern region near the border with Afghanistan on Tuesday, the army said. The clash took place in the restive South Waziristan tribal district, said a statement from the army’s mouthpiece, Inter Services Public Relations. Two...
BAIDOA, Somalia (AA) – At least two people were killed and as many others wounded in a suicide car bombing in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, police said. The attack took place near Mogadishu stadium that is currently housing Somali military police. Ibrahim Ali, a police officer in Mogadishu, told Anadolu over the phone that [&he...
– Civilians cannot return to their homes due to PKK terrorist threat in region DUHOK, Iraq (AA) – Syrians who fled the civil war and are now staying in refugee camps in Iraq are desperate for help as they cannot return to their homes because terrorists from the PKK, and its offshoots including YPG, have […]
Niamey, Niger – AFP Seventeen Niger soldiers were killed on Tuesday in an attack by suspected militants near the country’s western border with Burkina Faso, the defence ministry said. An army detachment was “the victim of a terrorist ambush near the town of Koutougou”, said a ministry statement late Tuesday. It added th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has strongly condemned a militant attack that targeted Chinese engineers in Pakistan on Sunday. “China has requested Pakistan to severely punish the culprits and to take practical and effective measures to ensure the safety of Chinese nationals,” said Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry. At least two suspe...
-Gunmen entered Shah Cheragh shrine in Shiraz on Sunday and began firing at security personnel and worshippers TEHRAN, Iran – A holy shrine in Iran’s southern city of Shiraz has been targeted in a deadly attack for the second time in a year. Two gunmen entered the Shah Cheragh shrine at 7 p.m. local time […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Members of the Boko Haram group killed 13 people in two separate attacks in northeast Nigeria, local media reported Sunday. The organization carried out a predawn attack on Saturday on a military base in the village of Wulari in Borno state, killing three soldiers in a fierce gun battle. Late on […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): In a stark contradiction to Pakistan’s official view, the country’s human rights minister does not believe Afghanistan’s interim government is responsible for recent terrorist strikes. His remarks are contradictory to a series of latest statements by the government and the powerful army chief accusing ...
NEW YORK – In a scathing ruling, a federal judge criticized the FBI for using a manipulative informant, Shahed Hussain, to deceive a group of Muslims. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the FBI had lured these men into participating in a fictitious plot whose goal was to destroy military aircraft and synagogues in […]
