MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least eight people including six children were killed on Sunday when the modified auto-rickshaw they were travelling in struck a landmine, said local officials. The incident took place between the village of Jicibow and town of Bulaburde in Hirshabelle state. Ibrahim Abdi Ali, a security official, who spoke to Anado...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA): Jordan said Sunday three terror suspects were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces. In a statement, the Public Security Directorate said two of the three men had recently escaped from a rehabilitation center, while the third was involved in the killing of a security officer last December in the […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Over 40 al-Shabaab members were killed in an aerial and ground operation conducted by the Somali National Army’s elite Danab unit on Sunday, the country’s Information Ministry said. According to the ministry, the operation was carried out with support from international security partners and targeted a gath...
ANKARA (AA): Israeli settlers carried out a series of assaults against Palestinians and their properties across the occupied West Bank late on Thursday night. According to the state news agency WAFA, a group of settlers, protected by the Israeli forces, threw rocks on Palestinian cars near the village of Ein al-Beida, eastern West Bank. A [&he...
GENEVA (AA): Germany has arrested seven people in North Rhine-Westphalia state, all belonging to Central Asian countries. The arrests were made on suspicion of channeling funds to a “terrorist group” and establishing a local militant network to carry out attacks. The seven men, five from Tajikistan and one each from Kyrgyzstan and ...
ISTANBUL / BRUSSELS (AA): The fifth meeting of a permanent joint mechanism between Türkiye, Finland, and Sweden on latter’s NATO bid began in Brussels on Thursday. The meeting is hosted by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and attended by delegations from Türkiye, Finland, and Sweden. The Turkish delegation includes Foreign Ministe...
New Delhi, India (AFP): The SCO summit — which on Tuesday welcomed Iran as its ninth member — saw an apparent dig by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at arch-rival but fellow SCO member Pakistan. “Some countries use ‘cross border terrorism’ as an instrument in their policies, (they) give shelter to ̵...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Iran has denounced the Israeli military attack in the West Bank city of Jenin on Monday as “a criminal act” and “a clear example of state terrorism.” Nine Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank early Monday, including eight in Jenin, according to the Health Ministry. At […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki has condemned recent attacks by Jewish settlers on occupied towns of the West Bank, describing them as “organized terrorism carried out by the State of Israel.” Al-Maliki also accused the Israeli army of protecting the settlers. “The army is protecting the settlers ch...
ANKARA (AA): The fourth meeting on a permanent joint mechanism between Türkiye, Finland and Sweden will be held in Ankara on Wednesday, Türkiye’s Communications Directorate said on Monday. Finland and Sweden applied for NATO membership soon after Russia launched war in Ukraine in February 2022. Although Türkiye approved Finland’s m...
