Cairo, Egypt — AFP Sudan’s army chief on Tuesday visited Egypt, his first trip abroad since the outbreak of war in April, with the latest violence killing dozens of civilians in battle-scarred Darfur. As Abdel Fattah al-Burhan headed for talks with key ally Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, medics and witnesses said 39 civil...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday thanked Saudi Arabia for hospitality towards Israeli passengers after their plane made an emergency landing in the kingdom. A plane traveling from Seychelles to Israel was forced to land in Jeddah late Monday due to technical difficulties. Some 130 Israelis were aboard th...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The first-ever public meeting between the foreign ministers of Israel and Libya was coordinated at the highest level, Israeli officials have claimed. The meeting took place with the knowledge of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, they said. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said that he had met with his Libyan counter...
ANKARA (AA) – The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) accession to the BRICS group of emerging economies will not harm relations with the West, the country’s economy minister has said. Abdulla Bin Touq Al-Marri told the media that Abu Dhabi considers its membership in the organization as an opportunity to develop trade. The minister said that [&...
Goldberg said more and more people around the world, including in Israel, are recognizing the reality and acknowledging it TEL AVIV, Israel – Holocaust historian Amos Goldberg has declared that calling Israel’s treatment of Palestinians apartheid is not anti-Semitic. In a guest editorial in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ),...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A school in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where a teacher reportedly encouraged students to slap a Muslim classmate, has been ordered shut until an investigation against the authorities is completed. The teacher has been booked and an investigation into the case is underway, Education Officer Shubham Shukla said ...
TRIPOLI/ ANKARA (AA) – Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh suspended Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush on Sunday after she secretly met in Rome with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. “It was decided to suspend Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush and to launch an investigation against her,” said a decree publish...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened Hamas leaders they will pay the “full price” amid rising tensions in the occupied West Bank. “Hamas and other Iranian proxies understand very well that we will fight with all means against their attempts to promote terrorism against us – in the We...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A private school teacher in northern India who is heard encouraging students to slap a Muslim student is facing charges, according to police sources. A police official in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, confirmed that the teacher is facing charges for intentionally causing hurt as well as insults and provocation. [...
Peshawar, Pakistan – AFP The owner and operator of a cable car that dangled over a Pakistan ravine for more than 12 hours have been arrested after repeatedly ignoring safety warnings, police said Thursday. Six teenage boys were among eight people left stranded hundreds of feet in the air when two of the three chairlift […]
