WASHINGTON – Firouz Naderi, an Iranian-American space scientist, died June 9 at age 77. He served in various technical and leadership positions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 36 years. Naderi oversaw the successful landing of two research rovers on Mars. His accomplishments included the Mars Odyssey, launched in 2001...
ISTANBUL (AA): Egypt and India on Sunday signed a declaration to raise their cooperation to strategic partnership. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Cairo on Saturday on his first visit to Egypt for talks on ways of enhancing relations between the two countries. On Sunday, Modi met with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi wher...
ISTANBUL (AA): Saudi Arabia has executed two Yemeni nationals over terrorism charges, according to the country’s interior ministry. A ministry statement said Abdulrahman Fares Amer al-Marri and Mohammed Salah Omar al-Marri were convicted of “joining, supporting and pledging allegiance to a terror group.” It, however, didn’t s...
Sitapur, India (AFP): Staged videos to stoke hatred and fear of India’s Muslims are peddling disinformation and fanning sectarian tensions in the country. India under Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi has seen rising Hindu radicalisation and Islamophobia, putting the safety of the country’s over 200 million Muslims at ...
Washington, United States (AFP): US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that the two democracies’ partnership would define the next century, as Washington eyes a counterweight to China and brushes off allegations of growing authoritarianism in New Delhi. The two nations reached major deals on engines...
Turmus‘ayya, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israel’s military on Wednesday killed three Palestinians in a West Bank drone strike. Kamal Abu al-Roub, deputy Jenin governor, said there were “three dismembered bodies inside” the car which he said had been hit by missiles. Roub cited information from firefighters sent to extingui...
Shilo, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Palestinians held funeral Wednesday for a teenage girl killed in an Israeli raid on a Palestinian city on Monday. Palestine TV aired footage of girls in school uniform in Jenin, carrying the body of their classmate killed in an Israeli army raid on the city on Monday. Sadil Naghnaghiya, 15, died from [&hel...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): Donors at a UN conference on Monday pledged close to $1.5 billion to combat the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and help its neighbours host refugees fleeing the fighting. “Today, donors have announced close to $1.5 billion for the humanitarian response to Sudan and the region,” the UN’s humanitarian c...
Beijing, China (AFP): Chinese leader Xi Jinping said Monday he saw headway in the strained relationship with the United States on a rare visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, but the rival powers remained at odds over their core disputes. In a symbolic sign of lowering the temperature after soaring tensions, President Xi received [&helli...
NEW DELHI (AA): India’s largest socioreligious Muslim organization on Monday rejected the government’s move to seek public and religious organizations’ views on the Uniform Civil Code, which aims to apply the same set of civil laws to all citizens, regardless of region or religion. The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind said in a statement ...
