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Washington, United States (AFP): The White House said Wednesday it was “extremely concerned” after clashes inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound and urged restraint by both Israelis and Palestinians. “We remain extremely concerned by the continuing violence and we urge all sides to avoid further escalation,” ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran is probing reports about an overnight attack on a defense facility in the central city of Isfahan that was reportedly thwarted. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a weekly cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said he could not confirm the attack and that it […]
LONDON (AA) — The sanctity and status of holy sites must be respected and protected, Britain’s minister for the Middle East said on Wednesday, calling for immediate de-escalation after late-night Israel raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. “Shocked to awake to the disturbing scenes of Israeli Security forces̵...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iraq will reopen its embassy in Libya nine years after the mission was closed for security reasons, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday evening. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahhaf stated that “Iraq decided to reopen its embassy in Libya and resume diplomatic work to strengthen bilateral relations between th...
TORONTO, Canada (AA) – ISIS senior leader Khalid Ayyd Ahmad al-Jabouri was killed in an airstrike in Syria, US Central Command said Tuesday. CENTCOM said the ISIS leader was killed in northwestern Syria early Tuesday. There were no civilian casualties in the attack, it said. Al-Jabouri was responsible for attacks that ISIS carried out in...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisian President Kais Saied appeared in a video posted Monday on his official Facebook page, dismissing “mad” reports over his health following almost two weeks with no public engagements. The North African country’s main opposition coalition had pressed the government earlier to explain Saied’s ...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia’s main opposition coalition has pressed the government to explain a days-long public “absence” of President Kais Saied, saying it had information that he was sick. Saied, 65, has not appeared in public or held any meetings since March 22, according to posts on his Facebook page — the presid...
BRUSSELS (AA) – Finland will become a full-fledged member of NATO on Tuesday and its flag will be raised at the alliance’s headquarters, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. Speaking to reporters ahead of the two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers, Stoltenberg said the bloc was looking forward to a “historic week” a...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday rebutted reports regarding a trade initiative between his country and Israel, saying “all such reports are nothing but a pack of lies.” “There is no truth in such reports widely circulating on social media,” Sharif said while addressing th...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel on Monday said it shot down an “unidentified aircraft” over the southern part of the Gaza Strip. An Israeli army statement said the aircraft was detected and downed by air force units before it could enter Israeli airspace. An Anadolu correspondent in Gaza reported that there was an explosion in the […]
