ANKARA (AA) – Morocco on Tuesday joined Spain and Portugal to bid for hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup. “I would like to announce, before this assembly, that the Kingdom of Morocco has decided, together with Spain and Portugal, to present a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup,” Morocco’s King Mohammed VI said [&h...
LONDON (AA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Monday that the AUKUS nuclear pact has been “great news” for both global security and British jobs. “The AUKUS partnership, and the submarines we are building in British shipyards, are a tangible demonstration of our commitment to global security. This partnership was founded on...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories (AFP): The oldest Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail was released on Monday after serving a 17-year sentence for arms smuggling, an advocacy group and his son said. Fuad Shubaki, 83, was released from Ashkelon prison, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club said, which was confirmed by Sh...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN’s $1 billion humanitarian appeal to support the people of Türkiye who have been suffering since last month’s devastating earthquakes has been funded only 13%, a spokesperson said Monday. The UN launched the billion-dollar appeal for Türkiye on Feb. 16 to assist more than five million people affected by ...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Israeli airstrikes targeting a weapons depot in Syria killed an army officer and two pro-Iran fighters, a war monitor said, raising the death toll of the Sunday morning raid. “Israeli strikes targeted a weapons depot belonging to pro-Iran forces located… between Tartus and Hama provinces,” said Rami Abd...
Nablus, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israel killed three Palestinians in the occupied northern West Bank, the army said on Sunday, as violence in the region continued. The military said that “gunmen opened fire” at an army position near the Jit junction west of Nablus, with the soldiers responding with “live fire”. Th...
Qamishli, Syria (AFP): Children of foreign recruits of ISIS play football on a dirt field at a centre in northeastern Syria that Kurdish authorities hope will help rehabilitate minors raised on the group’s violent ideology. More than 50 boys aged 11-17, some with parents hailing from Britain, France, Germany or the United States, live at...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Peer pressure, desire for a ‘better’ life in Europe, and sheer desperation all made Muhammad Ali board an overcrowded boat that last month set off on the world’s dangerous migrant sea crossing. Unfortunately, Ali, 21, did not make it to his desired destination. The boat capsized in the rough waters of th...
Bamako, Mali (AFP): Mali’s ruling junta will postpone a constitutional referendum but maintain a previously agreed timeline to return to civilian rule, a government spokesperson said in a statement read to the press Friday. “The transitional government informs national and international opinion that the date of the referendum sched...
Jerusalem, Undefined (AFP): Two Palestinians were killed in the West Bank Friday, one of them by a settler as a surge of Israeli-Palestinian violence shows no letup. Tensions remained high a day after Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin had, on a visit to Israel, called for de-escalation ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in […]
