Conakry, Guinea (AFP): The West African states of Guinea and Ivory Coast are repatriating hundreds of their citizens from Tunisia, officials said Wednesday, after Tunisian President Kais Saied triggered a storm by accusing sub-Saharan migrants of crime. “The most urgent thing is to save lives, to prevent injuries,” said Ivorian gov...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia on Wednesday called for Arab support amid tension with the African Union (AU) over the flow of irregular migrants into the North African country. Speaking at a meeting of Arab interior ministers in Tunis, Interior Minister Taoufik Charafeddine said Tunisia looks for Arab support amid “an unprecedented and unjustif...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – The Danish government has rejected a far-right political party’s demand for a parliamentary debate about headscarves in schools. Immigration Minister Kaare Dybvad Bek said in a written comment that the proposed ban would be contrary to the Danish law and the country’s global commitments. “It is the legal ...
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in Iraq Wednesday for talks with senior officials in a show of “solidarity” after a drawn-out political crisis. The UN chief’s visit, his first to Iraq in six years, comes as the war-torn country prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of the toppling of longtime di...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina Wednesday is celebrating the 31st anniversary of its independence from former Yugoslavia. In February-March 1992, a referendum on independence for Bosnia-Herzegovina was held, with 99.44% of votes in favor of independence and a 64% turnout rate. A month later, the EU and the US recognized th...
Huwara, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Monday counted the cost of deadly violence and arson by Israeli settlers in Huwara. Dozens of Israeli settlers set homes and cars ablaze in the northern town of Huwara overnight Sunday, after a day of Israeli-Palestinian talks in neighbouring Jordan aimed at quell...
Washington, United States (AFP): An Israeli who was killed amidst violence in the West Bank city of Jericho on Monday was also a US citizen, State Department spokesman Ned Price said. “We condemn the horrific killing of two Israeli brothers near Nablus and the killing today of an Israeli near Jericho, who we understand was […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 7,259 Syrians were killed in the Feb. 6 deadly earthquakes that rattled northern Syria and southern Türkiye, according to a Syrian rights group on Tuesday. In a statement, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said 2,534 people were killed in regime-held areas in Syria and 394 others in areas […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli settlers went on a rampage in the West Bank town of Huwara late Sunday, setting fire to several homes and cars and injuring dozens of Palestinians. The Palestinian Health Ministry said a Palestinian was critically wounded in the head during the attack by the settlers, who were under heavy protection [&h...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least three officers were killed when a helicopter of the Somali army crashed, the African Union said in a statement. “. . . , three of the eleven passengers on board lost their lives. Eight officers have been evacuated to Mogadishu for urgent medical attention,” said a statement issued by […]
