SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The European Union has called on Yemen’s Houthi rebels to engage constructively with UN efforts to address the crisis in the war-torn country. “The EU urges the Houthis to abandon maximalist positions and engage constructively with the UNSE (United Nations Special Envoy),” the EU Council said in a statement publ...
IZMIR, Türkiye (AA) – A prominent politician in Sweden is pushing for the passage of a bill that would ban headscarves in the Swedish police force. The proposed law may also be extended to all public employees, Richard Jomshof, the chairman of parliament’s Justice Committee, said Monday. He hopes that the coalition of four right-wing [&h...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A former Libyan intelligence officer accused of being behind the tragic bombing of a civilian airliner more than three decades ago made his initial appearance in a US court on Monday. Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir al-Marimi appeared for a largely procedural hearing in which he was read his rights and officially [&hell...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday called for an international investigation into the killing of a Palestinian girl by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Jana Zakarneh, 16, died on Sunday after being shot by Israeli forces during a military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin. Shtayyeh [&he...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces shot dead a teenage Palestinian girl in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, authorities said on Monday. Jana Majdi Issam Zakarna, 16, was on the roof of her home when she was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Sources told Anadolu […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping has said Beijing has outlined five “priority” areas in its relations with Gulf countries for the coming years, including the settlement of bilateral oil and gas transactions in the Chinese yuan. “China will continue to import more crude oil and LNG from GCC countries, strengthen co...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The incoming government led by Benjamin Netanyahu is shaping up to be the “most extreme and crazy” in Israel’s history, outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid has warned. “Netanyahu is weak and his partners are younger, more determined and more extreme than him, and have subdued him unconditionally,” Lapid said on Twitter. A...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Türkiye has raised “important security concerns” about Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership bids, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. The top US diplomat said he is “confident” that the effort to gain Türkiye’s and Hungary’s support for their additions to the ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Arabia and China have agreed to enhance their cooperation in different fields and support each other to preserve the integrity of their territories. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening on a three-day official visit. A joint statement was issued by Saudi Arabia and China followin...
Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP): One of the bombmakers in the Bali blasts that killed more than 200 people two decades ago was released on parole on Wednesday after serving half of his sentence, an Indonesian official said, despite protests from Australia. Umar Patek was a member of an Al Qaeda-linked group that detonated devices at a […]
