RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening for an official visit. Xi was welcomed at King Khalid International Airport by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Riyadh Governor Prince Faisal bin Bandar. During his stay in the oil-rich kingdom, the Chinese president will at...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The European Union has frozen cooperation with the Israeli police due to concerns regarding the upcoming government’s policy, according to the Israeli media. Last September, Israel and the EU signed a draft agreement to improve the transfer of intelligence information. The deal, however, needs approval by the European Pa...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali army has liberated the strategic town of Adanyabal in the Middle Shabelle region from al-Shabaab, the nation’s president said on Tuesday. Addressing the public via the state television, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who previously announced a “total war” against al-Shabaab, said the “terrorists fled the town...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s judiciary has issued death sentences against five people allegedly involved in last month’s killing of a Basij paramilitary member following a high-profile televised trial. The verdict takes the total number of death sentences to 11 since the outbreak of countrywide protests in September over the death of 22-year-old...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel started on Monday demolishing a commercial border crossing with the Gaza Strip to build a barrier along the border with the Palestinian territory. Israeli forces began to bulldoze al-Mentar (Karni) crossing east of Gaza, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter at the site. The cargo terminal was first opened ...
ANKARA (AA) – UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed paid an official visit to Qatar to strengthen bilateral relations between the two Gulf nations which have not been on very amicable terms. According to the UAE state agency WAM, the visit followed an invitation from Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. It is the [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed to stand against Israeli settlements or annexation in the occupied West Bank with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to return to power. “We will also continue to unequivocally oppose any acts that undermine the prospects of a two-state solution, including, but not ...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini following her arrest for allegedly violating the country’s strict female dress code, an official said Sunday. Women-led protests, labelled “riots” by the authorities, have swept Iran since the...
GENEVA (AA) – Israel’s decision to deport French-Palestinian human rights defender and lawyer Salah Hammouri to France against his will may constitute a war crime under the Geneva Convention, UN experts said Friday. Israel reaffirmed the revocation of Hammouri’s permanent residency in Jerusalem on Nov. 30. Authorities said Hammouri would...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – Even after centuries, traces remain in Africa of the slave trade maintained by Westerners up until the 1800s. While West Africa was used for years as the main slave hub, many countries expanded their colonies and transported slaves to the New World from ports in the eastern and southern parts of […]
