DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Tens of thousands of water transport workers in Bangladesh started an indefinite nationwide strike on Sunday for acceptance of their 10-point demands, including fixing the minimum monthly wage at Bangladeshi Taka 20,000 (approximately $200). The loading and unloading of goods from nearly 1,600 lighter ships in the coun...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine on Sunday warned the upcoming Israeli government against changing the status quo in occupied East Jerusalem. Extremist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir will be Israel’s national security minister in the upcoming government under a coalition agreement struck with Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu. ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA) – Iraq said Saturday that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was invited to visit Tehran for talks with Iranian officials. A government statement said al-Sudani received an invitation from Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to visit Iran during his meeting in Baghdad with Iranian Ambassador Mohamed Kadhim al-Sadiq. Du...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The Canadian government has unveiled a new CAN$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion) five-year climate action plan to help deal with storms, floods and forest fires. Canada has been hit with several disasters due to climate change. Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair announced the new strategy while in Prince Edward Is...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has slammed the adoption of a resolution by the UN Human Rights Council for the establishment of a fact-finding mission to investigate alleged human rights violations in the country related to protests that began on Sept. 16. “The regime in Berlin, as the main provider of CWs (chemical weapons) to […...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN Human Rights Council voted Thursday to establish an independent international fact-finding mission to investigate alleged human rights violations in Iran related to protests that began on Sept. 16. The council adopted its resolution with 25 votes in favor of the resolution, six against, and 16 abstentions. The resolution p...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – An Algerian court sentenced 49 people to death Thursday over the brutal killing last year of Jamal Ben Ismail, who they accused of starting forest fires in the Kabylie region. The Casablanca Court in Algiers said that the 49 defendants were sentenced to death on charges of premeditated murder, arson, torture [&hel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Egyptian authorities had asked 11 Israeli pilots to leave its territory after they landed without visas, Israeli media reported on Thursday. Israeli daily Maariv said the pilots landed in Egypt in small planes but the Egyptian authorities asked them to leave, citing “reasons of national security.” The Israeli Forei...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Gen. Asim Munir has been appointed as the new chief of the Pakistan Army for a three-year term, the country’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif announced on Thursday. Gen. Munir, who previously served as head of the country’s premier intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was the senior-most three-sta...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Amid political deadlock over a new government, Malaysia’s royal family will be holding meetings to find a way out of the current situation. The royal palace, known as Istana Negara, said in a statement that the Council of Rulers will meet and King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah will brief and [&hel...
