BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi cleric and opposition leader Muqtada al-Sadr has announced the freezing of all his armed factions across Iraq, except the northern province of Salah al-Din. Saleh Mohamed al-Iraqi, a leader of the Sadr’s movement, said the influential cleric also “banned the use of weapons in all provinces except Salah al-Din and Sam...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Recent Chinese military operations in response to high-level US visits to Taiwan have “already destroyed” an unofficial sea border between the two sides, the self-ruled island’s defense chief has said. Taiwan’s Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng told a legislative committee that Beijing has “already destroyed the median line...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN General Assembly will convene an emergency session Oct. 10 concerning Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s territories, according to a spokesman. The meeting request by Ukraine and Albania comes after Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Moscow-backed referendums to annex part...
KHOJAVAND, Azerbaijan (AA) – Another mass grave of Azerbaijanis killed and buried by Armenian forces during the first Karabakh war has been found in the Khojavand district. Anadolu Agency team captured footage of the remains of 12 Azerbaijani people in the mass grave in Edilli village of the district. Some bullet holes in the skull [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief has said that the bloc will consider all options including “restrictive measures” against Iran for its crackdown on protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. Speaking during a debate in the plenary of the European Parliament on Amini’s de...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The US ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Blome, paid an official trip to Azad Jammu and Kashmir for the first time since he landed in the capital Islamabad to take up his job. In an official statement, the US Embassy said Donald Blome’s visit to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Oct. 2-4 […]
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Calm has prevailed in Burkina Faso since Monday morning after three tense days following a coup, witnesses told Anadolu Agency. Several people confirmed that there was a lull across the country. “Everything is calm in the city center. I haven’t seen any soldiers on the streets since the morning. The ne...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US forces carried out an airstrike targeting and killing a leader within the al-Shabab militant group, US Africa Command announced on Monday. The strike targeted an “al-Shabaab militant network” about 370 kilometers (230 miles) southwest of Mogadishu, the command said in a statement. The military said its &#...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A Pakistani court has dismissed the contempt of court case against former Prime Minister Imran Khan. A five-member bench of the Islamabad High Court, headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah, accepted Khan’s affidavit and dismissed the show-cause notice. The chief justice also praised Khan for going to the court of Additional Di...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – An Iranian pilgrim arrested by Saudi authorities during the Hajj pilgrimage in July has been released by Riyadh following mediation by Iraq and Oman. The news was delivered to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian by his Iraqi and Omani counterparts in separate calls on Saturday, according to a statement i...
