JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army announced Thursday it will hold an international conference with the participation of dozens of army chiefs, including from Arab countries. Israel, however, did not reveal the names of Arab countries whose army chiefs will participate in the Military Modernization and Renovation conference. Israeli army ...
LONDON (AA) – Food prices in Europe that have already reached alarming levels in a year due to the boom in demand after the coronavirus pandemic, growing supply chains issues, the Russia-Ukraine war, and surging energy and logistics costs are expected to rise further in the coming period due to the climate crisis. Euro-area annual [&hell...
KULA LUMPUR (AA) – Malaysia is hosting one of the world’s largest halal products exhibitions and buyers are exploring opportunities to import products from the Southeast Asian nation. MIHAS began Wednesday at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre and is poised to be a networking powerhouse for international and local bus...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – At least 730 children have died in nutrition centers across Somalia this year, the UN Children’s Fund said on Tuesday, warning of a famine in the coming months. “Malnutrition has reached crisis levels – 1.5 million children, nearly half of the under-five population, are likely to have acute malnutrition,’’...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A local court in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh will hear a petition filed by right-wing Hindu organizations, claiming that the existing Jamia Masjid Shamsi in Badaun city was built after demolishing a Hindu temple. Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, a local Hindu organization, along with some local residents file...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed seven Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and launched work on five projects. MoUs on water sharing, railways, space, science, and judiciary were signed in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina in the capital New Delhi. In a stat...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday he is “less confident” about the success of a compromise for reviving the Iran nuclear deal. Borrell told reporters that the positive outcome of the EU-mediated negotiations between Iran and the US on reactivating the nuclear deal is “in danger” and that the […]...
LONDON (AA) – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Monday was elected by Conservative Party members to lead her party and become the nation’s next prime minister. Truss, 46, got 81,326 votes to 60,399 votes for former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, 42. Turnout was 82.6%. Truss did not get the landslide many commentators […]...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The United Nations has released a bombshell report about serious human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region, saying torture allegations were credible and citing possible crimes against humanity. The long-awaited report detailed a string of rights violations against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least 18 people were killed, including a prominent pro-Taliban religious cleric, and 84 others were injured in a suicide bombing during weekly Friday prayers in Afghanistan’s northwestern Herat city. According to local media, a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing at least 18 people and injuring 84 more. Howe...
