TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian authorities on Tuesday questioned Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi on accusations of money-laundering. Ghannouchi appeared before an anti-terrorism judge to answer questions regarding suspicious financial transactions within the “Namaa Tounes” charity. Dozens of Ennahda supporters rallied outside the courthouse i...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese security forces raided the central bank in the capital Beirut on Tuesday in search of its governor Riad Salameh. Security forces also searched Salameh’s home north of Beirut but could not find him. The raid came upon a judicial order issued against the governor as part of investigation into accusations […...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 22 people were killed and 33 others injured in a deadly road crash in southern Egypt on Tuesday, according to local media. A passenger bus hit a trailer truck on the Desert Road near the Minya province, Youm7 news portal reported. Authorities said the accident occurred when the bus with […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine has called on the US administration to step up pressure on Israel to halt plans for new settlement building in the occupied West Bank. The US President concluded a maiden visit to the Middle East region last week that included Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia. “As soon as […]
ANKARA (AA) – Russia, amid sanctions on the country, will not give up its development and will not return to decades ago as the “ill-wishers” predict, President Vladimir Putin has said. Chairing the meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects via a video link, Putin also vowed to beat the “col...
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – (AFP): Saudi Arabia’s decision to lift restrictions on airlines using its airspace is not a sign of any push towards future ties with Israel, the kingdom’s foreign minister said Saturday. “This has nothing to do with diplomatic ties with Israel,” Prince Faisal bin Farhan told a news conferen...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Resistance group Hamas on Sunday called on the international community to intervene to halt Israeli violations against Palestinians. The call came after a UN report highlighted Israeli violations, settler violence and settlement building in the Palestinian territories. On Friday, the UN Special Committee to Investig...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar are facing unforeseen delays in the international justice process for genocide and other gross human rights violations, prolonging the plight of the displaced community living in squalid makeshift tents in Bangladesh. “It’s almost five years since the most inhuman militar...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday swept the crucial by-elections, paving the way for its government in the country’s bellwether Punjab province, unofficial results showed. The PTI won 17 out of 20 provincial assembly seats, consolidating its le...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – Saudi Arabia has said it will continue to bolster its partnerships with both the United States and China. “We build bridges with people; we don’t see one as exclusive of the other,” Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, said in an interview with CNBC network on Saturday. “China [&h...
