ALGERIA (AA) – The Arab Contact Group on the Ukrainian Crisis held a video conference Sunday to discuss the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine war and its effects on Arab countries in terms of energy and food security. The meeting, held at the level of foreign ministers, stressed “the importance of contributing to internatio...
JERUSALEM – Hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem to mark the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, which oversees holy sites in Jerusalem, said more than 450 settlers entered the site through the compound’s Al-Mugharbah Gate under ...
ANKARA – Qatar, Kuwait and Iran have summoned Indian envoys over insulting remarks on Islam’s Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) by a spokesperson of India’s ruling party. In a statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said it summoned the Indian envoy to voice “disappointment of Qatar and its total rejection and condemnation to the...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said that it had suspended the party’s spokeswoman Nupur Sharma in response to insulting remarks she made against the Prophet Muhammad. “The BJP strongly denounces insult of any religious personalities of any religion. The Bharatiya Janata Party is also against any id...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Taliban-led interim government called its meeting with Indian officials in the capital Kabul on Thursday a “good beginning,” urging New Delhi to resume diplomatic operations in Afghanistan. Early on Thursday, a team of Indian diplomats landed in the Afghan capital for the first time since they rushed out when the US [&helli...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US took aim at several countries, including China, Russia, Myanmar and India in its annual religious freedom report Thursday, which reviews the state of religious freedom in nearly 200 nations and territories. Speaking at a press conference with Rashad Hussain, US ambassador-at-large for international religious free...
WASHINGTON (AA) – NATO will address Türkiye’s concerns about Sweden and Finland’s membership bids, the alliance’s chief said Thursday. “When an ally, Turkey, rises concerns, then we have to do what we always do in NATO and that is to sit down, address those concerns and then find a united way forward,” Jens ...
RIYADH (AA) – Qatar has reiterated its readiness to contribute to every international and regional effort to find a peaceful solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Its pledge came during a meeting Wednesday held by Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in the ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine – An Arab NGO documented 148 violations of Palestinian journalists’ rights by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories last month. In a statement, the Journalists Support Committee said the month of May witnessed a surge in attacks on Palestinian journalists by Israeli forces and settlers. It termed the attacks...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – A UN official said Tuesday that the situation in Somalia is extremely dire as 7.1 million people are going to be affected by drought before the end of the year unless there is a massive humanitarian effort. Some 6.1 million Somalis have been affected by the drought emergency as of May, […]
