ISTANBUL (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Tuesday strongly condemned the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book Quran in Sweden. In a statement, OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha denounced “the provocative actions of burning copies of the Holy Quran during anti-Muslim demonstrations, which have been taki...
KIGALI, Rwanda – Eritrea has said that the deal between Rwanda and Britain to resettle asylum seekers attempting to enter the UK was ‘disgraceful.’ Last week, Rwanda and the UK inked a major deal under which Britain will send asylum seekers to the East African country. The agreement was signed by UK Home Secretary Priti [&hel...
KYIV, Ukraine – Some 20,600 Russian soldiers have been killed since the war began in Ukraine on February 24, the Ukrainian military has said. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 167 Russian aircraft, 147 helicopters, 155 unmanned aerial vehicles, 790 tanks, 2,041 armored vehicles and 381 artillery systems, according to the Ukrainian General ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A Pakistani court on Monday handed the death penalty to six men found involved in lynching a Sri Lankan factory manager last year, according to local media and the court record. Another seven were sentenced to life imprisonment, while some 76 accused were given two-year jail terms over the incident that […...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Nine Palestinians were injured Monday in fresh Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. Medics treated six Palestinians for injuries in the towns of al-Yamun and Kafr Dan in Jenin in the northern West Bank, it said in a statement. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli [...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, according to a Palestinian agency. In a statement, the Department of Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem said 561 settlers stormed the flashpoint site under heavy police protection. The settlers toured the complex fo...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordanian lawmakers on Monday called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador amid tension over the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. Eighty-seven MPs in the 130-seat Parliament submitted a memorandum to the Jordanian government demanding the expulsion of the Israeli envoy, the state news age...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Jewish settlers on Sunday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem as Israeli police restricted the entry of Palestinian worshippers into the flashpoint site. According to Haaretz newspaper, 728 settlers stormed the compound under heavy protection from the Israeli police. The set...
MOSCOW – Russia has announced retaliatory sanctions on 13 current and former UK officials, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Defense Secretary Ben Wallace. Moscow banned several other Cabinet members and politicians from entering Russia over “unprecedented hostile action by the British Government, in...
MOSCOW – Russia has declared 18 diplomats of the EU office in Moscow persona non grata, a move deplored by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell as “unjustified”. Earlier, the Foreign Ministry summoned EU ambassador Marcus Exeter and expressed its strong protest against the expulsion of 19 Russian diplomats from the country&#...
