KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The general secretary of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) spoke by phone on Sunday June 12 with Pakistan’s foreign minister on the rising tide of Islamophobia in India, particularly the recent insulting remarks made by two spokespersons for India’s ruling party against Islam’s Prophet Muhammad ...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Two Yemeni soldiers were killed and four others injured by Houthi shelling, according to the army on Sunday. A military statement said it documented 91 Houthi violations of a UN-brokered truce in the provinces of al-Hudaydah, Taiz, Ad-Dali, Hajjah and Marib. “These violations resulted in the death of two army soldiers...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel placed early warning radar systems in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain to detect “missile threats” from Iran, according to local media on Friday. The radar systems worked just a few months ago when Iran tried to attack Israel with drones above Iraqi airspace, Israeli Channel 12 reported. The ...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Germany and Pakistan on Tuesday agreed to work together to avert a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Addressing a joint press conference in the capital Islamabad after a delegation level meeting, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari were of the view ...
Kuwait City, Kuwait – (AFP): Anger in the Middle East spread Monday over comments made by an official of India’s ruling party about the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him), with various countries summoning New Delhi’s envoy and a Kuwaiti supermarket removing Indian products. The United Arab Emirates became the latest country...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India on Monday said recent remarks by officials from the country’s ruling party that insulted Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) do not reflect the views of the government, with the “relevant bodies” taking strong action against these individuals. Nupur Sharma, the spokeswoman of the Bharatiya Janata...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed the extension of a truce in war-torn Yemen for two additional months. “Iran hopes that a political solution would be reached, a sustainable ceasefire would be established and the siege would be lifted completely under the shadow of the mentioned efforts,” ministry spokesman Saeed Kha...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – The first batch of Hajj pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. A group of 358 pilgrims from Indonesia arrived at Prince Mohamed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in the holy city of Madinah, the state news agency SPA reported. […]
Jerusalem, Palestine – (AFP): Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian woman who had allegedly been carrying a knife in the southern West Bank. A statement from the Israeli army termed the incident “attempted stabbing” against which the Israeli troops took action. The incident took place near Al Aroub camp, north of the city of...
ANKARA – The number of Syrians returning to their country since 2016 has exceeded 500,000, according to the Turkish interior ministry. Following Türkiye’s military operations targeting the PKK and its affiliates across its border in northern Syria, conditions have gradually have made it possible for Syrians to return, the ministry ...
