ANKARA – Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha has slammed Israeli violations in the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, saying the site is only for Muslims. The Al-Aqsa Mosque “is a place of worship purely for Muslims alone,” Taha said during an OIC extraordinary meeting in Je...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel said Monday it had arrested a Palestinian armed cell, including a mother of four, in the West Bank city of Jenin. Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, said the Shin Bet internal security agency arrested seven Palestinians affiliated with the Islamic Jihad group in Jenin. He said [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish military forces in an operation in northern Syria on Monday killed at least 13 PKK fighters who were allegedly preparing to strike regions that were cleared of terrorism through Turkiye’s counter-terrorism campaigns. The National Defense Ministry said in a tweet that the “terrorists” were preparing to ta...
TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s newly appointed government of Fathi Bashagha has dismissed reports about having been asked by Tunisia to leave the country where he had been residing. In a statement, the Libyan Foreign Ministry termed the reports as “fake” and “malicious rumors targeting the bilateral relations between the government and its Tunisian ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The main border crossing between Iran and Afghanistan was closed on Saturday following skirmishes between Iranian border guards and the Taliban forces. According to official sources, Taliban authorities in the Islam Qala district of western Afghanistan’s Herat province were paving a road in the border zone with ...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish commando teams on Saturday launched a large-scale operation in northern Syria in response to the killing of a Turkish police officer allegedly by the PKK. The operation was supported by artillery fire, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said in a statement. The ministry said that any attack would be met with [&he...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday for the second time since the disputed region’s autonomous status was scrapped by his government on Aug. 5, 2019. He is scheduled to launch power and other projects valued at nearly $5 billion from a […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – A fifth round of tension-easing talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia has resumed in Baghdad after more than six weeks of pause, a news agency affiliated with Iran’s top security body said Saturday. The marathon talks between the two estranged Middle East neighbors, underway since April last year, were “temporarily suspended”...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Thousands of Bangladeshis held demonstrations in the capital city of Dhaka on Friday to protest the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden and Israeli aggression against Palestinian Muslims. Demonstrators marched under the banner of Islami Andolan Bangladesh. They carried colorful banners and festoons, calling on al...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The Malian army (FAMA) said late Friday it discovered a mass grave near the camp formerly occupied by the French force in Gossi in the north. The French army exited Gossi’s advanced operational base on Tuesday, transferring it to the Malian army. “Remains in a state of advanced putrefaction were discovered [&h...
