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...
BRUSSELS – The European Union will host the 6th Brussels conference on Syria next month, the European Commission has announced. The European Union does not forget about the suffering and “continued tragedy of the people of Syria” despite the war in Ukraine and “this is why we will host the Brussels conference on supporting the […]...
PARIS (AA) – This Sunday, France faces an uncertain test as voters head to the polls to elect the next president of the republic in the second and final round. Choosing between the final candidates is desolately grim for many, but for French Muslims casting their vote for either President Emmanuel Macron or far-right candidate Marine [&h...
AL-BAB/AZAZ, Syria (AA) – A civilian was killed and five were wounded in two separate terrorist attacks in northern Syria on Friday. A car bomb went off in Al-Bab city’s Zamzam neighborhood, killing one civilian, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. Firefighters rushed to the site to put out the fire caused by the explosion [&he...
