KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s junta leader Lt Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba named Albert Ouedraogo as his prime minister Thursday. The move came a day after Damiba was inaugurated as the West African country’s transitional president under a recently adopted charter. Ouedraogo, 53, is an economist and specialist in business development...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A suicide bomber blew himself up during weekly Friday prayers at a Shia mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 56 people and injuring over 190 others, authorities said. The suicide bomber was stopped by police at a mosque in Peshawar’s bustling Qissakhwani bazaar, but he forced his way into the mosque’s ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A leading Syrian opposition figure has accused the West of “double standards” in dealing with the crises in Syria and Ukraine. Anas al-Abdah, who heads the Syrian Negotiation Commission, made the remarks during an interview with Anadolu Agency as Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its second week. “In Syria, there is a ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Supreme Court rejected Thursday a plea from a Guantanamo Bay detainee to learn more about his torture through two former CIA contractors. In a 6-3 vote, the top court upheld the federal government’s claim of “state secrets” privilege in Abu Zubaydah’s case, allowing the secrecy claim even tho...
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Hundreds of doctors and health workers in Khartoum protested against violence by Sudanese security forces at healthcare facilities. The protest was organized by the Sudanese Doctors Syndicate near the government-run Khartoum ENT Hospital. The participants held banners urging authorities to respect the sanctity of hospit...
ANKARA (AA) – Greece’s discriminatory policy towards its Muslim Turkish minority violates its obligations under European Union law, a European political party said Wednesday. In a letter to the European Commission, the president of the European Free Alliance (EFA), Lorena Lopez de Lacalle, asked about the steps they would take to ensure ...
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan claimed on Thursday that its security forces had foiled an Indian submarine’s attempt to enter its waters on March 1. A spokesperson for the Pakistan Army accused India of deploying a submarine with ‘ulterior motives’ against Pakistan. According to Major General Babar Iftikhar, given the prevailing security env...
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Salman said Thursday that his country looks at Israel as a “potential ally,” not as an enemy, if the Palestinian cause is to be resolved. Bin Salman spoke to the Atlantic magazine and was cited by the Saudi state-run SPA news agency, where he said before reaching that […]
DOHA (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani Wednesday discussed regional developments with General Kenneth McKenzie of the United States. A statement by the emir’s office, the Amiri Diwan, said talks with the commander of the US Central Command in Doha took up strategic relations between the two countries and developme...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye and Jordan said Wednesday that they will together devise a plan for the return of Syrian refugees to their country. Turkiye’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi in the capital Ankara after a meeting in which they discussed regional and bil...
