Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Syria’s Kurds could soon face a tripartite ultimatum to cede territory, analysts predict, as Syrian, Turkish and Russian defence ministers met this week in Moscow — the first such talks since Syria’s war began in 2011. Russia has long backed the regime in Damascus, while Turkiye supports Syrian rebel gr...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel detained 130 Palestinian journalists in 2022, with 20 reporters still in its custody, said a local NGO on Saturday. In a statement, the Prisoner Information Office said it documented 36 Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists in December. “More than 130 journalists were detained in 2022 in a brazen...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – A boat carrying 200 people sank off Lebanon’s coast on Saturday, according to the military. The army said naval forces headed to the site of the sinking, off the coast of Selaata, north of Beirut, and proceeded to rescue the people who were possibly trying to migrate. The statement said the […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – At least 2 people died after a small plane crashed in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday. In a statement, police said that the plane crashed near the airport in the city of Prijedor. An investigation into the accident has been launched. Local media reported that a flight instructor and his […]
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Friday that asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. Eighty-seven member states voted in favor of the resolution, while 26 countries, including Israel and ...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Forty-six Ivorian soldiers in Mali were each sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison by a Malian court for attacking the security of the nation. Three others who were previously released were given the death penalty in absentia. The soldiers also received fines of more than $1,600 apiece following two days [&hellip...
AYDIN/IZMIR, Türkiye (AA) – Eleven people were killed and several injured Friday in two separate industrial accidents on the Aegean coast of Türkiye. Four people were killed in a crane accident at a construction site, according to the Governor of Izmir, Yavuz Selim Kosger. The crane was installed at a 32-storey construction site when it ...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not extend New Year’s greetings to leaders of “unfriendly countries,” the Kremlin said on Friday. These include US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and French President Emmanuel Macron, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. He said Russia has “practically no contact...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – The Algerian president has said “France must get rid of its colonizer complex,” according to local media. “The relations between the two countries need — in order to cool down — France to liberate itself from its colonizer complex and Algeria from its colonized complex,” Abdelma...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel’s ambassador in France resigned from her post in protest against the new coalition government in Tel Aviv, local media reported. In a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yael German declared that her conscience would not allow her to represent the six-time premier’s new administration. Sh...
