ANKARA (AA) – The US Embassy in Ankara has confirmed that a staff member of its diplomatic mission was involved in a car accident last week. However, contrary to initial reports, the person was not the husband of the US consul general in Istanbul. “A member of the US Diplomatic Mission community was involved in […]
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye has nabbed an ISIS militant while he was trying to enter the country from Syria illegally. The man was wanted on an Interpol red notice, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said. The Turkish Armed Forces, in a joint operation with the gendarmerie, carried out a “successful” operation near the southern Hatay ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The European Commission has proposed to strengthen the rules that prevent and combat human trafficking. Every year over 7,000 people become victims of human trafficking in the EU, a commission statement said, adding that the figure can be higher due to many undetected cases. The majority of victims are women and girls [&h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Scores of Israeli settlers on Monday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, according to a Palestinian official. The official with the Jordan-run Jerusalem Endowment Department said 192 settlers entered the flashpoint site in groups through the ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Monday that his country is ready to resume relations with Saudi Arabia “when Riyadh is willing to.” “Tehran is ready to resume diplomatic ties with Riyadh, reopen embassies,” Amir-Abdollahian told the Tehran Dialogue Forum. The top Iranian diplomat ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libyan authorities exhumed two bodies from a mass grave south of the capital Tripoli on Monday. In a statement, the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons said the two unidentified bodies were found in a grave in the town of Sog Al-Khamies, nearly 50 kilometers south of Tripoli. […]
GENEVA (AA) – The UN Human Rights Office on Monday condemned Israel’s deportation of Palestinian-French human rights defender Salah Hammouri to France. “We are deeply concerned by the chilling message this sends to those working on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory,” UN Human Rights spokesperson Jeremy ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday called for the deployment of UN monitors in the occupied West Bank. The call came after two Palestinians were killed on Saturday when an Israeli settler rammed his car into them in the city of Nablus. “We call on the United Nations teams stationed […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Twenty-six prisoners fled from a prison in western Lebanon on Monday, according to local media. The prison break took place in Bekaa Valley, with most of the escapees convicted of drug and weapons trafficking, the National News Agency reported. Lebanese authorities have yet to issue an official statement on the prison [&...
After twelve hours of voting—and over 17.5 million accounts casting a digital response—the results of Elon Musk’s survey question on whether or not he should “step down” as head of Twitter determined the answer was resounding: Yes. With 17,502,391 total votes, 57.5% said he should step aside while just 42.5% said he should no...
