JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli military has confirmed carrying out dozens of airstrikes inside war-torn Syria this year. A military statement said that Israeli forces carried out airstrikes and special operations in Syria and other nearby countries in 2022 with accumulated “105,000 hours” of airtime. It, however, did not specify the nature of th...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian aviation authorities have confirmed the purchase of four Airbus A340s, wide-bodied, long-range four-engine airliners. Hassan Khoshkho, spokesman for Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO), said that the Airbus A340 “made in France” had arrived in the country “in recent days”. He stopp...
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a January 6 defendant’s claim that then-President Donald Trump’s exhortation to march to the U.S. Capitol on the day of the deadly right-wing attack should shield the alleged insurrectionist from legal responsibility for his actions. Alex Sheppard, 22, of Ohio is charged with six federal offens...
A Long Island prosecutor on Wednesday launched an investigation into George Santos after the Republican congressman-elect admitted to telling a litany of campaign trail lies about his religious background, education, and employment history. “The numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with Congressman-Elect Santos are nothin...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA): Vehicles lined up outside fuel stations in the Lebanese capital on Wednesday as the country faces a serious economic crisis. Since 2019, Lebanon has been facing a crippling economic crisis that, according to the World Bank, is one of the worst the world has seen in modern times. Lebanon’s central bank on […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Dozens of Israeli settlers on Wednesday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a Palestinian agency. In a statement, the Islamic Endowment Department in Jerusalem said the settlers entered the flashpoint site through Al-Mughrabi Gate, southwest of the mosque. It, how...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran on Wednesday welcomed SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk’s announcement about providing 100 active Starlinks to the Islamic Republic. Speaking following a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Minister Information and Communications Technology Issa Zarepour said Tehran welcomes the offer “provided it complies with the laws.” ...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Fourteen spectators have been killed and 29 injured after a car rammed into a crowd of onlookers at a bikers’ parade at a carnival in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar, an official said. Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Maikano Hassan, told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday the car [&hel...
Lyon, France (AFP): French authorities have been investigating as suicide the drowning of an Iranian man in the southeastern city of Lyon. The man had said on social media he was going to kill himself to draw attention to the crackdown against protests in Iran. Mohammad Moradi, 38, was found in the Rhone river that […]
ANKARA (AA) – Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Twitter, has said that about 100 Starlink satellites provide internet support in Iran. “Approaching 100 Starlinks active in Iran,” the 51-year-old business magnate tweeted. Earlier, Musk said he would deploy Starlink satellites to allow demonstrators to communicate in Iran, amid ...
