ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria has resumed train services that were shut down nine months ago after Boko Haram attacked a train moving from the capital Abuja to northwestern Kaduna state, according to an official. Yakub Mahmoud, a spokesperson for the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), told Anadolu Agency that dozens of passengers started...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Russia has agreed to provide oil to Pakistan at discounted rates to meet Islamabad’s rising domestic and industrial energy demands, a Pakistani minister claimed on Monday. Addressing a presser in the capital Islamabad, State Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik said Pakistan would purchase crude oil, petrol...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdul Fattah al-Burhan has pledged to hold elections at the end of the country’s transitional period. The pledge was made during the signing ceremony of a framework agreement between the ruling Sovereign Council and political groups on Monday. The deal pledges a 2-year transition period and the [&...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s defense minister has urged Armenia to do what is necessary in response to a peace offer from Türkiye and Azerbaijan. Hulusi Akar, accompanied by top commanders including Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler and the Turkish Land Forces, Naval Forces, and Air Force commanders, traveled to Azerbaijan where he was ...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The United Nations recently held a week-long training session for Iraqi judges and prosecutors in international criminal law for trying ISIS members for committing crimes against humanity and war crimes. The head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Muslims in Uganda from all segments of society protested Monday against the arbitrary arrests of Muslim leaders during raids on mosques. Muslim clerics, parliamentarians, businessmen and community members came out to condemn the arrests, which they say are illegal and uncalled for. “It’s discriminatory for th...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s judiciary has issued death sentences against five people allegedly involved in last month’s killing of a Basij paramilitary member following a high-profile televised trial. The verdict takes the total number of death sentences to 11 since the outbreak of countrywide protests in September over the death of 22-year-old...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AA) – Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petronas have signed a historic deal for the exploration and assessment of Abu Dhabi’s first-ever onshore unconventional oil block. UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Malaysian King Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayat...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least seven people have been killed and six others wounded in an explosion in Mazar-i Sharif city in northern Afghanistan. According to local officials, the roadside explosion took place near the Seyed Abad intersection in the third district of Mazar-i-Sharif and targeted a bus carrying oil company workers from the Haritaan...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Many shops were closed in major Iranian cities, including the capital Tehran, on Monday amid a nationwide strike. The strike came in response to a three-day shutdown call given by an anonymous group. The country has been rocked by sweeping protests triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police […]
