KABUL – Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has held talks with Taliban Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhunzada. According to an Al-Jazeera report, these talks took place on May 12 in the southern city of Kandahar. Citing the state-run Qatar News Agency, Al-Jazeera reported that the visit took place in the context of fac...
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has criticized the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for interfering in the country’s internal affairs. Junior Minister for Finance and Revenue Aisha Ghaus Pasha called the statement by IMF mission chief in Pakistan Nathan Porter on the political situation in the country “extraordinary.” She said Pakistan...
ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn from a U.S.-led combined maritime task force. According to state news agency WAM, the decision was made two months ago after an assessment of security cooperation with all partners. The 34-nation, U.S.-led maritime task force is based in Bahrain and is designed to combat terrorism and [&...
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): The price of petrol in Nigeria tripled at government-run stations on Wednesday, two days after newly-elected President Bola Tinubu announced he would scrap fuel subsidies in his first move after taking office. His announcement was followed by confusion as to when the measure would take place. The previous government of Mu...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): The Israeli army on Thursday detained around 33 Palestinians in different areas across the occupied West Bank. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society, an NGO, said 23 Palestinians were detained from Teqoa town, southeast of Bethlehem city in the southern West Bank, during a raid, while the others were detai...
KHARTOUM (AA): At least 17 civilians were killed in clashes in the south of Sudan’s capital on Wednesday, local medics said as fighting continued between the country’s army and a paramilitary force. In a statement on Thursday, the Sudan Doctors Syndicate said the Mayo area witnessed heavy shelling late the previous night, leaving a...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): A UN court has extended the sentences of two allies of the late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the Balkan wars. The Appeals Chamber of the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals rejected on Wednesday the appeals by Jovica Stanisic and Frank...
By Mohammed Abunahel, first published at World BEYOND War The presence of U.S. military bases overseas has been a subject of concern and debate for decades. The United States attempts to justify these bases as necessary for national security and global stability; however, these arguments often lack conviction. And these bases have uncounted ne...
KANO, Nigeria (AA): China’s president has pledged to increase economic cooperation with Nigeria, saying the country is important to Africa and the world. Xi Jinping spoke on Wednesday through his Special Envoy Peng Qinghua, who is also vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. Peng met Nigerian President ...
WASHINGTON (AA): The Sudanese military’s decision to withdraw from US-mediated peace talks with a rival paramilitary force is “highly unfortunate,” the White House said Wednesday. “We want to see the fighting stop. We want to see the aid get in and it’s hard for that aid to get in to people in Khartoum and around ...