DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The Myanmar army has pledged to maintain peace and security at the border with Bangladesh. The assurance was given by a Myanmar army delegation at a meeting with Bangladesh Army Chief Gen SM Shafiuddin Ahmed at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka, according to a statement issued late Thursday night by the […]
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces killed two Palestinians and wounded two others in the northern West Bank on Friday. Official Palestine TV stated: “Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces at the Huwwara checkpoint near Nablus, while two others were wounded.” Those who died were identified as Ramzi Zubarah and Im...
ANKARA (AA) – Iranian forces announced on Friday they had thwarted a bomb plot in Shiraz, the site of a deadly attack earlier this week by the ISIS. According to official Iranian news agency IRNA, Shiraz Governor Lutfullah Shaybani said “security forces successfully prevented a planned bomb attack on one of the busy streets in […]...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Two members of Iran’s Basij paramilitary militia were killed in the northern province of Mazandaran, local media reported Thursday. The members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) force were shot in a “terror operation” in the city of Amul, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported, cit...
ANKARA (AA) – Iraq formed its new government after almost 13 months, local media reports said on Thursday. Iraqi lawmakers met to decide on the new government of the country and the government was formed as the parliament gave a confidence vote to the Cabinet led by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. Earlier this month, Mohammed Shia […]
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Thursday signed a maritime border demarcation deal with Israel as mediated by the United States. Deputy Speaker and chief Lebanese negotiator Elias Bou Saab told a press conference that Aoun signed a letter relating to the demarcation of Lebanon’s southern maritime boundary. He added ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Two more Rohingya men were shot dead inside a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, early Thursday just a day after a Rohingya activist was gunned down in the camp. A group of armed and masked men barged into refugee camp-17 and opened fire at Rohingya men, killing one of them […]
ANKARA (AA) – Syrian state media said Israel carried out a missile attack early Thursday near Damascus. The attack targeted a number of posts in the vicinity of the capital, the official SANA news agency reported, citing military officials. It said air defense systems downed most of the missiles, which were fired “from the directio...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Saudi Arabia is putting on 240 flights a week and easing overland travel to attract tens of thousands of football fans attending the World Cup in neighbouring Qatar, the kingdom’s tourism minister told AFP. Saudi Arabia has offered multi-entry 60-day visas to holders of the World Cup’s Hayya pass, the co...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has said that Russia might have a role in instructing Iranian authorities on how to handle ongoing protests in Iran. “We are concerned that Moscow may be advising Tehran on best practices to manage protests,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said at a news conference, adding that Russia has ...
