BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has said it will not forcibly return Syrian refugees to their home country. “We will not force any displaced Syrian to return to Syria,” General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim told a press conference in the capital Beirut on Tuesday. Ibrahim denied any foreign pressure on Lebanon on the [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of Syrian refugees going home from neighboring Lebanon and Jordan has fallen despite the Assad regime’s 2019 agreements with those countries, according to a report. The Omran Center for Strategic Studies, a think tank based in Istanbul, said: “In 2019, 52,000 refugees were repatriated whereas only 10,000-20...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk has demanded the world football governing body remove Iran from the forthcoming World Cup in Qatar, and include Ukraine instead. “Ukraine should be at the World Cup. Iran deserves no place there!” Sergei Palkin, the club’s CEO, said in a statement on Twitter. “While...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday announced a “long march” this week to the capital Islamabad in a bid to force the government to call fresh general elections. At a news conference in southeastern city of Lahore, Khan said that his protest will begin from Lahore on Friday, with people […]...
The U.S. charged two Chinese intelligence officers on Monday with trying to obstruct the prosecution of a Chinese-based telecommunications firm. The U.S. rolled out three separate cases against Beijing. The two alleged Chinese spies were identified as Guochun He and Zheng Wang. They have been charged with an attempted scheme involving stealin...
Heavy shelling from Burma along the Bandarban border district of Bangladesh has forced hundreds of families to flee for safety. Bullets from Burma again landed inside Bangladesh’s Lemuchhari and Bahirmath areas Saturday violating the border, according to fleeing locals. The shelling occurred in a roughly 12-mile area near the border in Burmese...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli voters will cast ballot on Nov. 1 to elect members of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament), the fifth legislative polls in less than four years. Around 6.7 million voters are eligible to vote in 11,707 polling stations nationwide to elect members of the 120-seat Knesset. Election Day is a day-off in Israel […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Syria said Tuesday a planned visit by a Lebanese delegation for talks on demarcating their maritime border has been postponed. “The visit was postponed, not cancelled,” Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdel Karim Ali told a press conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut following his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun. H...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Moulana Muhammad Abbas Ansari, a religious leader and former chairman of Hurriyat Conference, an alliance of Kashmiri parties, passed away on Tuesday. The 86-year-old leader passed away at his residence in Srinagar. He had been ill for several years and was hospitalized for a few days recently. Hurriyat Confe...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, said Tuesday his country has faced an “unprecedented campaign” of criticism over the hosting of World Cup 2022. “Since we won the honor of hosting the World Cup, Qatar has been subjected to an unprecedented campaign that no host country has ever faced,” Emir […]...
