KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A Pakistani soldier was killed in what the army said was a terrorist attack from Afghanistan’s soil. The attack – latest in a string of ambushes – occurred in the restive North Waziristan tribal district, which sits near the border with Afghanistan and has long been a hotbed of militancy. “Pakistan [&hellip...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has launched an initiative to attract investments worth 40 billion riyals ($10.6 billion) in supply chains. Bin Salman said the Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (GSCRI) will support growth of key sectors and aim to attract 40 billion riyals ($10.6 billion) in investmen...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel and Lebanon will sign a US-brokered agreement on their maritime border demarcation on Thursday, US mediator Amos Hochstein has said. “We’re going to have a deal,” Hochstein told CNN’s “Face the Nation” program. “We’re going to sign it hopefully this Thursday.” According to Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, the signing cerem...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A prominent Pakistani journalist and TV host, Arshad Sharif, was shot dead by police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, his family and media reported on Monday. Sharif was shot in the head and killed by police after his driver and he allegedly breached a roadblock that had been set up to check […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – One in nine children under 5 years of age admitted to health facilities in Pakistan’s flood-battered areas are found to be suffering from “severe acute” malnutrition, according to a UN report. The report released by UNICEF warned that the health facilities are reporting alarming levels of seve...
ANKARA (AA) – Sixteen people were injured in an explosion at an ammunition depot of the Uzbek military, local media reported on Saturday. According to the Uzdaily news outlet, the explosion took place in the Malik village of the central Syrdarya region. Twelve people were hospitalized, while it is still unclear what caused the explosion. [&hel...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has said that it will continue to develop relations with the Syrian regime, which it recently mended after a rupture of over 10 years. “Strengthening this relationship serves our ability to confront the escalating Israeli aggression,” Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said in a statemen...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran is a “victim” of disinformation, distortions and lies in media, the country’s culture and Islamic guidance minister said on Saturday. Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili told Anadolu Agency that Iran “has been experiencing” the problem of disinformation “for decades.” “We are currently faced with a media that seeks to create a false st...
BAYDA, Yemen (AA) – Three Yemeni children were killed in a landmine explosion in central Bayda province, a local NGO said Saturday. The children were killed when the device exploded as they were grazing sheep in the al-Zaher district, the Yemeni Landmine Records said in a statement. The NGO, which documents victims of mines and […...
ISTANBUL / ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – In a major development, Pakistan on Friday got off the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) list of countries under increased monitoring, also known as the “grey list.” The South Asian nation had been on the list since June 2018 for deficiencies in its system to curb money laundering and […]...
