ANKARA (AA) – Azerbaijan said on Friday that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) dismissed Armenia’s request to modify measures specified in a court order dated Dec. 7, 2021, declaring the material presented as insufficient. “This decision aligns with Azerbaijan’s commitment to treat any Armenian detainees in full compliance w...
ANKARA (AA) – The destruction of the Karabakh region during Armenia’s occupation should be brought to the International Court of Justice, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. “Now I look to my right and left. What did they do to Jabrayil during the occupation period? I asked Aliyev, did the OSCE (Organization for ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan took to streets on Friday to protest against his disqualification by the country’s election authority. Protest rallies started soon after the Election Commission of Pakistan barred Khan from holding public office for concealing gifts and p...
ANKARA (AA) – Azerbaijan has denounced the move to send a mission of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to Armenia, saying that no discussions were made within the organization. “The issue of sending an ‘OSCE needs assessment mission’ was never discussed by any collective decision-making body of the OSCE, and as a [&he...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh on Thursday said Myanmar has agreed to take back the Rohingya refugees under a bilateral agreement signed in November 2017. “The good news is that the current Myanmar government has agreed to take back Rohingya citizens, and is developing facilities in the Rakhine State,” Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Workers across the occupied West Bank launched a general strike on Thursday to mourn the killing of 22-year-old Palestinian man Udai Tamimi by Israeli forces. The Fatah movement in a statement called for intensified confrontations with Israeli forces in all areas across the West Bank. The Palestinian teachers u...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The Pakistan government has announced compensation for the families of those killed and injured during the recent devastating floods as relief and reconstruction activities continue in the South Asian country. Speaking at a high-level meeting on Thursday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the federal government wil...
ANKARA (AA) – A huge dome of the Jakarta Islamic Centre Grand Mosque in Indonesia has collapsed following a major fire. The dome of the mosque was engulfed by a fire on Wednesday afternoon that caused huge damage to the mosque, local media reported. According to the head of the mosque, Muhammad Subki, the fire […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian teen shot by Israeli forces last month has died of his wounds, according to local authorities. Mohammad Fadi Nouri, 16, was critically injured by Israeli gunfire during clashes in Al-Bireh, a city in the occupied West Bank, in September, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Israeli forces have killed 1...
ANKARA (AA) – Taiwan has reported nearly 40,000 COVID-19 cases and over 90 deaths in the past 24 hours, health authorities have announced. Of the total 39,808 new cases, 39,763 are domestic and 45 are foreign, the Central Epidemic Command Center said in a statement. With 92 deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 24 […]