KUWAIT CITY (AA) – Kuwaiti opposition groups secured nearly 60% of the seats in the 50-seat National Assembly, according to the final results of early parliamentary elections. According to the results, only 23 members of the previous parliament managed to keep their seats in the new parliament, while 27 are new members. The state-run KUN...
Tehran, Iran – (AFP): Among Iranian women protesting recently, many are proud of not only playing what they say is a key role — but that men are following in their footsteps. A wave of unrest has rocked Iran since the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini on September 16 following her arrest by […]
ANKARA (AA) – At least 127 people were killed when police used tear gas to break up fights at an Indonesian football stadium Saturday, according to authorities. Most of the victims were trampled to death when supporters of home team Arema FC and rival Persebaya Surabaya clashed late Saturday after the host lost 3-2 in […]
ANKARA (AA) – Several UN human rights experts have expressed concern to the Indian government about the continued lack of identification and preservation of unmarked single and mass burial sites in Indian-occupied Kashmir. The experts, who include seven special rapporteurs on involuntary disappearances, extrajudicial executions, and the indepe...
ANKARA (AA) – Armenia has ordered heavy weapons from India worth an estimated $245 million, according to Indian news outlet Economic Times. The order includes missiles, rockets and ammunition amid escalating tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which was largely liberated from Armenian occupation in la...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army will use armed drones to carry out targeted assassinations of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Israeli army chief Aviv Kochavi gave his approval to use the armed drones for assassinations and “to carry out strikes should armed gunmen be identified as posing imminent threats to the troops,” r...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Yemeni government has signed a deal worth $200 million with Saudi Arabia to provide fuel to war-torn Yemen. Under the deal, the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) will provide 250,000 metric tons of oil derivatives to Yemen, the state news agency Saba reported. Saba said the deal […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has announced new sanctions targeting an international network of financiers and shipping companies that allegedly help Iran sell hundreds of millions of dollars of oil in violation of restrictions. The sales were made to purchasers in South and East Asia and the US black-listings target Iranian brokers and sever...
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): A suicide bomb attack on a classroom of hundreds of people preparing for exams in the Afghan capital on Friday killed at least 19 people, with most of the casualties girls, police and a witness said. The blast ripped through Kaaj Higher Educational Center, which coaches mainly adult men and women, ahead […]
Paris, France (AFP): Facebook must pay reparations to the Muslim Rohingya who were forced from their homes in Myanmar after a brutal genocide by the Myanmar military. In a damning report by Amnesty International, it has been brought to light that the onslaught against the Muslim Rohingyas was fired by intense hate, exacerbated by rampant [&hel...
