TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been arrested for allegedly “inciting riots” in the wake of the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody. A report by the semi-official Tasnim news agency said Faezeh Hashemi was arrested by a security agency for “instigating...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has issued a royal decree appointing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as prime minister as part of a cabinet reshuffle. The decree published by the official Saudi Press Agency said that cabinet meetings will continue to be chaired by the king. Khalid bin Salman was appointed defense minister, [&...
NEW DELHI (AA) – The Indian government has declared the Popular Front of India (PFI) an “unlawful association” with immediate effect for five years, according to a gazette notification issued Wednesday. The action against the Muslim organization under a stringent terror law comes after police carried out raids in several stat...
JENIN CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces on Wednesday killed three Palestinians and injured nine others in an incursion into the northern occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials. Following a raid into the Jenin refugee camp, Palestinian medical teams received three dead bodies as well as nine people who were injured, the Heal...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched attacks on the Kurdish region of northern Iraq targeting armed rebel groups, Iranian state media reported Wednesday. The headquarters of the Komala Party, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (IKDP) and the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) were hit with miss...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – A UN envoy has called for engagement with Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to promote governance that works to benefit Afghan people and respects the norms of the global community. “Patience is running out by many in the international community regarding a strategy of engagement with Afghanistan’s Taliban au...
Paris, France (AFP): More than 75 people have died in Iran’s crackdown on 11 nights of unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a rights group said, as Western nations pile pressure on the Islamic republic to end the violence. The semi-official Fars news agency reported Tuesday that “around 60” people have been killed, [&h...
RAQQA, Syria (AA) – Syrian regime forces detained a number of Palestinians who survived last week’s sinking of a migrant boat off Syria’s coast, a London-based NGO has said. A boat carrying nearly 170 Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian migrants, sank off the coast of Tartus last week after setting off from Lebanon. At least 94 […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has said the assembly will convene on Sept. 29 to elect a new president. In a statement, Berri’s office said the session will be held at 11:00 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) to elect a new president. President Michel Aoun’s six-year term ends on October 31. […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has asked Washington to extend help to Pakistan with “some real action” instead of commenting on Islamabad’s relations with Beijing. “The US had better help Pakistani people with real action rather than just commenting on China-Pakistan cooperation,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Wang Wenbin in response to Was...
