ISTANBUL (AA) – Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi on Tuesday discussed with UN envoy Hans Grundberg efforts to maintain a UN-brokered truce in Yemen, according to the official Omani News Agency. During their meeting in the Omani capital Muscat, the officials “exchanged views on endeavors and efforts made to secure the continua...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Pakistan on Tuesday accused Armenia of committing large-scale provocations at the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border and planting landmines in the liberated territories. Speaking at a news conference to commemorate the second anniversary of the “Patriotic War” in the Karabakh region, Ambassador Khazar...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Seventeen more bodies were recovered from a river in northern Bangladesh on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll from a boat capsize to 68, officials confirmed. A passenger boat, carrying approximately 150 people, mostly Hindu pilgrims, capsized in the Karatoya River in Boda town on Sunday while on its way to [...
BAGHDAD (AA) – A coalition of Iraqi Shia groups close to Iran will vote against the resignation of Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi, said a local politician on Tuesday. Al-Halbousi tendered his resignation on Monday amid a months-long political crisis in Iraq. Parliament is set to hold a session on Wednesday to vote on the resignation. ...
BISHKEK (AA) – Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have signed a joint protocol on demarcation of their border. Kyrgyz and Uzbek delegations met in Bishkek on Monday, after which Kamchybek Tashiev, head of the State Committee for National Security, and Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov signed the joint protocol. According to a statement by the Ky...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s foreign minister has urged sanctions against Iran for the use of violence to quell protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for not wearing hijab properly. Annalena Baerbock told German news agency DPA on Monday that attempts to suppress peaceful protests wi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The “most important challenge for Japan and the US is to maintain peace and stability” in the Asia-Pacific region, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has told US Vice President Kamala Harris. During a bilateral meeting at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on Monday, the visiting US vice president, however, said that Washington “would...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced another $10 million in food security assistance for flood-hit Pakistan. Speaking at an event with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bhutto Zardari, Blinken said a third of the country remains underwater after catastrophic storms, which he said impacts 33 million people. Farmer...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese police clashed on Monday with retired servicemen during a protest against deteriorating living conditions in the country. The violence erupted as Parliament convened to discuss the country’s state budget amid growing public anger over economic difficulties. According to an Anadolu Agency reporter, police used te...
Srinagar, India (AFP): Ironically, India’s hottest new travel destination is also the site of its deadliest insurgency. In Indian Occupied Kashmir, regular skirmishes break out between pro-freedom fighters and Indian troops. Half a million Indian soldiers are still stationed in Kashmir. Alongside the bitter reality of life for the reside...
