NEW DELHI (AA) – Indian investigation agencies arrested 45 people associated with a Muslim organization in “anti-terror” raids across the country on Thursday, officials said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted a joint search operation across the country against the Popular Front o...
ANKARA (AA) – President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran canceled an interview Thursday with CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour after she refused his request to wear a headscarf, according to the reporter. “Protests are sweeping Iran & women are burning their hijabs after the death last week of Mahsa Amini, following her arrest by the ‘morality...
Al-Kasrah, Syria – (AFP): In a hospital in Syria crowded with women and wailing children, Ahmad al-Mohammad writhes in pain beside his wife after they contracted cholera, which is resurging for the first time in years. During his six days in treatment, Mohammad has watched patients stream into the Al-Kasrah hospital in the eastern provin...
ANKARA (AA) – An Astana format meeting on Syria between the foreign ministers of Türkiye, Iran and Russia was held Wednesday in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The meeting was attended by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey ...
ANKARA (AA) – Qatar on Wednesday decided to suspend visitor visas during the 2022 FIFA World Cup that will start in November. The Qatari Interior Ministry said on Twitter that it will not allow visitors to enter the country by air, land and sea between Nov. 1 to Dec. 23, but only Hayya Card holders […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Angelina Jolie, a top Hollywood actress and special envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, has urged the international community to do more as millions of people are in trouble in the flood-hit areas of Pakistan. During her visit to the National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) late Wednesday, Jolie said [&h...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) has rejected the issuance of fake domicile certificates to non-Kashmiris granting them voting rights by the Indian government in the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir. A joint statement after a meeting of the foreign ministers of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir said [&h...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Qatar on Thursday began disbursing financial aid to thousands of Palestinian families in Gaza, which has been under a crippling Israeli blockade since 2007. People started gathering at various distribution points early in the morning to receive a grant of $100 per family for the month of September. Some 100,000 [&he...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday welcomed the comment of his British counterpart Liz Truss about considering the possibility of moving the UK embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Lapid thanked Truss on his Twitter account, saying he “will continue to strengthen the partnership between the two countries....
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has slammed what it called “provocative” transit by the US and Canadian warships through the Taiwan Strait. Shi Yi, a senior colonel of the Chinese military, said in a statement that the US navy destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) and Canadian navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH-331) sailed through the Taiwan Strait […]...
