SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Nine Yemeni soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in war-torn Yemen, according to the military on Wednesday. Unidentified gunmen attacked a military vehicle east of Zinjibar, the provincial capital of the southern Abyan province, killing three soldiers, the army-run Presidential Protection Brigades said in a statemen...
ANKARA (AA) – Despite political instability, Israel’s security must be preserved, the country’s prime minister has said. “We are in a period of political instability but the security and stability must be preserved,” Naftali Bennett said during a visit to the Israel Defense Forces’ Gaza division headquarters. Bennett said Israelis in cities su...
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims are crossing the Indian-Bangladeshi border for safe harbor on the southeast coast of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. More than 1 million Rohingya are already taking shelter at the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazaar. There are about 40,000 Rohingya in India, with 20,000 registered with the U.N. refugee agency. Experts and ac...
On Tuesday, Tunisian President Kais Saied confirmed a draft constitution to be put to a referendum vote on July 25 will not enshrine Islam as the “religion of the state.” Rather the next constitution will mention “belonging to an umma (community) which has Islam as its religion,” Saied told journalists. He clarified “the umma and […]...
On Monday, Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif appeared in court to answer for corruption allegations. Sharif became prime minister in April after a vote of no confidence ousted former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The corruption investigation stems from allegations that Sharif abused his power when he was the province of Punjab’s chie...
A deadly earthquake has killed over 1,000 people and injured nearly 1,600 in eastern Afghanistan, officials said today. Bakhtar News Agency reports the death toll could rise as rescue operations continue in Paktika and Khost provinces. There hundreds of houses were destroyed by the last night’s magnitude 6.1 earthquake, Taliban officia...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt said Tuesday talks between President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reflected a “mutual understanding” on efforts to confront dangers threatening security and stability in the region. Al-Sisi met bin Salman in Cairo where he reiterated “Egypt’s commitment to the security of th...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel said Wednesday it is building a 45-kilometer concrete wall in the occupied West Bank. A statement by the Defense Ministry said the 9-meter-high wall will replace an old security fence built around 20 years ago in the occupied territory. It will take over a year for the construction of the wall […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A deadly earthquake has killed over 1,000 people and injured nearly 1,600 in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. “More than 1000 people were killed and over 1500 others injured in Paktika province,” Head of Information and Culture Department of the province told state-run Bakhtar News Agency. He added...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – Kuwait’s crown prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Wednesday dissolved the country’s parliament and called for early elections. “Based on our constitutional rights, we decided to dissolve the National Assembly constitutionally and to call for general elections,” he said in a televised statem...
