KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The general secretary of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) spoke by phone on Sunday June 12 with Pakistan’s foreign minister on the rising tide of Islamophobia in India, particularly the recent insulting remarks made by two spokespersons for India’s ruling party against Islam’s Prophet Muhammad ...
Doha, Qatar – (AFP): France’s energy giant TotalEnergies will spend an estimated $2 billion for a 6.25-percent share of the giant North Field East project in Qatar. The project will help Qatar increase its liquefied natural gas (LNG) production by more than 60 percent by 2027, TotalEnergies chief executive Patrick Pouyanne said. Qa...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – A day after Argentina seized a Venezuelan-flagged cargo plane at the Buenos Aires Airport and detained its crew, Iran’s top private airline denied reports that the aircraft belonged to it. In a statement, Mahan Airlines said the plane seized in Argentina was owned by Venezuela and had nothing to do with [&hellip...
Naqoura, Lebanon – (AFP): Hundreds of people and several lawmakers protested Saturday in southern Lebanon against Israel moving a gas production vessel into an offshore field partly claimed by Beirut. The demonstration comes just days before the US envoy mediating maritime border talks between the two neighbors is expected in Lebanon. Th...
ANKARA (AA) – A Turkish soldier was killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in northern Iraq, near the Turkish border, the National Defense Ministry said on Saturday. The ministry said in a statement that the IED exploded in the area of the counter-terrorist Operation Claw-Lock campaign, leaving one soldier dead and three [&h...
Qalaat Jaabar, Syria – (AFP): Qalaat Jaabar, an ancient lake-side fortress dating back to the Middle Ages, is slowly regaining its status as a key cultural destination, attracting visitors from across war-torn Syria. The fortress had been held by the ISIS, being used for military activities, and temporarily lost its status as a popular h...
Istanbul, Turkiye – (AA): Turkish president Recep Teyyip Erdogan has said that he hoped Ankara’s allies would “understand and respect” its announced operation against Kurdish militants in northern Syria, after Washington denounced the planned offensive. Ankara has for weeks threatened to target the Kurdish People’...
Tehran, Iran – (AFP): Iran has arrested 13 suspected robbers accused of the theft of the contents of more than 160 safe boxes from a bank branch in Tehran. “Thirteen suspects in the robbery of Bank Melli were arrested, and large quantities of stolen property have been discovered,” Tehran’s chief prosecutor Ali Salehi sa...
ISLAMABAD (AA): Pakistan has urged the UN General Assembly to take notice of the recent insulting remarks against Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) by two officials of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari spoke with the President of the UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid over phone and apprise...
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – (AFP): Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett landed in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday for talks with President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, following a free trade deal signed last month. Bennett’s second visit to UAE since the countries normalised relations in a US-brokered 20...
