ANKARA – North Korea has reported over 232,000 more cases of “fever” and six related fatalities over the past day in a suspected COVID-19 outbreak. The figures were released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). However, so far, North Korea has refused to link the rising cases with coronavirus-like symptoms to t...
MIRPURKHAS, Pakistan – Until April, farmers in Pakistan’s famed mango-producing district were expecting a bumper harvest of the succulent, yellow fruit which makes a sizeable share of the country’s exports. However, their dreams of raking in big profits were shattered by an unusual spike in temperatures coupled with water sho...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The US dollar hit an all-time high against Pakistani rupee on Wednesday, rising past 200 in the open market. The greenback that began its streak against the Pakistani rupee last month — amid a political crisis, which also saw the ouster of former premier Imran Khan through a no-trust motion — [&hellip...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday warned Israel that it would have to face devastating consequences if it resumed its policy of assassinating Palestinians. His media adviser Taher al-Nunu said the Hamas leader sent messages to several foreign leaders warning against any resumption of the assass...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army detained seven Palestinian students Tuesday who are studying at Birzeit University in the central occupied West Bank. The Asra Media Office, a Palestinian NGO that documents Israeli arrests, said the students are activists and heads of the Islamic Bloc, the Hamas group’s students’ w...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Turkiye wants to resolve issues with the US, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday. Speaking in an address at the Turkevi Center in New York, Cavusoglu recalled the “important” meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Joe Biden in Rome last year. “We have e...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Sandstorms across the Middle East have delayed flights, closed schools and hospitalised thousands — a phenomenon experts say could worsen as climate change warps regional weather patterns. Saudi Arabia became the latest country blanketed with dust that slowed traffic and made iconic towers in the capital diff...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of two French nationals for stoking unrest by participating in teacher protests. Iran’s state broadcaster showed a film about the duo’s arrest by intelligence sleuths and their activities in Iran, calling them “spies.” The pair were identified as Cecile Kohler, 37...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN has urged the Taliban to fulfill their pledge of inclusivity and reconciliation in the war-torn country. Deborah Lyons, the UN chief’s special envoy for Afghanistan, met acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul on Tuesday, where she discussed several pressing issues such as women’s rights, including their acces...
DEIR-EZ-ZOR/AZAZ, Syria (AA) – A man who had been imprisoned in Syria and subjected to torture for three years says the Assad regime extorts money from families of prisoners. Mohammed Shilash, who is from the town of Sor in Deir Ez-Zor province, decided to leave the country to work in Lebanon in 2019 after his […]
