NEW DELHI (AA) – A Muslim innovator’s magic touch is transforming the lives of thousands of distressed farmers in India’s southern province of Karnataka and outside. Even as 70% of people depend upon agriculture directly or indirectly in India, the spate of suicides by farmers due to indebtedness and crop losses has been testing the […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye has dismissed Iraq’s “baseless” objections to Operation Claw-Lock, Ankara’s latest cross-border operation against the PKK. Baghdad’s charge d’affaires was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry and told in clear terms that Turkiye is well within its rights to act against the PKK that “has been targeting our country from...
ISTANBUL – The Chinese president has proposed a “global security initiative” to promote “security for all” in the world. “We need to work together to maintain peace and stability in the world,” Xi Jinping told Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022. “Stability brings a country prosperity while instability leads a country to poverty,”...
GAZA STRIP (AA): Israeli warplanes bombarded two sites in the Gaza Strip early Thursday belonging to the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian organization Hamas. Warplanes targeted two sites in central and southern Gaza, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. No casualties or injuries were reported by the Pa...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Several Israeli websites came under a cyberattack by an Iraqi hacker group, local media reported Wednesday. The Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported that they included one belonging to Israel’s Aviation Authority, Channel 9’s website and the website of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN). The cyberattack...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s Intelligence Ministry claimed Wednesday to have arrested three people working for the Israeli spy agency Mossad in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan. In a statement, the ministry’s local branch in the border province said the three “Mossad agents” were involved in transferr...
JERUSALEM (AA) – More than 700 Israeli settlers forced their way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday, according to a Palestinian agency. In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, which oversees the holy sites in Jerusalem, said 762 settlers stormed the site and stayed there for about ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least five people were killed and many others injured in a blast that hit a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, local media reported. The explosion occurred at the Seh Dokan mosque located in a busy area of Mazar-e-Sharif, Tolo News quoted sources as saying. Quoting an official from the local […]
JERUSALEM: A number of far-right Israeli groups gathered on Wednesday in West Jerusalem to mark the anniversary of the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967. It is called Jerusalem Day by the Israelis. Among the group was also far-right lawmaker Itamar BenGvir despite a ban on his attending the march. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali [&he...
LONDON – The British government has condemned the North Korean government over the launch of a ballistic missile. The Foreign Office said the latest launch breaches several UN Security Council resolutions and endangers the stability of the region as well as the international community. “The UK condemns North Korea’s ballistic missile lau...
