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ISLAMABAD (AA) – Amid rising political tensions in Pakistan, President Arif Alvi has refused to sign a legislation recently approved by the parliament that limits some key powers of the country’s top judge. The President’s Office said in a statement that Alvi has returned the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023, to the parl...
PARIS (AA) – France has expressed concern over recent “violent incidents” at the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem. “We expressed concern about the violent incidents in Al-Aqsa Mosque,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Francois Delmas when asked to comment on Israeli police’s...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian police will be using “smart systems” to prevent the violation of the country’s hijab law amid a growing outcry from the clergy over relaxation in mandatory veil rules. In a statement on Saturday, the police’s information center said it will be using smart systems as an “innovative measu...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Yemeni government said Saturday a prisoner swap with Houthi rebels has been postponed until April 14. The swap was scheduled to take place on April 11, but was postponed upon a request from the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC), Yemeni negotiator Majid Fada’el tweeted. “The ICRC asked for […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US Navy said Saturday it had deployed a nuclear-powered submarine equipped with missiles to the Middle East region. In a statement, US Navy spokesman Timothy Hawkins said submarine Florida entered the area on Thursday and began crossing the Suez Canal. “It is capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise [&helli...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – The Ukrainian government proposed the implementation of sectoral sanctions against the Syrian regime for five decades, the country’s economy minister said Friday. “Today, the Government has proposed a final tough but absolutely adequate response to Syria’s position – the imposition of sectoral sanctions against the country...
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP): Iraqi President Abdel Latif Rashid condemned Turkey on Saturday for bombarding an area near Sulaimaniyah airport in the autonomous Kurdish region, a flashpoint between the two governments. “Turkish military operations against the Kurdistan region continue to take place, the last being the bombardment (Friday) against...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz pleaded not guilty to corruption charges when he appeared for questioning Thursday in a court in the capital Nouakchott. Aziz, 66, faces multiple charges including illicit enrichment, abuse of office, influence peddling and money laundering along with nine other d...
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP): Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday criticised Russia’s treatment of the Muslim-minority Tatar community in Kremlin-controlled Crimea and vowed to recapture the peninsula from Russia during a first official state iftar. Russia wrested control of the Black Sea territory from Ukraine in 2014 and pushed throu...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Thousands of residents have been displaced after gunmen killed at least 47 mourners in a Nigerian northcentral state, an official said Friday. Paul Hembah, a security adviser to the governor of Bemue State, told Anadolu gunmen opened fire on villagers Wednesday during a burial in Umogidi in Otukpo Local Government. ...
