Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Sudanese leaders have postponed the signing of an agreement to resume a short-lived democratic transition, an official said on Saturday, amid continued disagreement between military factions. A coup in October 2021 led by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had derailed the transition to civilian-led rule that began follow...
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned the deal between the US and Greek Cypriot Administration that is “encouraging Greek Cypriot side’s armament.” “We condemn the signing of an agreement between the National Guard of the State of New Jersey and the Ministry of Defense of the Greek Cypriot Admin...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police again raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem early Sunday, according to witnesses. Israeli police cut the electricity and forced Palestinians out of the mosque. Palestinians attempted to prevent police by closing the doors to the mosque. Israeli forces and Jewish settlers frequently carry out ...
ANKARA (AA) – Burkina Faso has expelled reporters of French newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, French media reported on Sunday. Sophie Douce from Le Monde Afrique and Agnes Faivre from Liberation were ordered by the Burkinabe authorities to leave the capital Ouagadougou on Saturday, according to Le Monde. The notification by agents from...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Hundreds of vehicles were trapped after landslides triggered by massive rains and flooding in several parts of southwest Pakistan blocked portions of a key highway, authorities said on Sunday. The epicenter of the overnight torrents and flashfloods was the Sulaiman Mountains range, which sits on the borders of northeas...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said Sunday another military adviser died of his wounds from Israeli airstrikes in Syria. Meghdad Mehghani’s death took the number of IRGC members killed in Friday’s Israeli attacks in the suburbs of Damascus to two. Milad Heydari, 32, who was also identified as a...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Human rights group Amnesty International has called on the Tunisian authorities to drop criminal investigation measures against 17 political prisoners and critics of the country’s president, Kais Saied. “The criminal investigation is among the most nakedly aggressive attacks by authorities on dissent since a p...
GENEVA (AA) – UN experts have called for the urgent repatriation of children from northeast Syria as they enter their fifth year of detention. They say children in conflict zones must be protected, not punished. “Many children are now entering their fifth year of detention in north-east Syria since they were detained by the de […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli forces killed a Palestinian at the entrance of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem late Friday, according to security sources. Israeli police claimed in a statement that the Palestinian attempted to take the weapon of an Israeli policeman at the Bab al-Silsila (Chain Gate) — one of Al-Aqsa Mosque̵...
NEW DELHI (AA) – Tense calm prevailed on Saturday after two days of communal violence in four Indian states that began during Hindu religious festivities, in which at least two people were killed, according to local media reports. Several dozens of people were arrested after communal clashes erupted in the states of Bihar, West Bengal, [&helli...
