KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Tuesday “vehemently” condemned India’s decision to hold the G20 Tourism Working Group meeting in disputed Jammu and Kashmir next month. “Pakistan expresses its strong indignation over India’s decision to hold the G-20 Tourism Working Group meeting in Srinagar on 22-24 May 2023,” said a For...
Tel Aviv, Israel (AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to restore security “on all fronts” after surging violence that included rocket fire from Lebanon and Syria. Netanyahu also reinstated the defence minister whose firing he announced last month. Heavy clashes, shootings, rocket strikes and a car-ramming attack h...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Yemen said on Monday he had travelled to the country’s rebel-held capital to seek end to hostilities. The Saudi delegation’s visit to Sanaa is part of a flurry of diplomatic activity to end the conflict pitting the Iran-backed Houthis against a Saudi-led coalition suppo...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Four policemen were killed during a clash with militants in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday. The attack took place in the Kuchlak area near Quetta, Balochistan’s capital, during a search operation launched following Monday’s bombing, provincial Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo said. ̶...
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (AA) – A rocket hit a US military base in the Koniko gas field in Deir Ez-zor governorate in eastern Syria, but it caused no damage or casualties. The attack was carried out from areas in Deir Ez-zor from where “Iran-backed” groups operate, local sources told Anadolu on Monday. Several rockets were [&hellip...
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP): Visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Tuesday for “massive” international support for Somalia as it battles a devastating drought and a grinding insurgency. Guterres, who arrived in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu earlier on Tuesday, described his trip as a visit of “solidarity.&#...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Monday accused Israel of seeking to drag the Middle East region into violence. Early Monday, a number of Israeli ministers and lawmakers took part in a rally to support settlement building in the occupied West Bank. Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finan...
ANKARA (AA) – A meeting between foreign ministers of Türkiye, Russia, Iran, and Syria is likely to be held in early May in Moscow, Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu said on Monday. “We think it will happen in a period like the beginning of May, according to the preliminary information we received from the Russians. It […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Yemeni government on Monday expressed hope for restoring peace in the war-torn country. “The atmosphere is (more) favorable than any time before to restore peace in Yemen,” Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani said in a statement. He said achieving peace will be “a victory for constitutional legitimacy and the Saudi-l...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Two policemen were among four people killed in an explosion which targeted a security vehicle in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Monday. The explosion – the latest in a host of terrorist attacks – occurred on a busy street of Quetta city, Balochistan’s capital, near a police vehicle, which was on a […]...