ISTANBUL – The death toll from a building collapse in southwestern Iran has risen to 11, with officials fearing more people could still be trapped under the rubble. Mohammad-Hassan Nami, chairperson of the Crisis Management Organization, said 11 bodies have been recovered so far while the number of injured people increased to 32. Efforts are [...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye will continue to stand by the Palestinian people for independent and sovereign Palestine, the country’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at a joint news conference with his Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkiye will pursue normalized ...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco and Israel on Tuesday signed 13 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in the field of innovation and high-tech industry. The deals are the latest in efforts of Rabat and Tel Aviv to boost their relations since the normalization of their ties in late 2020. The MoUs were signed during a 3-day […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli army forces on Tuesday demolished a mosque in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian authorities. Israeli forces cited lack of construction permit for razing the mosque in al-Ramadin community near Qalqilya city, the Waqf Ministry said in a statement. Palestinian Waqf Minister Hatem al-Bakri termed ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Two pilots were killed when an F-7 fighter jet crashed near Isfahan province in central Iran on Tuesday, according to state media. The incident took place at around 8:10 a.m. local time (0340GMT) when the aircraft, which had taken off from Shahid Babaei Airbase in Isfahan, crashed in Anarak, nearly 200 […]
Baghdad, Iraq – AFP Iraq closed public buildings and temporarily shut airports Monday as another sandstorm — the ninth since mid-April — hit the country, authorities said. The capital Baghdad was enveloped in a giant dust cloud that left usually traffic-choked streets largely deserted. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi ordere...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran will avenge the killing of a Revolutionary Guards colonel who was shot dead in Tehran, President Ebrahim Raisi warned on Monday. Assailants on motorcycles on Sunday hit Colonel Sayyad Khodai with five bullets as he sat in his car outside his Tehran home. Iran blamed “elements linked to the global […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A European delegation responsible for the European Union (EU)’s relations with Palestinians has cancelled their scheduled visit to the Palestinian territories after Israel had blocked their visit. Manu Pineda, head of the EU delegation, said that the Israeli Foreign Ministry did not approve their visit. “I regret the deci...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Monday dispersed Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron who were protesting against the violation of the sanctity of the Ibrahimi Mosque by the occupation authorities. Eyewitnesses said dozens of Palestinians tried to reach the mosque but Israeli forces closed the iron gates leading to...
BAGHDAD (AA) – At least six people were killed in an attack carried out by Daesh/ISIS in northern Iraq, officials said late Monday. The terrorist group targeted residents of Taza Khurmatu district south of the city of Kirkuk, where the majority of Turkmen live, the government-affiliated Security Media Network said in a statement. An operation ...
