BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh has denied that the bank has gone bankrupt, indicating that the losses are “under processing.” Salameh’s denial came in a statement issued by the Central Bank in response to statements by Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Saadeh al-Shami, who had said earlier that the state and ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli forces on Tuesday arrested Jerusalem Governor Adnan Ghaith, his office said. “The governor was detained by the occupation intelligence [service] from his home,” in the town of Silwan in East Jerusalem, the governor’s office said in a statement. The Israeli police did not explain the reasons for the arrest. ...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah on Tuesday submitted his government’s resignation to Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, according to the state news agency KUNA. The agency, however, did not provide further details about the reason for the resignation, which comes a week after the parliame...
TEHRAN (AA) – A middle-aged cleric was killed and two others critically injured Tuesday in a stabbing attack at a popular religious shrine in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Aslani, a cleric who was volunteering at the shrine during the holy month of Ramadan. The attack took place in [&h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel on Tuesday banned Palestinian males between the ages of 12 and 40 in the occupied West Bank from entering Masjid al-Aqsa for Friday prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Palestinian women, children under 12 and men older than 50 can enter occupied East Jerusalem without permission if they would [&hellip...
Israeli police attacked Palestinians outside the Old City in east Jerusalem late Sunday leaving a dozen people wounded, sources said. Palestinians congregated there after nightly prayers for the second night of the month of Ramadan, which began on Saturday. The Palestinian Red Crescent said 11 people were wounded in clashes.
ANKARA (AA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held talks over phone on Monday with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to discuss cooperation between the two countries during this year’s World Cup tournament in Qatar. Raisi wished success for the Gulf nation in hosting the high-status event, the Iranian Presidency said in a...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon as a state and its central bank have gone bankrupt, Deputy Prime Minister Saadeh al-Shami has announced. “The state has gone bankrupt as did the Banque du Liban, and the loss has occurred, and we will seek to reduce losses for the people,” Al-Shami told the local Al-Jadeed channel. He […]
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish military killed four PKK members in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Monday. Turkish fire support units targeted the “terrorists after they opened harassing fire” on the Operation Peace Spring zone, the ministry said on Twitter. Since 2016, Turkiye has launched a trio of operations across ...
BAGHDAD (AA) – A mass grave believed to be of opponents of the Saddam Hussein regime was found in Iraq’s southern Najaf province, local authorities said on Monday. “The grave was discovered near one of the complexes under construction in Najaf,” the Najaf governor’s office said in a statement. It added that the grave is […]
