TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisian opposition leader Ghazi Chaouachi, who is the Secretary-General of the Democratic Current, has announced on social media that he will appear before court after a judicial investigation was opened against him on charges of “disturbing public order.” “I was informed a while ago by the Bar Association of a de...
ANKARA – Protests continue in Iran over hike in food prices and a shortage of commodities in the country. Protests were reported in the cities of Borujerd and Dorud in the western Lorestan province, in Gunkan and Farsan in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari province and the city of Dehdasht in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in southwestern Iran. [&hel...
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA) – The Rotterdam Court in the Netherlands has ruled that the government should bring back 12 ISIS women and their 29 children from Syria. The court ruled that the women and children should be brought back to the country within four months if the Dutch Prosecutor’s Office does not want to lose […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s minister of water resources warned Thursday that most regions of the country are at high risk of flooding. Suleiman Adamu in a statement said that 32 out of 36 provinces in the country may face severe storms and floods, noting there may be food shortages in these regions. Adamu also […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has issued a general license to exempt northern Syrian territories, including those controlled by the PKK’s regional branch, from American sanctions. The Treasury Department’s action lifts prohibitions on business activities in 12 different economic sectors in northern Syria, including agriculture, te...
ANKARA – Turkiye has rejected claims made in the Iranian media outlets that Turkish dams were the cause of severe air pollution and sand storms in Iran. “Claims that dams in Turkiye caused sand and dust storms in our region are far from being scientific,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said. Asserting that sand and [...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – The Palestinian Authority has welcomed international participation in an investigation into the death of Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh. “We welcome the participation of all international bodies in the investigations into the assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh,” Palestinian Minister of Civil Af...
GAZA CITY, Palestine – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has condemned a German ban on activities marking the Nakba Day, which marks the creation of the state of Israel in historical Palestine. Observed on May 15 annually, the Nakba Day, or the Catastrophe Day, marks the 1948 forced expulsion of nearly 800,000 Palestinians from their ho...
ALGIERS, Algeria – Algeria has named a new chief of the country’s foreign intelligence service. Major General Jamal Kahal was appointed as the Director General of the Documents and External Security (Foreign Intelligence), replacing Maj. Gen. Noureddine Makri. According to a statement by the Defense Ministry, army chief Lt. Gen. Said Chanegrih...
GAZA CITY, Palestine – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has condemned calls by Israeli settlers to storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, terming it “dangerous escalation.” “The calls to storm Al-Aqsa, on the anniversary of the Nakba, are a dangerous escalation, and a provocation to the sentiments of our peo...
