LONDON (AA) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss said she is a “huge Zionist” and a “huge supporter of Israel,” a video shared online showed. The video, which was shared many times on social media platforms, shows Truss speaking at a Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) event during her party’s fall conference being held in […]...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Calm has prevailed in Burkina Faso since Monday morning after three tense days following a coup, witnesses told Anadolu Agency. Several people confirmed that there was a lull across the country. “Everything is calm in the city center. I haven’t seen any soldiers on the streets since the morning. The ne...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A Pakistani court has dismissed the contempt of court case against former Prime Minister Imran Khan. A five-member bench of the Islamabad High Court, headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah, accepted Khan’s affidavit and dismissed the show-cause notice. The chief justice also praised Khan for going to the court of Additional Di...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has accepted the resignation of the government. Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah submitted his government’s resignation and the crown prince accepted it on Sunday and asked the government to stay on in a caretaker capacity, the state news agency KUNA re...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the ousting of Burkina Faso’s president, Paul-Henri Damiba, by force by military officers. In a statement, the Jeddah-based organization said the change by force came at a time when the international community, including OIC, is committed to supporting Burkina Fa...
ANKARA/DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Protesters attacked the French embassy in Burkina Faso’s capital after supporters of the country’s new coup leader accused France of giving refuge to the deposed interim president at a military camp. A video shared on social media shows that the demonstrators attacked the embassy building and fire also brok...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The former president of Burkina Faso has offered to resign under certain conditions, the West African nation’s religious and customary communities announced in a joint statement on Sunday. “Following the mediation actions carried out by the said communities, President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has him...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A Pakistani court has issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan for threatening a female judge at a public meeting in August. The warrant was issued by a magistrate in the capital Islamabad after the former premier failed to appear before him for a hearing. Khan had initially […]
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Thousands of supporters for Nigeria’s Labour party candidate Peter Obi rallied in Lagos and other cities on Saturday, in the first major campaign march for the 2023 presidential election. Obi, a former state governor, is challenging the long dominance of ruling APC and main opposition PDP to succeed President Muhamm...
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): Three top Nigerian presidential candidates signed a “peace” deal meant to ease tensions during campaigning for the 2023 election, though the ruling party flag-bearer was absent from the ceremony. Past presidential ballots in Africa’s most populous country have been marred by violence, fraud, court challe...
