WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has “strongly” condemned a gun attack on former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, calling on the parties in the South Asian nation to remain peaceful. “United States strongly condemns the attack on Imran Khan and the supporters, and hopes for the swift recovery of all who are injured,” ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was injured in firing during his long march in the Wazirabad area of southeastern Punjab province on Thursday. According to local media, unidentified assailants opened fire on Khan‘s vehicle near the Allah Ho Chowk in Wazirabad. “Imran Khan got a minor injury as a bulle...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Benjamin Netanyahu-led bloc got 65 seats as 97% of votes were counted in Israel’s legislative elections, preliminary results showed on Wednesday. The results cited by The Times of Israel newspaper showed that Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud Party won 31 seats in the 120-seat Knesset (Israel’s parliament). The far-right Religious ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he will “neutralize” a recent maritime border deal with Lebanon if he is elected prime minister. “I will behave as I did with the Oslo Accords,” Netanyahu said in an interview with Army Radio. He said that the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians “were not […]...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets of the capital Khartoum on Sunday to call for the restoration of civilian rule. Protesters raised slogans demanding civilian rule amid chants against the military and an imminent agreement between the army and the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition, according to ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Sunday signed a decree accepting the resignation of the country’s caretaker government, a day before his mandate expires without a designated successor. “This morning, I sent a letter to the House of Representatives in accordance with my constitutional powers and signed the governm...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Some 3,000 protesters in Khartoum on Saturday rejected UN mediation efforts between civilian and military leaders as “foreign interference” and called for Islamist rule in Sudan, an AFP correspondent said. A military coup led by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan last year derailed a fragile transition to civi...
Early Friday morning, an assailant broke into the home of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco. The man, who is in custody, violently assaulted her 82-year-old husband Paul Pelosi. Pelosi was hospitalized but is expected to make a full recovery. The New York Times reports the suspected attacker was in search […]
On Thursday, outgoing Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney threw her support behind a Democratic lawmaker facing a tight re-election race in Michigan. Her endorsement of Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin marks a first in her political career. Cheney served with Slotkin on the Armed Services Committee. She called Slotkin an “honorable public servant”...
ISLAMABAD, KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday kicked off a “long march” to the capital Islamabad in an attempt to press the government for snap elections. Thousands of Khan’s supporters gathered in Lahore, the capital of northeastern Punjab, which is governed by his Paki...
