ISTANBUL (AA) – Seventeen suspects linked to Sunday’s terrorist attack on Istiklal Avenue in central Istanbul were arrested by a court order early Friday. They include Syrian national Ahlam al-Bashir — the PKK fighter who confessed to planting the bomb. The suspects’ statements had been taken earlier by the 3rd and 4th Istanb...
STOCKHOLM (AA) – The tripartite memorandum between Finland, Sweden and Türkiye for NATO membership of the Nordic nations will be fulfilled, the Swedish foreign minister reiterated on Monday. Speaking to reporters in Brussels ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers, Tobias Billstrom condemned Sunday’s terror attack on Istanbul...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has slammed the visit of Itamar Ben-Gvir, an incoming far-right Israeli minister, to a commemoration event for a terrorist leader as “abhorrent.” “Celebrating the legacy of a terrorist organization is abhorrent. There is no other word for it. It is abhorrent,” State Department spokesman Ne...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali forces, backed by international partners, killed 17 al-Shaabab men in a new operation, authorities said on Wednesday. The operation took place in the small town of Hawadley, 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu, on Tuesday night, according to the Information Ministry. “The operation was c...
Diamniadio, Senegal (AFP): Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who heads the African Union, on Monday hit out at the failings of the UN Security Council and the G20 group of major economies as he listed the problems facing Africa, from climate change and health crises to the impact of war in Ukraine and a spate of […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 10 soldiers were killed and around 50 others wounded when suspected terrorists attacked an army base in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region on Monday, the army said. The attack targeted the 14th Inter-Arms Regiment in Djibo. A provisional assessment showed that 10 soldiers were killed in the fighting and about [&he...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – The US and the UK have warned their citizens against traveling to Nigeria, saying there is an elevated risk of terror attacks in the West African country’s capital Abuja. “Avoid all non-essential travel or movement,” the US embassy in Abuja said in a security alert. Nigeria has been battling terrorist groups. Th...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – A Spanish court sentenced a man whom the ISIS told to carry out a drone attack on Barcelona’s Camp Nou football stadium to three years behind bars on Monday. Police arrested Mohammed Yassi Amrani in May 2020, during the depths of Spain’s strict COVID-19 lockdown. Spain’s Interior Ministry said he was […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least 11 people, including three Pakistani soldiers, were killed in two separate terror attacks in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. According to the Pakistan army, three of its soldier were killed in a cross-border attack from Afghanistan in the Kurram district near the Afghan border on Tuesday. “Te...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – Five civilians were killed and eight others injured in an airstrike carried out by Russian warplanes on the Idlib de-escalation zone on Thursday. Four Russian warplanes took off from the Hmeymim air base in Latakia and carried out a total of 16 attacks on the quarry in the village of Hafsarjah […]
