Aleppo, Syria (AFP): A building collapsed in Syria’s war-damaged second city of Aleppo, killing 16 people including children, on Sunday. Much of Aleppo was destroyed during Syria’s conflict that began nearly 12 years ago and left many of the remaining structures in a decrepit state. “The number of victims of the residential b...
ANKARA (AA) – US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, said Sunday he received assurances that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will preserve the status quo at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque complex. Nides said he was not “supportive” of the visit by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Jan. 3 to the Al-Aqsa complex. The v...
NEW DELHI (AA) – The Indian government has blocked all social media content related to the first episode of the BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question.” The documentary pertains to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership as chief minister of western Gujarat state during the 2002 riots that killed close to 2000 people, m...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – The Secretary General of the Tunisian Labor Union (UGTT) has said that Tunisia is witnessing the social and economic consequences of “monopolized power.” During the 77th anniversary of the founding of the union, Noureddine Taboubi said: “The situation in Tunisia cannot get any worse.” He stressed that &#...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – A senior Somali army commando was killed Friday and several wounded when al-Shabaab fighters launched an early morning attack on a military camp in central Somalia, said officials. The attack involved car bombs at a military base in the newly liberated Galcad town in Galmudug state that resulted in multiple casu...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Russia and Pakistan on Thursday discussed ways for supply of oil and gas to Islamabad on a “long-term” basis. The talks were held during a series of meetings between Russian and Pakistani energy ministers and other government officials over the past two days in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, said...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbia cannot join the European Union before recognizing the independence of its neighbor Kosovo, said Germany’s special envoy to the Western Balkans on Thursday. “Germany has always had a clear stand on the issue that on the normalization process when Serbia decides to join the EU, recognition of Kosovo wil...
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): At least 70 people have died in a wave of freezing temperatures sweeping Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, as extreme weather compounds a humanitarian crisis in the poverty-stricken nation. Since January 10, the mercury has plunged in Kabul and several other areas, with the central region of Ghor recording the lo...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous visited the Afghan capital Kabul to discuss women’s rights in the country. ”On behalf of the secretary-general, they held a series of meetings with UN staff, national and international NGOs and Afghan women to take sto...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Three leading international aid agencies have partially resumed their activities in Afghanistan after the Taliban administration’s assurance to allow female workers to carry out their work. The international NGOs who announced resuming their work are CARE, Save the Children, and International Rescue Committee (IRC). Thes...
