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By Zabihullah Tamanna KABUL (AA) – Over 30 people have been killed and hundreds of acres of farmland destroyed by two days of torrential rainfall in Afghanistan, an official said Sunday. According to Wais Barmak, state minister for the Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority, most casualties have been recorded in the central Daikundi, Uruzgan […]

3rd Apr 2016

Karabakh: Turkey condemns Armenian attacks on Karabakh, many killed

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has condemned Armenian attacks which have led to two days of fighting over the occupied Karabakh region. 12 Azeris and 18 Armenians have been killed in the fighting. Azerbaijani state news agency Azertac quoted President Ilham Aliyev as saying: “Armenia carried out another provocation on the line of contact […]

29th Mar 2016

Iraq: Lawmakers give PM 3 days to unveil new gov’t

By Muayed al-Tarifi BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq’s parliament on Monday voted to give Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi a three-day deadline by which to present his new government or face a vote of no-confidence. “Thursday will be the final deadline for [al-Abadi] to present his new cabinet,” MP Rahim al-Draji told Anadolu Agency. He said […]

26th Mar 2016

22 Turkmen being treated in Ankara after chemical attack in Iraq

ANKARA (AA) – A total of 22 Iraqi Turkmen injured in a Daesh chemical attack earlier this month are being treated at a hospital in Ankara, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry. The Iraqi Turkmen, injured in the attack on Kirkuk’s Taze Khormato district, continue to be treated at Polatli State Hospital, the ministry said […]

26th Mar 2016

Iraq: Suicide attack at football stadium in Iskandariya kills 30

(The Muslim News): At least 30 people were killed and 90 injured in a suicide attack that targeted a stadium in Iraq’s Babil province Friday. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack took place in the northern town of al-Iskandariya, a mixed Shia and Sunni Muslim, at a local football game. A man wearing […]

21st Mar 2016

Yemen: Ansar Allah [Houthis] ready to hold talks with govt

By Mohamed al-Samei SANA’A (AA): Yemen’s Shia Zaydi Muslim Ansar Allah [Houthi] group is prepared to engage in a fresh round of talks with the Yemeni government with a view to ending the country’s two-year-old conflict, Yemeni sources have said. “The Houthis have told [UN envoy Esmail] Ould Shaikh that they have agreed to […]

20th Mar 2016

Turkey: Suicide bomber kills 4 in Istanbul terror attack

ISTANBUL (AA) – Five people, including the suicide attacker were killed and 39 others were injured in an explosion on Istanbul’s popular Istiklal Street Saturday, Turkish officials said. The White House confirmed two American citizens were among the four killed in the blast. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and loved ones […]

15th Mar 2016

Syria: Putin announces reduction of Russian forces

MOSCOW (AA) – Russia will start withdrawing “most” of its forces from Syria Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Monday. “I think that the tasks set to the Defense Ministry are generally fulfilled. That is why I order to begin withdrawal of most of our military group from Syria starting from tomorrow,” Russian News Agency […]

14th Mar 2016

Turkey: Terror targets kills 34civilians in Ankara

ANKARA (AA): Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu has said the death toll from Sunday night’s car bomb attack in Ankara’s central Kizilay neighborhood is 34 dead with 125 injured. In remarks made to the media following a security meeting chaired by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at the Prime Ministry Office in Ankara, Muezzinoglu said: […]

12th Mar 2016

Iraq: Daesh chemical attack kills two-year-old Iraqi girl

KIRKUK, Iraq (AA) – A two-year-old girl died at an Iraqi hospital on Friday after falling victim to a chlorine gas attack by the terrorist Daesh group in the northern province of Saladin. “Fatma Samir was brought to our hospital two days ago when the chemical attack occurred,” Dr Ahmad Haydar, the chief of Tuz […]

10th Mar 2016

UK: Turkish citizens to require visas for UK despite EU deal

LONDON (AA) – Turkish citizens will still require visas for the U.K. despite an agreement between EU and Turkey at a recent summit in Brussels, British Minister for Europe David Lidington said Wednesday. In remarks made at the House of Commons in London, Lidington said that since the U.K. is not a part of the […]

8th Mar 2016

Syria: 15 killed in attack in Idlib

By Mohamed Misto IDLIB, (AA): At least 15 people were killed in a regime attack in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province Monday, local sources have said. A regime warplane struck a fuel market in Idlib, killing 15 people and injuring 40 others, civil defense sources told Anadolu Agency. The attack has left several shops in […]

7th Mar 2016

Turkey: Refugee boat sinks off Aegean coast, 25 dead

AYDIN, (AA): The death toll from the refugee boat that sank this weekend in the Aegean Sea off Turkey’s western province of Aydin has risen to 25, including 13 children. According to the district governor, the refugee boat was en route to Greece when it sank off the coast of the Didim district. The Turkish […]

6th Mar 2016

Afghanistan: 2 Turks, 1 Afghan killed in Kabul shooting attack

By Zabihullah Tamanna KABUL (AA) – At least two Turkish nationals and one Afghan were killed Saturday — and two other Turkish nationals injured — when an unidentified gunman opened fire on them in Kabul, according to a local police official. The attack occurred at about 7pm local time in a Turkish Bazaar in […]

6th Mar 2016

Iran: Turkey, Iran agree on Syria’s territorial integrity

TEHRAN (AA) – Turkey and Iran share a common perspective on protecting Syria’s territorial integrity, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said during his visit to Iran’s capital Tehran on Saturday. Davutoglu said the two countries agreed to support the cessation of hostilities in Syria for the negotiation process. “We [Turkey and Iran] are considering that […]

5th Mar 2016

Tunisian parties, groups decry Hizbullah ‘terror’ listing

By Ayman Jamali TUNIS (AA) – Several Tunisian political parties and syndicates have condemned this week’s decision by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Council of Arab Interior Ministers to designate Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement a “terrorist” group. In a Thursday statement, the Tunisian General Labor Union voiced its “rejection” of the decision, describing the […]

5th Mar 2016

Yemen: 16 killed in attack on hospice in Aden

By Fouad Mosaad ADEN, (AA): Sixteen people, including four nuns, were killed and a number of others injured on Friday when unidentified assailants attacked a hospice for the elderly in Yemen’s coastal city of Aden, according to eyewitnesses and local medical sources. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency by phone that the assailants had stormed the […]

4th Mar 2016

Turkey: Shots fired at state university rector’s car in Istanbul

By Ugur Islamoglu, Kenan Irtak and Yakup Cabuk ISTANBUL (AA) – Armed men opened fire on the car of a state university rector in Istanbul Thursday night, leaving his private secretary slightly injured, security sources said. According to the sources, unidentified gunmen sprayed the official car of Fatih Sultan Mehmet University Rector Musa Duman […]

3rd Mar 2016

Afghanistan: 7 killed in Indian consulate attack in Nangarhar

By Zabihullah Tamanna KABUL (AA) – At least seven people were killed and another 19 injured on Wednesday when gunmen wearing explosive vests attacked the Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, according to Afghan officials. The attack began after a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle near the consulate in Jalalabad, located some […]

3rd Mar 2016

Syria: Car bomb targets rebel group, killing 30

DARAA, (AA) – At least 30 people were killed Wednesday when a car bomb targeted a meeting of moderate rebel commanders in southern Syria, an opposition commander said. The attack in Quneitra province saw scores from various opposition groups wounded, Salman al-Atwa, a commander with the Syria Revolutionaries Front, said. Al-Atwa, who was slightly injured […]

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