At least five US personnel have been wounded in a rocket strike on an American military base in Iraq, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The Al Asad airbase in western Iraq came under attack amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, US officials confirmed, saying the damage was still being assessed. Two Katyushia rockets were More
The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced its intention to join the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made the statement following a meeting with Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty, as reported by Anadolu News Agency. Fidan revealed Turkey planned to submit its application to join the More
Climate change-induced extreme weather has forced at least 38,000 people, half of them children, from their homes in Afghanistan in the first half of the current year. This figure exceeds the total number of displaced individuals recorded in 2023, according to Save the Children. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) reports droughts, extreme temperatures, floods, More
The journey of two Afghan female cyclists concluded at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Friba Hashimi and Yuldoz Hashimi, sisters and athletes representing Afghanistan, competed in the women’s road cycling event on Sunday. According to the Afghanistan Cycling Federation (ACF), the sisters took part in this race, with Friba completing the challenging 158-kilometer course in 4 More
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi travelled to Iran and met the country president amid US and its Arab allies efforts to prevent a wider war in the Middle East, a media report said on Monday. The high-ranking Jordan’s official rare visit comes to Tehran while Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh had been killed in Tehran, the capital More
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary general Hissein Brahim Taha has condemned the ongoing Israeli military aggression in Gaza Strip and all Palestinian territories as against international laws and relevant resolutions of the United Nations. He said this while addressing a preparatory meeting of senior officials at its headquarters in Jeddah for the 50th session More
Foreign Ministers of the Group Seven (G7) countries have called on all parties involved in the current conflict in the Middle East to avoid actions that could lead to an escalation, a media report said on Monday. During a video conference chaired by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, the G7 ministers expressed “strong concern about the More
Amid deadly protests against the job quota system, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid stood down and left the country on Monday, media reports say. Reuters quoted a government source as saying Hasina and her sister had been taken to a “safe shelter” away from her official residence in Dhaka. Law Minister Anisul Huq told More
An American citizen named Andris has embraced Islam in the Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Monday. Mufti Abdul Matin Qane, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior (MoI), wrote on X: “Due to the exemplary conduct of security forces in Jalrez district, an American tourist named Andris has converted to More
Republican presidential runner Donald Trump has congratulated Russian leader Vladimir Putin on a prisoner swap agreement with several Western countries. Putin had sealed another great deal, the former US president told supporters in Atlanta, referring to the exchange of prisoners Eight Russian nationals, detained/convicted in several NATO countries, as well as two minors, returned home More
