BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi escaped unharmed after a drone equipped with explosives struck his Baghdad apartment early Sunday, according to the military. The incident, which injured several members of Kadhimi’s personal protection detail, occurred amid violent protests in the Iraqi capital over the outcome of a general electionRead More →

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – On Saturday, Israel increased its public resistance to President Joe Biden’s administration’s intention to restore a US consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem, arguing that such a mission should be located in the occupied West Bank. Former President Donald Trump thrilled Israelis while infuriating Palestinians by shutting theRead More →

LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari announced on Friday that the country’s Twitter ban will be lifted after the social media behemoth meets the government’s criteria. Nigeria banned Twitter in June, days after the company removed a statement from Buhari’s account, sparking outrage in Africa’s most populous countryRead More →

KABUL, (AFP) – According to a senior official, the Taliban hung the bodies of four kidnappers from cranes after killing them in a gunfight in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat on Saturday. Mawlawi Shir Ahmad Muhajir, deputy governor of Herat province, claimed the men’s bodies were exposed in several publicRead More →

The administration would not confer with the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Shahbaz Sharif, on the nomination of the next chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), said Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday. Speaking to the media in Jhelum, the information minister saidRead More →