Washington, 23 Aug. 2024 (Anadolu News) US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby has said that US officials held 'constructive discussions' on Thursday night in Cairo with talks continuing there on Friday. Negotiations to secure a cease-fire in the besieged Gaza Strip and free hostages who remain there are 'moving forward', the White House said...

Rawalpindi, 12 Aug. 2024(Dawn) Former intelligence chief Faiz Hameed has been taken into military custody and the process for his court martial has been initiated in connection with the Top City housing scheme scandal, the army’s media wing said on Monday. The development is a first in the country’s history where a court martial has...

Gaza City, Palestine, 06 August 2024 Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Tuesday appointed Commander Yahya Sinwar, 61, as head of the political wing 'succeeding the martyr Commander Ismail Haniyeh, may [God] have mercy on him', the group said in a brief statement. Sinwar has been chosen after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Head of the...

Doha, 06 August 2024 By Ashraf Siddiqui Osama Hamdan, Deputy Public Relations Director of Hamas Political Wing of the Palestinian’s front liberation forces, has said that the possible successor of martyred Ismail Haneyah as head of Hamas’ political wing will be announced soon. Talking to Ashraf Siddiqui, Editor, www.asiantelegraphqatar.com on the sidelines of the three-day...

Dhaka, 05 August 2024 (BSS-Misc) Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman in an address to the Bangladesh nation announced resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who fled from Dhaka. He said that army has taken over the affairs of the government, however, he said that he will form an interim government to run the country....

Gaza, City 04 August 2024 (Anadolu News) The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced on Wednesday that the head of its political bureau Ismail Haniyeh had been assassinated in an Israeli raid on his residence in the Iranian capital of Tehran. The body of Shaheed Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard Wasim Abu Shaban were taken to...

Salalah, Oman, 27 July 2024 (NHRC) The Regional Forum on Monitoring the Implementation of National Visions on the Human Rights concluded in Salalah, Sultanate of Oman with a number of recommendations. Over 170 participants attended the meeting including the representatives of more than 50 institutions and organizations like United Nations, international and regional organizations, stakeholders...

Vientiane, Laos, 27 July 2024 (Lao News Agency) The 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting reviewed the progress in building the ASEAN Community, including the advancements made under Laos' ASEAN Chairmanship with the theme "Enhancing ASEAN Connectivity and Resilience." The meeting focused on the development of strategic plans to implement the ASEAN Community Vision 2045, which...

Ramallah: 26 July 2024 (Xinhua News) The signing of a declaration in Beijing by 14 Palestinian factions, aimed at ending division and strengthening unity, is widely seen as a positive step toward Palestinian national reconciliation, bringing fresh hope to the long-suffering Palestinian people. Diplomatic envoys to China/representatives from Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Syria...

Istanbul, 24 July 2024 (Anadolu) By Serhan Afacan (Associate professor at Marmara University Institute of Middle East and Islamic Countries) Amid the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, Israel’s extremist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Washington to address a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday, for the fourth time in his career...