ANKARA (AA) – Annual consumer inflation in Nigeria rose to 17.71% in May, highest in 11 months, according to figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday. While the market expectation for the figure was 17.4%, annual consumer inflation stood at 16.82% in April. On a monthly basis, consumer inflation increased to 1.7...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Kosovo should focus on the dialogue with Serbia and all agreements should be implemented, the president of the EU Council said Wednesday. Charles Michel’s remarks came during a news conference with Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani in Pristina. ”Kosovo’s strong engagement will also be important in making...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A Bangladeshi lawyer reportedly posted a derogatory social media comment about the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) on Wednesday. The Facebook post went viral on social media amid outrage in the South Asian Muslim-majority nation against insulting comments about the prophet from two officials of India’s ruling B...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s Environment Minister Teresa Ribera has called Algeria’s state news agency’s comments about the Spanish foreign minister “unacceptable.” An opinion article published by Algeria Press Service on Tuesday blamed Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares for the “unprecedented crisis” between Madrid and Algiers. The ...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – A new report has revealed that police in Toronto disproportionately target Black, Indigenous and other minority groups. The contents of the report have prompted the forces’ chief to apologize for the conduct on behalf of the department. “As an organization, we have not done enough to ensure that every p...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Benin has decided to lift the measures required for the crossing of its borders as part of its management of the coronavirus pandemic. “As of Thursday, June 16, 2022 at midnight, entry into Beninese territory, both by land, air and sea borders, is free of the presentation of any document related […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Over 135,000 Rohingya and Kaman Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state have been arbitrarily and indefinitely detained in the last decade, an international rights watchdog has said. “Myanmar authorities’ crimes against humanity of apartheid, persecution, and imprisonment have deprived Rohingya of their liberty and threaten...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Libyan Parliament has approved a budget for the government of Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha amid a political rift in the country. “The 89.6 billion Libyan dinars ($20 billion) budget was unanimously approved,” the parliament’s spokesman, Abdullah Blihaq, said in a statement. The government of Bashagha, a former interi...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has received $1.6 billion in arrears from the Iraqi government for imports of natural gas, Oil Minister Javad Owji has announced. In a Twitter post, Owji said the debt from previous years was received “a few hours ago” following “several months of negotiations” between the two sides, credi...
COLOGNE, Germany (AA) – More than 800 mosques in Germany have been the targets of threats and attacks since 2014, but in most of the cases, the crimes were not properly investigated, according to Brandeilig, an initiative of rights group FAIR International. The group, which has founded Germany’s first reporting center for attacks on mosques, [...
