ANKARA (AA) – Haitham Al Ghais of Kuwait took charge on Monday as Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at the Secretariat in Vienna, Austria. Appointed to the post for a three-year term, Al-Ghais succeeds Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo who died on July 6. “It is a great honour for me to […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The annual inflation rate in Pakistan was at 24.9% in July, according to official figures released on Monday. The rate was at the highest level for 14 years. The rate was 21.3% in June and 8.4% in July 2021. On a monthly basis, prices increased by 4.3% in July 2022. Prices have […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Supporters of Iraqi groups close to Iran staged demonstrations in the capital Baghdad on Monday and attempted to storm the fortified Green Zone. Supporters of the Coordination Framework bypassed three military checkpoints and rallied at the gate of the Green Zone, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter at the scene. Secur...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – A fighter plane believed to belong to the Ethiopian military on Saturday carried out an airstrike in a Somali border region reportedly controlled by al-Shabaab, local media reported. The airstrikes took place in the southwestern town of Garaswayne, located on the outskirts of Hudur, capital of the Bakol region. ...
ANKARA (AA) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on Iraqi parties to avoid violence amid tension over the nomination of a new prime minister. In a statement, his spokesperson Farhan Haq said the UN chief is “following with concern” the ongoing protests in Iraq that have left many people injured...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has denied reports about taking discriminatory measures against Syrian refugees in the country. In a statement, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said Lebanon has not taken any measures or decisions that would distinguish between the displaced Syrians and Lebanese citizens. The ministry said the global food cri...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has called for establishing normal relations with regional rival Algeria. “We aspire to work with the Algerian presidency so that Morocco and Algeria can work hand in hand to establish normal relations between two brotherly peoples,” the monarch said in a speech marking t...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq’s parliament session was suspended on Saturday following the breaching of its building by supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr, the parliament speaker announced. In a statement published by Iraqi official agency INA, Mohammed al-Halbusi said the country is going through difficult and sensitive times, and that differences of opinio...
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – The head of northern Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani, on Sunday called for dialogue between the country’s political rivals in Erbil. “KRG will always be part of a solution to the ongoing political deadlock in Iraq,” Barzani said in a statement. He said the proposed dialogue “aims to reach [&...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A young Bangladeshi woman, Jaeda Akhter, was trapped by an international human trafficking gang and taken to India in late 2020. She was able to return home after a year with a harrowing experience she will never forget. Akhter, 30, is a wife and the mother of a young boy. She […]
