Egypt unveils $53B Gaza rebuilding plan
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ANKARA (AA) – Delegations from Türkiye and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will gather at an investment workshop in Istanbul on Wednesday. Three ministers from the UAE, as well as senior officials of investment funds and companies will meet with public and private sector organizations, and business world representatives at the event. According ...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s president and his Russian counterpart discussed the establishment of safe corridors for grain exports in the Black Sea and the latest developments in northern Syria, according to the Turkish Communications Directorate. During their phone call, Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasized the importance of extending the cross-b...
Mirpur Khas, Pakistan – AFP Mango farmers in Pakistan say production of the prized fruit has fallen by up to 40 percent in some areas because of high temperatures and water shortages in a country identified as one of the most vulnerable to climate change. The arrival of mango season in Pakistan is eagerly anticipated, […]
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP Tunisian street vendors often complain of official harassment, but one sandwich maker-turned-social-media-star hopes his struggles against bureaucracy will motivate young entrepreneurs. Habib Hlila, 27, first set up a food van in the working-class Bab El Khadra district of Tunis in early April, selling sandwiches at ...
Mecca, Saudi Arabia – (AFP) “Business is back,” exclaims Abdullah Mekhlafi at the shop where he sells prayer mats in Islam’s holiest city, which is preparing for the biggest influx of hajj pilgrims since the coronavirus pandemic began. Two years of drastic restrictions on the number of pilgrims who could perform the haj...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is considering the possibility of forming an alternate government with opposition leader and former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, according to local media on Friday. Bennett met late Thursday with his political advisers, including Aron Shaviv in the headquarters of the Defense Ministry in T...
The global halal ingredients market is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 4.9% from its current value of over $327 billion. It is projected to be valued at more than $436.2 billion by 2032. Though Muslims are a minority in North America and Europe, they make up a growing proportion of […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A visiting Pakistani minister on Wednesday held discussions with Turkish officials on ways to boost bilateral trade. Chaudhry Salik Hussain, minister for Board of Investment (BOI) and special initiatives, met with officials of the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Türkiye (DEIK) in Istanbul. Cengiz Ozdemir, president of the T...
ANKARA / ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkiye and Pakistan are determined to increase cooperation at all levels, including on bilateral and international platforms, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, as he welcomed Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the presidential palace in Ankara. “We have achieved the annual b...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – (AFP): Israel signed a free trade deal with the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, its first with an Arab country, building on their US-brokered normalization of diplomatic relations in 2020. Two-way trade between Israel and the UAE last year totaled some $900 million dollars, according to Israeli figures. UAE...
