Rafah, Palestinian Territories — AFP Many people in Gaza already lived in poverty before the war. Now, even those with money have found the conflict to be a terrible equalizer as they hunt in vain for shelter and basic necessities for bare survival. Since fleeing to the south of Gaza, Mohammed al-Mahdun, 36, has been […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Two months after Israel started its war on Gaza, many sectors in the country have failed to rebound from its impacts despite its conservative hardline government’s efforts to prop up the economy. Most sectors in Israel’s economy experienced a downturn after October 7, when Tel Aviv responded to an attack by t...
GENEVA (AA) – Austria has announced that it is restoring aid funds for Palestine and releasing €17.5 million (approximately $18.8 million) for nine projects that had been frozen by Vienna after the events of October 7. The funds will be used for nine projects totaling €17.5 million (approximately $18.8 million), the Foreign Ministry said...
Tehran, Iran — AFP Iran and Cuba have vowed to strengthen relations and stand together against sanctions imposed on them by the United States. “What can neutralise the sanctions is the exchange of capacities between the two countries,” Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said during a joint statement with his visiting Cuban count...
Lagos, Nigeria — AFP Hairdresser Shola Abiodun Adeyemi begins preparing lunch by pouring out a glug of bright green biofuel gel into her stove, as many Nigerians seek to reduce cooking expenses. The cost of living has skyrocketed in Nigeria since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ended a fuel subsidy in May. Bioethanol — a cheaper, [&hel...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – The East African Community (EAC) officially embraced Somalia as its eighth member state during the 23rd ordinary summit of EAC heads of state. In a communique by the EAC Summit of Heads of State, the regional bloc said that the leaders from the region agreed to admit “the Federal Republic of […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani expressed readiness Wednesday to resume oil exports to Türkiye. A meeting in Baghdad between Sudani and Türkiye’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar discussed strengthening energy relations, according to a statement from the Iraqi Prime Minister̵...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan announced Thursday that it will not sign a deal with Israel to exchange solar energy for desalinated water in light of Israel’s war against Hamas. “The energy for water deal was supposed to have been done last month, but we’re not going to sign it,” Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi [&hell...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India has acknowledged that Israel’s war against Palestine poses a geopolitical challenge to the India-Middle East-Europe Connectivity Corridor (IMEC) that had been unveiled in September. Addressing “Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue” in the capital New Delhi, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said: “It (corr...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan is expected to receive the second tranche of a $3 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the loaning agency’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said. “I expect an agreement of the review to come within this week,” Georgieva told Bloomberg Television in an inter...
