ISTANBUL (AA): Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held a meeting in Cairo with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to discuss the conflict in Sudan and a dam project on the Nile River. The talks came ahead of a summit of Sudan’s neighboring countries in Cairo on Thursday to discuss means of resolving the Sudanese conflict. […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s foreign reserves will cross $13 billion after a crucial financial assistance deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) late last month, the country’s finance minister has said. Of these $13 billion, some $8.6 billion are held by the country’s central bank, while the remaining are with ...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA): The UK government has announced that it has imposed new sanctions on businesses that are fueling the “devastating conflict in Sudan” by providing funding and arms to the warring militias. “These sanctions will ensure that any assets held in the UK by these conglomerates and companies will be frozen,” the Foreign Offic...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA): Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday arrived in Kenya, commencing his highly anticipated Africa trip. After meeting with Kenyan leader William Ruto, the two leaders announced revitalizing their diplomatic bonds by inking new agreements. Speaking during a joint media briefing televised nationwide, Raisi said: “The Afri...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan has launched a project to convert millions of hectares of uncultivated land into cultivable land to overcome food challenges. The project will utilize modern agricultural technologies and sustainable precision agricultural practices to optimize agricultural production. The project is expected to help ensure the ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan on Wednesday received $1 billion in financial assistance from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, in a televised speech said that the financial assistance – second in two days – will help “resolve” the country’s foreign reserves problem. On Tuesday, Pakistan ...
TRENTON, Canada (AA): Canada’s ethics watchdog announced Tuesday probes to determine whether Nike Canada and a gold mining operation are benefitting from the use of forced Uyghur labor in China. Sheri Meyerhoffer of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise said the investigations were launched after complaints from 28 organizations...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Bangladesh and India have begun trade transactions in the Indian currency in a bid to reduce their dependence on the US dollar. For the first time, Bangladesh’s bilateral trade with India is starting in the Indian rupee in addition to the US dollar. Initially, the trade will be transacted in rupee and […]
ANKARA (AA): Pakistan has received $2 billion in financial assistance from Saudi Arabia, days after Islamabad and the IMF reached a $3 billion stand-by agreement, the country’s finance minister announced on Tuesday. “State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received a deposit of $2 billion from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This inflow has ...
Damascus, Syria (AFP): The value of the Syrian pound plunged Monday to nearly 10,000 against the dollar on the black market, websites monitoring the exchange rate said, following years of conflict and crippling sanctions. The embattled currency stood at just 47 pounds to the dollar before Syria’s civil war broke out in 2011. The conflict...
