ANKARA (AA) – Malaysia announced on Wednesday that it will adopt a 5G dual network system by next year, despite Western countries’ concerns about national security risks if the country allows China’s Huawei to play a role in telecoms infrastructure. While announcing the plan, Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said th...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AFP): Iranian forces seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early on Wednesday, the US Navy claimed, the second such incident in less than a week. The Greek-owned tanker, Niovi, was sailing from Dubai towards Fujairah, another port in the United Arab Emirates, when it was stopped by […]
Gaza City, Occupied Palestinian Territories (AFP): Hikes in import and export tariffs introduced in the Gaza Strip since last year have fuelled discontent among merchants in the impoverished, blockaded territory. In March, Gaza’s rulers set new duties on the import of fruit and the export of fish. Although the fruit levy was later revers...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia’s largest union on Monday attacked the government’s handling of negotiations with the IMF on a loan to bail out the North African country as it slides deeper into debt. Tunisia is seeking a bailout package worth nearly $2 billion from the International Monetary Fund, which conditions any aid on a serie...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Iran’s parliament voted in an impeachment session on Sunday to remove the industry minister amid soaring prices as the Islamic republic’s economy reels under the pressure of international sanctions. Reza Fatemi Amin failed to garner enough support in a vote of confidence that saw 162 MPs vote in favour of his re...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Four thousand Iranian petrochemical workers on strike over pay and conditions in an energy-producing region of the country’s south will be sacked and replaced, state media reported. The employees in Bushehr province have demanded salary increases and improved conditions for accommodation and transport, an official in ...
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP): Sener Sargut is from Turkiye but has lived in Germany for over six decades. He is married to a German woman and speaks the local language fluently. Yet the 80-year-old does not hold German nationality, as taking up citizenship of his adopted homeland would mean giving up his Turkish passport. But that […]
Istanbul, Turkey (AFP): Turkiye’s ailing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday emerged from a two-day absence and spoke by video link with Vladimir Putin at a virtual ceremony unveiling a Russian-built nuclear power plant. The 69-year-old leader suspended all campaigning for Turkiye’s pivotal May 14 election after getting sick...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Kazakh companies agreed Wednesday on the export of over $60 million worth of goods to Iran during a visit by Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov to the country. During an event organized by the QazTrade Center for Development of Trade Policy, which involved representatives of the Kazakh and Iranian agricultural sectors ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the supply of additional gas with transmission system operators of Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and Slovakia. Ministers from the five countries signed the agreement at a ceremony in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, which was also att...
