ISTANBUL (AA): Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it will provide $1.2 billion to Yemen to cover its budget deficit. The primary aims of this fresh economic assistance were to assist Yemen in addressing its budget deficit, and strengthen the existing bonds between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. Yemen has been [&hellip...
ROME (AA) – Political instability and climate change are the main causes of hunger and malnutrition in Muslim countries. The head of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS), Yerlan Baidaulet, said that half of the countries facing hunger and malnutrition in the world are Islamic countries. Speaking to Türkiye’s Anadolu news age...
WASHINGTON (AA): US officials met with representatives of the Taliban and “technocratic professionals” in Doha for talks on Sunday and Monday. They urged Afghanistan’s rulers “to reverse policies responsible for the deteriorating human rights situation” in the country, “particularly for women, girls and vulnerable communities...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): The director general of Russia’s nuclear energy corporation Rosatom has said that Bangladesh will get the nuclear fuel for its lone nuclear power plant this September. Alexey Likhachev said this during a meeting with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter’s office in the capital Dhaka, the premier’s Pres...
TEHRAN (AA): Iran’s oil minister has said the country will continue to pursue its rights and interests in the Arash gas field as the row over the disputed Persian Gulf maritime field intensifies. Javad Owji made the remarks on the sidelines of a meeting in Tehran to review the development of oil and gas projects. […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday to discuss bilateral economic cooperation with a focus on the multi-billion-dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The Chinese vice premier, who is also the special representative of President Xi Jinping, arrived i...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): The central bank chief of crisis-torn Lebanon, Riad Salameh, who is wanted for alleged financial crimes in several European countries has handed over his post with no designated successor in place. First vice-governor Wassim Manssouri, who will temporarily take over, warned that “we are at the crossroads” and...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. regulator Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has proposed new rules for banks with more than $100 billion in total assets. The new rules would replace the current system, which allows banks to use their internal models to calculate their risk-based capital requirements. “The proposal would replace cu...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA): Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore accused African leaders of “beggary” at the Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Traore, 35, who came to power in a coup and became the world’s youngest leader, thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for deciding to send free grain to African countries bu...
ISLAMABAD (AA): China has rolled over a loan of $2.4 billion to Pakistan for two years, the South Asian nation’s finance minister has said. “Chinese EXIM Bank has rolled over for 2 years principal amounts of following loans totalling US$ 2.4 billion which are due in next 2 fiscal years,” Ishaq Dar tweeted. He added […]
