ISTANBUL (AA): Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his country will provide free grain to six African countries in the next three to four months. “We will be ready in the coming months, in the next three to four months, to provide Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, the Central African Republic, and Eritrea with […]
Syria (AFP): Around war-torn Syria’s biggest freshwater dam reservoir Lake Assad, fishermen say their catch is now a fraction of what it used to be as environmental pressures have decimated aquatic life. Ismail Hilal, 50, sat on the hull of his rowboat. After 37 years as a fisherman, he has retired his nets, declaring defeat […]
Moscow, Russia (AFP): Russia has over the past several years strengthened its presence in Africa, vowing to intensify grain exports, weapons deliveries and energy cooperation. The process has intensified since the Ukraine war which isolated Russia from other Western nations. Grain Earlier this month, Russia pulled out from a deal that allowe...
ANKARA (AA): Efforts are on to make Hong Kong’s markets more conducive to Islamic finance, Chief Executive John Lee said on Wednesday as he met the Indonesian business community in Jakarta. “We strive to enhance our financial market’s diversity, including in Islamic finance. Over the past decade, we have created a conducive platfor...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Crisis-hit Lebanon — which has no president and is ruled by a caretaker government — will also have to go without a central bank chief from next week, says the country’s deputy premier. No successor has been named for the embattled bank governor, Riad Salameh, 73, who steps down after three decades [&he...
Rome, Italy (AFP): Italy hosted Mediterranean leaders in Rome on Sunday at a conference aimed at extending an EU-backed deal with Tunisia to curb the arrival of migrants on European shores. The summit convened by Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni laid the foundations for a fund to finance investment projects and support border contro...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): Russia has said that it understands the concerns African nations may have after Moscow left the Ukrainian grain deal, promising to ensure deliveries to countries in need. Those countries in need would receive the necessary assurances at a summit later this month, Russian deputy foreign minister Sergey Vershinin told journ...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AFP): Global environment protection organization Greenpeace has praised a “risky” UN-led operation to transfer oil from a rusting Yemen tanker, but warned the threat of environmental catastrophe cannot be ruled out until the operation ends. Last Sunday, the UN-owned Nautica arrived off war-torn Yemen to...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AFP): Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ended a Gulf trip aimed at securing investments by signing agreements worth more than $50 billion in the United Arab Emirates, Emirati state media said Wednesday. His tour, which also included stops in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, saw Erdogan preside over the signing o...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan have signed a tripartite agreement to connect the three countries through a rail network. The joint protocol for the Trans-Afghan project, which aims to connect Uzbekistan and Pakistan’s railway networks through Afghanistan, was signed in the Pakistani capital Islamabad in the ...
