ISTANBUL (AA) – The “stable” supply of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) from Oman is “extremely important” for Japan, the country’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has said. Hayashi made the comments during his meeting with Oman’s top diplomat Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidi in Indian capital New Delhi on the sidelines of the G-20 Foreign [&hel...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Supermarkets in Lebanon started pricing items in US dollars on Wednesday instead of the nose-diving local currency, after a government announcement allowing the practice in a country heavily reliant on imports. Since late 2019, Lebanon has been facing an economic crisis that has seen poverty rates climb to reach more tha...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan has criticized comments by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan regarding a decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the situation surrounding the Lachin corridor. “It is regrettable that the Prime Minister could not accept the rejection of Armenia’s two main claims,” the Azerbaijani For...
Lahore, Pakistan (AFP): Sixteen-year-old Nadia makes the one-hour journey to and from her employer’s house on foot each day, stopping frequently along the congested streets of Lahore so her mother can rest her weary legs. The teenager still had seven years of schooling left to complete, but was forced to drop out last year to […]
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Like millions of fellow Nigerians, Rotimi Bankole says he wants to use Saturday’s presidential elections to push for a better life in his oil-rich but crisis-ridden country. Double-digit inflation, weak economic growth and mounting insecurity are major issues for voters on February 25 when they choose a successor to...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP): The African Union has stressed that it has “zero tolerance” for undemocratic changes of power and vowed to push through a continent-wide free trade deal as it wrapped up a two-day summit. Leaders of the 55-nation bloc met in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to discuss a slew of challenges facing [&hell...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP): African leaders met on Saturday in Addis Ababa for an annual summit, aiming to jumpstart a faltering trade deal while also focusing on the continent’s most pressing challenges, including armed conflict and a worsening food crisis. As the continent reels from a record drought in the Horn of Africa and deadly [...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Roads were blocked and businesses shut down by protesters as the police fired teargas to disperse them in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos on Friday. The protesters were demonstrating against banknote scarcity. Nigeria has been struggling with a shortage of hard cash since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) began t...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has defended a currency swap that sparked protests and cash shortages, but ordered old 200-naira notes to remain in circulation in a bid to ease scarcity. Nigeria has been struggling with a shortage in physical cash since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) began to swap old bills ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – An international anti-corruption watchdog on Friday suggested the Bangladesh government revisit a deal with the crisis-hit Adani group to purchase 1,600 MW of power, describing the agreement as discriminatory and non-transparent. In a statement, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) asked the government to ...
