ISTANBUL/BERLIN (AA) – Azerbaijan intends to export more natural gas to Europe, President Ilham Aliyev said Tuesday during an official visit to Germany. “We are increasing our gas exports in the direction of Europe. In 2021, we exported 8 billion cubic meters of gas. This year, we hope to increase this amount to 12 billion […]
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): The Lebanese pound sank to a historic low against the dollar on the parallel market Tuesday, foreign exchange dealers said, as banks in the crisis-hit country resumed an open-ended strike. The Lebanese pound, officially pegged at 15,000 to the dollar, was trading at 100,000 against the greenback, dealers said — a d...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US plans to to break China’s dominance on Africa’s critical minerals, according to the Economist. Africa is home to around 30% of the world’s mineral resources, according to the UN Environment Program. The International Energy Agency expects that clean energy technologies will need 40 times more lithium, 2...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AA) – The UAE has announced the dispatch of telecommunication equipment as humanitarian support to “reconstruct Türkiye’s telecommunication infrastructure in earthquake-affected areas.” The Emirati Etisalat Group has announced “sending telecommunication equipment worth AED20 million ($5.5 mill...
United Nations, United States (AFP): The United Nations has bought a ship to remove oil and avoid a potentially catastrophic spill from a tanker decaying for years off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen, officials said Thursday. In an unusual step for a UN agency, the UN Development Program said it signed a contract to purchase […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US government announced Thursday that it targeted a total of 39 entities over sanctions evasion for Iran, in addition to five companies and one individual for supporting Tehran’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) procurement efforts. The Treasury Department said the entities constituted a “shadow banking”...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese banks will strike from March 14 in protest against “arbitrary judicial decisions”, a bank association said on Thursday. In a statement, the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) called for “quick legal measures to put an end to contradictory standards on issuing rulings that drain the remaining funds of deposito...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye is making efforts to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative which is set to expire on March 18, the country’s national defense minister said Thursday. The deal ensures a safe passage of grain and other essential items through Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, preventing a global food crisis. National Defense Min...
Torkham, Afghanistan (AFP): A dusty logjam of trucks inches across a rut in the mountains splitting Pakistan and Afghanistan, teeming with a cargo of fruit and coal — and paying the Taliban authorities for the privilege of passage. In downtown Kabul, a patrol of accountants inspects a bazaar, billing shopkeepers for trading honey, hair c...
Doha, Qatar (AFP): Qatar’s emir named his top diplomat as prime minister Tuesday and brought in a new interior minister in what observers called the completion of a changing of the guard in the wealthy Gulf state. The ruler’s office announced that Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani had accepted “the resignation” of prime m...
