Arbil, Iraq (AFP): Turkey’s presidential election is being anxiously watched by Kurds in Syria and Iraq as economic interests compete with fears of a regional military escalation against some Kurdish groups. The long-running and deadly conflict between Ankara and groups from the ethnic Kurdish minority has spilled across the borders of b...
KAZAN, Tatarstan (AA): Tatarstan’s head of state Rustem Minnihanov has said Russia’s relations with the Islamic world are gaining special importance with the growing share of international trade. Speaking at the plenary session of the 14th International Economic Forum “Russia – the Islamic World: KazanForum” held in Tat...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA): The top diplomats of Iran and Afghanistan on Thursday discussed their long-running water dispute, according to the Afghan Foreign Ministry. During the conversation between the Taliban administration’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian discussed various ...
TEHRAN / KARACHI (AA): Iran and Pakistan on Thursday inaugurated a border market as well as an electricity transmission line in the presence of top government officials. The Mand-Pishin Border Sustenance Marketplace is one of six border markets planned for the two neighboring countries’ shared border, as agreed in a memorandum of underst...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (AFP): Sierra Leone’s president expressed hopes in an interview that a newly announced African mediation effort would end Russia’s war in Ukraine “for the sake of humanity”. “We are all suffering as a result of the war in Ukraine… For the sake of humanity, for what is happening, let...
ANKARA (AA): Black Sea grain deal, which was set to expire on May 18, has been extended for another two months, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday. “With the efforts of our country, the support of our Russian friends, and the contributions of our Ukrainian friends, it was decided to extend the Black […]
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Iran and Russia on Wednesday signed an agreement to construct the final part in the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) that connects Russia to the Gulf and India. The INSTC, a freight network of ship, rail and road routes, covers some 7,200 kilometres (4,475 miles) between Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Indi...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Iran has stepped up pressure on the Taliban government in Afghanistan to resolve a long-running dispute over shared water resources. The dispute is centered around the Hirmand River, also known as Helmand River, that originates in the Hindu Kush Mountains near Kabul and streams into Iran’s Hamoun wetlands in the Sistan...
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI (AA): The ongoing disruption of internet and broadband services in Pakistan is causing a daily loss of $5 million to the country’s IT sector, officials and market sources have confirmed. Internet and broadband services across the country still remain disturbed a week after the government shut down the services, followin...
CAIRO, Egypt (AA): Egypt and Norway on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to explore exports of renewable energy to Europe via Italy. The pact was signed between the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) and the Norwegian renewable energy company Scatec in the presence of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, a statemen...
