WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the US is “all in on Africa’s future,” and announced new technology and trade investments on the continent. “When Africa succeeds, the United States succeeds. Quite frankly, the whole world succeeds as well,” Biden told the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC, th...
Istanbul, Turkey (AFP): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday backed the creation of a new natural gas pipeline that could ease Europe’s dependence on Russia by linking up with energy-rich Turkmenistan. The Turkish leader’s remarks came during a three-way summit with the presidents of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan in th...
ANKARA (AA) – In a letter to the UN on Tuesday, Türkiye and Libya blasted Greek criticisms of their agreements on the delimitation of hydrocarbon and maritime jurisdiction areas, and urged Greece to end its baseless accusations, hostile rhetoric, and escalatory actions and instead respect the sovereign decisions of the two countries. ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Approximately 8.3 million people across Somalia are likely to face acute food insecurity between April and June 2023, according to a report released on Tuesday. “This unprecedented level of need within Somalia is driven by the impacts of five consecutive seasons of poor rainfall, a likely sixth season of below-average...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia’s Rosatom is bidding for the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Saudi Arabia, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has said. Other projects, including the construction of one more nuclear power plant in Türkiye, are also being discussed, Novak wrote in an article for Energy Policy magazine. Russi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijani ecologists representing NGOs have protested against the illegal exploitation of natural resources in the region where a Russian peacekeeping contingent is stationed. The protests were held on the Lachin-Shusha road, where activists set up tents and refused to leave until they were permitted to enter the region...
BEIRUT (AA) – The French energy company TotalEnergies said it is committed to drilling for fuel in Lebanon’s Block 9 area in 2023. The statement was made following a meeting between Lebanese Energy Minister Walid Fayyad and TotalEnergies CEO and chairman Patrick Pouyanné at the French company’s headquarters. TotalEnergies added tha...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye has discovered 150 million barrels of net oil reserves in a southeastern mountain, valued at $12 billion, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday. “We discovered 150 million barrels of net oil reserves in Gabar Mountain. It is one of the top 10 onshore discoveries in 2022. The reserve value is [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping has said Beijing has outlined five “priority” areas in its relations with Gulf countries for the coming years, including the settlement of bilateral oil and gas transactions in the Chinese yuan. “China will continue to import more crude oil and LNG from GCC countries, strengthen co...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The president of Kyrgyzstan on Thursday discussed bilateral ties and economic cooperation between his country and Beijing in a meeting with China’s vice premier, including on the construction of a landmark rail project. “An exchange of views took place on topical issues of further strengthening Kyrgyz-Chinese ...
