TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Libyan parliament has sacked the Governor of Eastern Libya’s Central Bank, Ali al-Hibri, over corruption suspicions. A parliamentary statement said that al-Hibri was also relieved of his role as the chair of two committees responsible for the rebuilding of Benghazi and Derna cities. According to the statement, the par...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Sunday that her country would hopefully start importing fuel oil by pipeline from neighboring India in 2023. “Bangladesh wants to import oil from India via pipeline, and hopefully it will be done in the next year,” the prime minister’s press secretary, Ihsanul Karim,...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN on Thursday painted a bleak picture of the conditions in Afghanistan, warning that what was an already desperate humanitarian situation across the country will only get worse for millions of people as winter approaches. ”More than 28 million people – two-thirds of the entire population – will need human...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia hosted a meeting Wednesday in which participants called on the US to fully unblock Afghanistan’s central bank assets. Following consultations on Afghanistan, Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan demanded that Washington completely unfreeze the Afghan as...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia has said it will get 100 million euros from the European Union to support the country’s budget. The money will be used to alleviate impact of the coronavirus pandemic and support economic activity, the Ministry of Economy and Planning said in a statement cited by the state news agency TAP. […]
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar said Thursday it has expanded Hamad International Airport to cater for over 58 million passengers annually in preparation to receive travelers and fans of the FIFA World Cup. The global tournament will run from Nov. 20 through Dec. 18. Qatar is the first Arab and Middle Eastern country to organize […]
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Lebanon wants talks to demarcate its maritime border with Syria, so that it can begin offshore gas extraction after reaching a similar agreement with Israel, its top negotiator told AFP. Last month — despite the countries technically remaining in a state of war — Israel and Lebanon struck a US-brokered sea bo...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced an initial agreement with Bangladesh on Wednesday to provide $4.5 billion in loans to support macroeconomic stability and risk management caused by climate change. “The Bangladesh authorities and the IMF team have reached a staff-level agreement to support the (Bangladesh...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has said that Türkiye can play a key role in his country’s development. “We have a high trade volume between the two countries,” Al-Sudani told a press conference in Baghdad. “Türkiye is an economically developed country and can play a key role in the development of [&hell...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan, Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a memorandum of understanding to implement a project entailing water in exchange for solar energy. The MoU was signed by Jordanian Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohammad Al Najjar, UAE Climate Change and Environment Minister Mariam Al Mheiri and Israel’s outg...
