UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN has warned that 17 million people are facing acute food insecurity during the last three months of 2022. “Some gains have been made in preventing famine … but this is still an alarmingly high number,” Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya told the UN Security Council. Civilian...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Facing a backlash from the US, Saudi Arabia has denied accusations that political motives were behind the decision by oil producer group OPEC+ to cut production by 2 million barrels a day. “Saudi Arabia does not politicize oil. We don’t see oil as a weapon. We see oil as our commodity. Our […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A major electricity outage struck several parts of southern Pakistan, including the financial capital Karachi on Thursday, after power was disrupted due to an “accidental fault” in the transmission system. “Due to an accidental fault in the country’s southern transmission system, several southern power ...
Algiers, Algeria (AFP): The European Union’s energy commissioner has hailed a “long-term strategic partnership” with Algeria as the bloc turns to Africa’s biggest gas exporter to fill a gap left by Russian supplies. “As the relationship with Russia, so far EU’s biggest gas supplier, is irreversibly broken, w...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – President Joe Biden has congratulated the leaders of Israel and Lebanon for having reached a “historic” deal to establish a permanent maritime boundary, ending a long-running dispute between both countries. The agreement “will provide for the development of energy fields for the benefit of both countries, se...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Tuesday he asked French company TotalEnergies to search for gas in the country’s territorial waters. He made the statement as he received a copy of the final draft of a maritime border demarcation deal with Israel during his meeting with Parliament Deputy Speaker...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Lebanon has secured its “full rights” in the latest text drafted by US mediators to demarcate the maritime border with Israel, its lead negotiator has said, after Israel said it met its terms too. “Lebanon has obtained its full rights, and all of its remarks have been taken into account,” said lea...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday announced reaching a “historic deal” with Lebanon on their maritime border dispute. In a statement, Lapid said the deal will “strengthen Israel’s security, inject billions into Israel’s economy, and ensure the stability of our northern border.R...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has started to test the pumping of gas from the disputed Karish gas field amid tension with Lebanon, according to local media. Israeli Channel 12 reported that Israel’s security establishment has given the US gas drilling company Energean the green light to start its tests. Public broadcaster KAN said full pumping [&hel...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) is close to reaching a technical deal with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) to extract gas from the Marine gas field off the shore of Gaza, according to a Palestinian source. The source told Anadolu Agency that both sides will sign the deal […]
