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Rabat, Morocco (AFP): The European Union and Morocco have signed a “green partnership” deal they hope will bolster cooperation on renewable energy. The sun-baked North African country is seeking to offer alternatives for European nations trying to wean themselves off fossil fuels, whose prices have soared following Russia’s i...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian source has denied reports about an agreement with Egypt and Israel to extract gas off the Gaza Strip. “These reports published by Israeli media are inaccurate,” the source told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said current talks on extracting gas off Gaza [&h...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – French energy giant TotalEnergies has said it will start drilling operations in the Lebanese Qana gas field in 2023. The announcement was made following a meeting between Lebanese President Michel Aoun and representatives of the French company in the capital Beirut. A statement by Aoun’s office said the Lebanese presiden...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan has thrown its weight behind longtime ally Saudi Arabia amid an ongoing row over global oil production cuts. “In the wake of statements made against the Kingdom in the context of (the) OPEC + decision, Pakistan expresses solidarity with the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” the Foreign Ministry [&hel...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s parliament-appointed government of Fathi Bashagha on Tuesday asked the country’s tax authority to transfer revenues to it instead of the Tripoli-based administration. The request was made in a letter sent by Finance Minister Osama Hammad to the tax authority to transfer revenues to the Benghazi-based Centra...
QAMBAR SHAHDADKOT, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistani farmers’ cropland has been under waist-deep water for over a month — quashing hopes of producing ready-to-reap crops, including rice and wheat, and exacerbating fears of acute food shortage in the flood-hit country of 220 million. Drenching monsoon spells and apocalyptic floods have kill...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi Transport Minister Nasser Al-Shibli inaugurated the first-ever international airport in the northern city of Kirkuk on Sunday. Located in the southwest of Kirkuk, the airport is capable of receiving 3.5 million passengers annually, according to local officials. It took four years to complete the new airport in Kirkuk. Iraq...
ANKARA (AA) – Some 71 million people have fallen into poverty due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, according to the UN Development Program (UNDP). The impact of the war on food and energy prices is expected to increase the number of poor in the world. According to the UNDP report on the effects of the […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia has struck a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $1.9 billion loan to shore up its economy. “IMF staff and the Tunisian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement to support Tunisia’s economic policies with a 48-month arrangement,” the IMF said in a statem...
Saint-Louis, Senegal (AFP): Senegal says it has no intention of leaving lucrative oil and gas in the ground in the name of fighting climate change as recently discovered oil and gas reserves raise hopes of future riches and industrialization. Senegalese President Macky Sall says it would be “an injustice” and he has launched a dipl...
