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BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese banks will resume operations on Monday after a week-long closure in protest against holdups by depositors demanding access to their savings. In a statement, the Association of Banks in Lebanon said the banks will reopen on September 26, saying every bank will decide its own channel for banking operations. At least [&hell...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid has said that production at the contested Karish gas field will begin soon despite a maritime border dispute with Lebanon. “Israel believes it is possible to reach an agreement on the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel in a way that will serve the interests of both [&hellip...
BEIRUT (AA) – The Association of Banks in Lebanon on Friday announced the closure of all bank branches across Lebanon for three days after a series of depositors held bank staff hostage demanding withdrawal of their savings. The association said the closure is a protest against the attacks that happened against the bank employees. Accord...
ISTANBUL, Türkiye / ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday called for the smooth construction and operation of major projects associated with the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Xi made these comments during a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Samarkand, ...
Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP): Sitting on the side of a Jakarta road anxiously waiting for his phone to ping, driver Muhammad Ridwan says it is now barely worth hurtling through thick smog every day to ferry passengers. A 30 percent hike in fuel prices spurred hundreds of drivers of the most popular ride-hailing apps to hold […]
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia’s government and the country’s powerful UGTT union has signed a deal boosting public sector salaries, three months after a strike that paralysed the country. The deal involves a five percent annual hike to public sector wages every year until 2025. The head of the UGTT, Noureddine Taboubi, told reporte...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China and Uzbekistan on Thursday signed agreements worth $15 billion in trade, investment, and financial and technical cooperation. The deals were inked during a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Uzbek leader Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samark...
ANKARA (AA) – A higher number of Indian Muslims are jobless and face discrimination in accessing salaried jobs and income through self-employment compared to their non-Muslim fellow citizens, according to the UK’s independent charitable organizations focusing on global poverty alleviation. In rural areas, unemployment among Muslims increased b...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that gas deliveries to Pakistan are possible through Central Asian infrastructure – Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. He met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. During the mee...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about expanding a recently-brokered deal that opened Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to grain exports. Putin has threatened to restrict what is known as the Black Sea Grain Initiative after it was signed in July to allevi...
