KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – An unprecedented monsoon spell which has caused widespread devastation across Pakistan is also adding to already escalating food inflation, aside from exacerbating fears of food insecurity in the country. With food inflation already going through the roof at 30%, the ongoing monsoon spells have destroyed huge amounts o...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Türkiye and Pakistan have signed a trade agreement aimed to achieve the objective of pushing bilateral trade up to $5 billion. The signing ceremony was held in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and was attended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and other senior officials. The “Trade in Goods Agreement” was signed by Pakistan’s...
Cairo, Egypt (AFP): Ukraine’s special envoy for the Middle East on Thursday accused Moscow of preventing Ukrainian wheat deliveries to the region, addressing the Arab League just weeks after the group hosted Russia’s foreign minister. “Ukraine today has 20 million tonnes of grain ready to be exported, principally to Arab and ...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Bystanders hailed as a hero an armed customer who held bank staff hostage for hours Thursday in Lebanon because he couldn’t access funds frozen after the country’s economic collapse. The suspect, identified only as Bassam, was armed with a rifle and had doused the interior of the bank with gasoline, security ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The number of drought-related displacements in Somalia has surpassed the million mark for the first time since January 2021, the UN humanitarian agency said. In a statement on Tuesday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that during the month of July, 83,518 people were displaced by ...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Sierra Leone Vice President Mohamed Juldeh declared a nationwide curfew Wednesday following violent protests. People had taken to the streets earlier to demonstrate against the high cost of living in the country of over 8 million inhabitants, where the budget deficit has increased from 5.6% to 7.1% of its GDP, imp...
ANKARA (AA) – Key players in the Libyan and Turkish construction sectors will gather at The Urban Expo & Forum 2022 in Istanbul on Oct. 3-4. The two-day event, which is expected to welcome more than 200 Libyan businesspeople, aims to create an environment for the two countries to sign deals for new infrastructure and […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – More than 20 students were injured Sunday evening in the Shahbagh neighborhood of Bangladesh’s capital when police charged them with batons while they were protesting against a massive hike in fuel prices. An alliance of left-leaning student organizations has been protesting in Dhaka since midnight Friday after the gov...
The U.S. Senate on Sunday barely passed a $430 billion bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices, and raise some corporate taxes. The 51-50 party-line vote needed Vice President Kamala Harris to cast the tie-breaking ballot. Thanks to Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), there was a huge, last-minute win for the private equity and hed...
On Aug 7 2022, Senate Democrats sided with American families over special interests, voting to lower the cost of prescription drugs, health insurance, and everyday energy costs and reduce the deficit, while making the wealthiest corporations finally pay their fair share. I ran for President promising to make government work for working famili...
