TEHRAN (AA) – Iran has warned the interim Taliban government in Kabul that failure to resolve the protracted dispute over shared water resources could affect cooperation between the two neighbors. In a phone call with his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called for an “expeditious and serio...
Ijok, Malaysia – (AFP): Overripe palm oil fruits hang untouched in trees while others lie rotting scattered around a plantation, as Malaysian farmers reap the bitter harvest of a severe labour shortage. The tropical country is the world’s second-biggest producer of the edible vegetable oil, which is found in many everyday goods fro...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh has sent a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), asking for a record loan of $4.5 billion to address the prevailing financial crises and continue the ongoing development works. Mashiur Rahman, the economic affairs advisor to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said his country must ass...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia said on Wednesday that it stands impartial regarding the Nile Dam dispute between Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia. “As you know the Nile River doesn’t pass through Somalia and the country’s position is neutral,” presidential spokesman Abdikarin Ali Kaar said at a news conference in Mogadishu as he urged the c...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The World Bank will provide the World Food Program (WFP) with $100 million to address food insecurity in Sudan, the WFP said on Wednesday. The humanitarian organization said in a statement that the funds will be used to provide food and cash transfers for over two million people across the country. […]
Beirut, Lebanon – (AFP): Lebanon’s parliament has approved a $150 million World Bank loan to import wheat, as shortages of subsidised bread intensify in the cash-strapped country. Long lines have formed in front of bakeries and supermarkets where people wait hours for a bag of subsidised Arabic bread — in short supply as a lo...
Beirut, Lebanon – (AFP): Grain silos at Beirut’s blast-hit port are at risk of collapsing after a fire this month, Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has revealed a week before the explosion’s second anniversary. “The northern group of silos are now in danger of falling,” Najib Mikati announced in a statemen...
ANKARA (AA) – Muslim women wearing headscarf for religious reasons face more discrimination than others when applying for jobs in Germany, the Netherlands and Spain, revealed a survey conducted by researchers from the Netherlands, Germany and the UK. Utrecht University in the Netherlands, Oxford University in the UK, and the German Center for ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The interim Afghan government on Tuesday urged the US to fulfill its commitments made in the Doha agreement, unfreeze all the assets of Afghanistan unconditionally, and lift economic sanctions. Assuring that Afghanistan’s territory will not be used against anyone, acting Afghan Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi told an ...
ANKARA (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has warned Ethiopia against unilateral steps regarding a controversial dam project on the Nile River. Speaking at a joint press conference in Cairo with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, al-Sisi said he agreed with his Somali counterpart on the gravity of unilateral steps in the opera...
