Algiers, Algeria – (AFP): Algeria and Venezuela have agreed to boost their economic cooperation, as President Nicolas Maduro visited his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune. “We have agreed to reinforce economic cooperation between our countries,” Tebboune said at a joint press conference broadcast by state TV after the...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The European Union on Friday said that Algeria appears to be violating the EU-Algeria Association Agreement by blocking trade and stopping financial transactions with Spain. “Trade policy is an exclusive EU competence, and the EU is ready to stand up against any type of coercive measures applied against an EU Member ...
ANKARA – US sanctions have “returned like a boomerang,” affecting the American and European economies, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said. In an exclusive interview, Maduro said “it is very difficult” when he was asked about the possibility of the lifting of US sanctions against Venezuela. “Because...
PARIS – France is the second-largest European investment destination for Qatar after the UK, with assets of more than 25 billion euros ($26.7 billion), according to a recent study. The Gulf country has 42 companies in France through direct holdings or firms mostly managed by the sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority, a study c...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia’s newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was officially inaugurated on Thursday. The inauguration ceremony was attended by regional leaders, including Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Egyptian Prime Minister Kama...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel said Wednesday it will continue exploration in the Karish gas field in the Mediterranean despite Lebanese objection. A statement shared by the Israeli ministers of foreign affairs, defense and energy said the Karish field is “a strategic asset of the State of Israel.” Israel would give priority to “the...
Umm Ḩajrah, Syria – (AFP): Syria is among the countries most vulnerable and poorly prepared for climate change, which is forecast to worsen, posing a further threat to the wheat harvests that are an essential income source for a war-battered population. The trend is most evident in Syria’s once-fertile northeast where wheat fields ...
ANKARA- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he will attend the Group of 20 meeting in Indonesia later this year despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s expected participation. “… the work of the G20 is critical at this time of global economic uncertainty,” Albanese said during a brief interaction with...
HEBRON, Palestine – Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank city of Hebron to protest high prices. Demonstrators blocked roads with trucks amid chants condemning price hikes. “We call on the Palestinian government to urgently intervene to stop the rising prices and to subsidize basic commodities,” Amjad al-Atrash, an organ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has warned against Israel’s attempts to encroach on the country’s energy wealth. “The attempts of the Israeli enemy to create a new crisis, by encroaching on Lebanon’s water wealth […] is a matter of extreme seriousness and would trigger tensi...
