MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s National Drought Relief Committee has said 6.9 million people in the country are facing severe water shortages and food insecurity as the worst droughts in decades have escalated in the region. The drought has affected 90% of the country’s landmass and 66 districts across the county. Abdirahman ...
KIGALI, Rwanda – Bakers in Burkina Faso downed their shutters nationwide on Thursday in protest against the government’s refusal to let them increase the price of bread to match the rising wheat prices. The strike came after weeks of discussions between the umbrella federation of owners of bakeries and confectioneries and the Trade Ministry ov...
TEHRAN, Iran – The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Greek charge d’affaires in Tehran to protest the seizure of an Iranian-flagged ship in Greece’s territorial waters. The ministry described the seizure as “an example of international banditry.” Earlier, Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) issued a statement, describing the...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – As the Ukraine war drags on, more and more Russian professionals are moving to Dubai — the business-friendly Gulf emirate that offers an escape from the impact of Western sanctions. Entrepreneurs, lawyers and art dealers are among those flocking to the financial hub in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – A Taliban spokesman in the Qatari capital of Doha told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday that negotiations between the Afghan interim government along with Turkiye and Qatar have not stopped. Mohammed Naim Wardak from the group’s political office said an agreement signed with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) concerned ground ope...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye will continue to stand by the Palestinian people for independent and sovereign Palestine, the country’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at a joint news conference with his Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkiye will pursue normalized ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The Afghan Taliban interim government on Tuesday signed a deal to hand over the country’s four key airports to a state-run United Arab Emirates company. Under the deal, the control and management of four international airports – Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharif – will be handed over to the UAE aviation company,...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco and Israel on Tuesday signed 13 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in the field of innovation and high-tech industry. The deals are the latest in efforts of Rabat and Tel Aviv to boost their relations since the normalization of their ties in late 2020. The MoUs were signed during a 3-day […]
KAZAN, Tatarstan – The 13th International Economic Summit: “Russia-Islamic World: Kazan Summit 2022”, held in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, attracted about 6,400 visitors from 64 countries. A mega international economic gathering addressed the subjects of partnership finance, halal industry, export development, entrep...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian official on Sunday accused Israel of pressuring donors to derail the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. Naji Sarhan of the Public Works and Housing Ministry said only 20% of homes destroyed in an Israeli military offensive on Gaza last year have been rebuilt. He said a few roads […]
