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...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon on Monday called on the United States to resume indirect talks with Israel to demarcate their maritime border. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with President Michel Aoun to discuss developments related to a disputed maritime area with Israel and agreed to invite US mediator Amos Hochstein to resume his ...
PARIS – The French finance minister has said that his country is engaged in talks with the Gulf countries to find an alternative to Russian oil supplies and reduce the country’s energy dependency on Moscow. “Discussions are already underway with the United Arab Emirates. We need to find an alternative to Russian oil,” Bruno Le […]...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – At least 49 people died and more than 300 others were injured as a devastating fire in Bangladesh’s southern port city of Chattogram continued to burn for nearly 24 hours, an official said on Sunday. “We have a record of 49 deaths till now and more than 300 injuries. Of them, […]
ANKARA / ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkiye and Pakistan are determined to increase cooperation at all levels, including on bilateral and international platforms, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, as he welcomed Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the presidential palace in Ankara. “We have achieved the annual b...
