Tripoli, Libya – AFP A bulldozer was used to smash through part of a gate during the storming of Liby’a parliament on Friday, which allowed other demonstrators to enter more easily, while cars of officials were set on fire. Later protesters began to break through the building’s walls with construction equipment. The parliamen...
MADRID (AA) – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that the alliance must diversify its energy suppliers as Russia uses energy “as a weapon.” “The war in Ukraine shows the danger of being too dependent on commodities from authoritarian regimes. The way Russia is using energy as a weapon of coercion highlights the need t...
SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (AA) – Reaffirming their unified stance in support of Ukraine, the Group of Seven economic powers have vowed to impose “severe and immediate economic costs” on Russia for its war on Ukraine. Leaders of the seven countries wrapped up their summit in Germany hours after a Russian missile strike on a shopping […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The US Treasury Department has announced that it has prohibited Russian gold imports and imposed sanctions on 70 Russian entities and 29 individuals. The move applies to gold of Russian origin but does not include gold located outside of Russia. Gold is Moscow’s biggest non-energy export and Russia is fourth in the [&...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday arrived in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe, his first foreign visit since the start of a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Opening the meeting, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon said Moscow and Dushanbe are allies and have a strategic partnership. “Today...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Residents in remote areas of Bangladesh have started an intense struggle for potable water because of discriminatory budget allocation for those areas and an unrelenting destruction of the ecology — especially in hilly areas. Just 5.44% of the Annual Development Program was allocated for the Water, S...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In response to the latest announcement by the G7 nations regarding the launch of a $600 billion global infrastructure initiative, China has said that the G7 nations should bring “real money and projects that actually benefit the people.” “What the international community wants to see is real money and projects that actual...
PARIS (AA) – France has called on oil-producing countries to increase their production “exceptionally” and to carry forward negotiations to allow the return of oil from Iran and Venezuela back on the market to overcome the energy crisis, local media reported. On the sidelines of the G7 summit in Elmau in Germany, a French presidency [&he...
Elmau Castle, Germany – (AFP) The G7 group of rich democracies on Sunday announced an attempt to compete with China’s formidable Belt and Road Initiative by raising some $600 billion for global infrastructure programmes in poor countries. The Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, unveiled with fanfare by US Presiden...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen warned Saturday that its wheat stock is about to run out. “The global food crisis and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict have their impact on wheat imports to Yemen,” Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Waed Badhib, said in statements cited by the state news agency Saba. He said around 46% of […]...
