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...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – At least 66 people were killed in terrorist attacks Wednesday in several towns in Mali, according to security sources. “The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) repelled terrorist attacks targeting positions in Savare, Sokolo and Kalumba early this Wednesday, July 27. The response, carried out with energy and professi...
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...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Opposition legislators in Nigeria’s Senate on Wednesday threatened to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari over increasing insecurity in parts of the country. Buhari has six weeks to “take stronger action and resolve this issue of insecurity,” Philip Aduda, a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, said at a...
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...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Two Yemeni children were killed by a landmine explosion in the central Bayda province, according to a local NGO on Wednesday. The device exploded as the children were grazing their sheep in al-Zaher district in the province, the Yemeni Landmine Records said in a statement. The NGO, which documents victims of […]
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. […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II met with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid in the capital Amman on Wednesday. The meeting was the first between the Jordanian monarch and Lapid since the latter assumed his post last month. Talks between the two sides focused on the stalled peace process between Israel and the […]
Mosul, Iraq – (AFP): Rockets hit the vicinity of the Turkish consulate in Iraq’s main northern city of Mosul causing damage. However, no casualties have been reported. The overnight fire came after deadly shelling allegedly by the Turkish army which killed nine civilians last week, prompting anti-Turkish protests in cities across I...
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...
