RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Israel has said that it has signed a contract to build the headquarters of the Israeli Embassy in Morocco. “I am pleased to share this photo of this historical moment of signing the contract of establishing a permanent embassy in Morocco,” Israeli Ambassador David Govrin said on Twitter. The Israeli diplomat [&helli...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s election authority on Tuesday ruled that former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party received prohibited funding, and issued it a show-cause notice. The unanimous verdict, announced by a three-member bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan, declared that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Türkiye is among the biggest investors in Algeria, Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune has said. “Algeria’s strive for developing ties with Türkiye is normal given the long history between the two countries,” Tebboune said in a TV interview. He noted that Turkish investments in Algeria are estimated at around $4 bill...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The annual inflation rate in Indonesia was at 4.94% in July, hitting its highest level since November 2015, when it had been 6.25%. According to official figures released on Monday, the rate at which prices went up on a monthly basis was 0.64%. The highest monthly price increase was in the food-beverage-tobacco […]
ANKARA (AA) – Haitham Al Ghais of Kuwait took charge on Monday as Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at the Secretariat in Vienna, Austria. Appointed to the post for a three-year term, Al-Ghais succeeds Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo who died on July 6. “It is a great honour for me to […]
ANKARA (AA) – A senior French officer warned Australia that owning nuclear-powered subs bought from the US and UK will be “much more difficult” than the plan it scrapped to build a new fleet of conventionally powered boats, local media said on Friday. French Vice Adm. Nicolas Vaujour, chief of operations of the joint staff [&hellip...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria has resumed commercial operations with Spain after Algerian Banks Association announced the suspension of a decision that had frozen trade exchanges with Spain. Banking institutions operating in Algeria received a new directive earlier on July 28 stating that the decision to “stop any commercial operations...
BEIRUT (AA) – A Syrian ship carrying stolen grain from Ukraine anchored in Lebanon’s Tripoli Port, a Lebanese minister has said. “The Ministry of Agriculture and the General Customs Office are following the developments regarding the Syrian ship, which carried stolen flour and barley of Ukraine and anchored in Tripoli Port,” Lebanese Tra...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Like any other sector, sports in Iran have directly or indirectly faced the heat of US sanctions, undermining the functioning of local sports federations, affecting the performances of players, and in some cases destroying the careers of young and promising athletes. Hatam Shiralizadeh, a prominent Iranian sports journalist...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A court in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced six men to death for “committing crimes against humanity” in 1971. Five of the convicts were present for the sentencing in the capital Dhaka. One of the accused has died since the case was launched in November 2015. A three-member tribunal convicted the defendants...
