ANKARA (AA) – The first ship to leave Ukraine under a historic grain export deal has departed from the port of Odesa for Lebanon, the Turkish National Defense Ministry announced. “The ship is expected to arrive in Istanbul on August 2,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that the vessel would continue on its […]
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 […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The annual inflation rate in Pakistan was at 24.9% in July, according to official figures released on Monday. The rate was at the highest level for 14 years. The rate was 21.3% in June and 8.4% in July 2021. On a monthly basis, prices increased by 4.3% in July 2022. Prices have […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s security cabinet on Sunday approved the deduction of NIS 600 million ($176 million) from the taxes of the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to local media. Maariv newspaper said the deducted money is the same amount that was transferred by the PA to Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails and to their families [&he...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah warned Sunday that Israeli gas drilling vessels in the disputed Karish field are within the range of its missiles. The Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV released a video showing a naval missile being prepared for firing along with a text reading “playing with time is useless.” The clip...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has said that it will accelerate the establishment of a joint industrial zone with Jordan. “This is an initiative that will increase employment to both countries, will advance our economic and diplomatic relations, and will enhance the peace and friendship between our two countries,” Prime Minister Yair Lapid told a Cab...
RIYADH (AA) – Saudi Arabia has reiterated that it will not change its firm position on the Palestinian issue, despite its decision to open its airspace to all international aircraft, including those from Israel. This was stated by Mohamed al-Atiq, the acting charge d’affaires of the Saudi Arabia’s permanent delegation to the UN, during a [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has conveyed to the interim administration in Kabul that Beijing supports extending the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan. “China hopes to push the alignment of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with the development strategies of Afghanistan,” China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told Afghan interim Fo...
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...
