Lebanon Launches Offshore Gas Exploration With International Partners but Crisis Remains
Lebanon is set to begin exploratory drilling for oil and gas on Thursday, Lebanon's Energy Minister Walid Fayad announced on Tuesday. The...
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EBRD to Finance Reefy With $6.47mln to Support Entrepreneurs in Egypt
Egypt - The EBRD is supporting young entrepreneurs in Egypt with a loan of up to EGP 200m (approximately €6m)...
Sudan’s Military Ruler Begins Tour as UN Warns of War Spreading
GENEVA: Sudan’s military ruler is visiting army bases outside the capital, his first trip away from Khartoum since an internal...
Iran Stages ‘Electronic Warfare’ Drills Against Mock Enemy Drones
TEHRAN: Iran on Friday launched exercises to test its “electronic warfare” capabilities against mock enemy drones, fighter jets and helicopters,...
Ukraine Asks Lebanon to Bar Syrian Ship Carrying ‘Stolen’ Corn From Docking
BEIRUT: Ukrainian officials on Thursday asked Lebanon to bar a Syrian state-owned cargo ship carrying allegedly stolen Ukrainian grain from...
Turkish Central Bank Unleashes Big Interest Rate Hike in Another Sign of an Economic Shift
ANKARA: Turkiye’s central bank raised its key interest rate by an aggressive 7.5 percentage points on Thursday, a larger-than-expected hike that...
Israel Far-Right Minister Spars With Supermodel Hadid Over Palestinian Rights
JERUSALEM: Israel’s far-right national security minister on Friday sparred with US supermodel Bella Hadid over his comments this week that...
Egypt’s Engineering Exports Surge 10% in 7 Months
Egypt - The monthly report of the Engineering Export Council of Egypt (EEC) revealed that engineering exports increased in the...
Monaco Closes Corruption Probe Against Lebanon’s Caretaker Prime Minister for Lack of Evidence
BEIRUT: A three-year probe against Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister and his family over corruption allegations has been closed by Monaco’s...
US Slams Israeli Minister’s ‘Inflammatory Comments’ About Palestinians, Condemns ‘all Racist Rhetoric’
DUBAI: The US State Department has strongly condemned Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, for what it described as “inflammatory...
