UNCTAD report '"Trade and Development Foresights 2025 – Under pressure: Uncertainty reshapes global economic prospects” cited mounting threats including trade...
Jitters about US tariffs hammered Asian stocks again early Friday as President Donald Trump acknowledged a "cost" to his surging...
Tangiers, Morocco--Morocco stunned Brazil 2-1 in a friendly international on Saturday as the north African side recorded a first ever win...Sofiane Boufal, midfielder, gave Morocco the lead after 29 minutes, scoring with a powerful turn and drive from a pass by Bilal El Khannous
Casemiro, Brazil skipper, levelled the score in the 67th minute when his weak shot was fumbled by goalkeeper Yassine Bounou
- It suffers from constant stand-offs between elected lawmakers and cabinets installed by the ruling Al-Sabah family, despite a parliamentary system...
Kuwait, home to seven percent of the world's crude reserves, has little debt and one of the strongest sovereign wealth funds in the world
The oil-rich country, posting large deficits during the Covid-19 pandemic, was buoyed by the rise in oil prices last year
The new comedians hoping to put a smile on Jordanian faces range in age between 18 to 40 and include...The Amman Comedy Club has been training aspiring comics since 2019 and offering free, three- to four-month workshops in stand-up, improv, comedy sketches and satire writing
Aided by foreign institutions such as the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Chicago-based comedy club The Second City, the ACC has already trained more than 140 people in Jordan
The Iraqi oil ministry said that Turkey stopped oil exports from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Saturday in the wake...Iraq had initiated the proceedings against the neighboring country in 2014, claiming exclusive rights over Kurdistan's oil exports
The regional government in Arbil though, in defiance of Baghdad, continued to export oil through Turkey at a rate of around 450,000 barrels a day
"To support productive Qatari farms in marketing their products directly and to ensure that consumers obtain their needs for fresh...Vegetable production in the Gulf country increased by 76 percent from 2017 to 2022, according to the Food Security Department Director Dr Masoud Jarallah Al Marri
Qatar's Ministry of Municipality is preparing a strategic plan for ensuring food security in the agricultural sector until 2030 and implementing digital transformation projects.
Several factors contributed to the fall in UAE markets, including a decline in oil prices, worries about multinational banks' health.The primary index of the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange fell by 0.5 percent, while the Dubai market's main index dropped by 0.9 percent.
In Dubai, losses in the industrial and financial services sectors led to a 0.5 percent drop in the main index on Monday.
- Manchester United have received a second Qatari bid to buy the English football giants, British media reported. The reports said...
Bidders were initially told they had until 2100 GMT on Wednesday to submit new offers, but reports say that has been extended.
No figures have been revealed but one or more of the initial bids were understood to be in the region of US$5.5 billion
SAINTE-SOLINE, FRANCE - French security forces again clashed with protesters Saturday as campaigners sought to stop the construction of reservoirs for...Multiple projectiles and improvised explosives were thrown by protesters, with police responding with tear gas and water cannon.
Eleven people were already detained after police seized cold weapons, including petanque balls and meat knives, as well as explosives.
CHENNAI, INDIA - The UAE spoke on food and energy insecurity and their implications in the second Framework Working Group...The UAE delegation highlighted emerging uncertainties in the finance sector.
The delegation discussed effective ways to promote global financial stability.
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - The European Union and Germany on Saturday said they had struck a deal after a dispute over the...A landmark deal to prohibit new sales of fossil fuel cars from 2035 is key to the bloc's ambitious plan to become a "climate-neutral" economy by 2050.
Germany demanded that the EU provide assurances the law would allow the sales of new cars with combustion engines that run on synthetic fuels.
