- BENGALURU, INDIA - The UAE participated in the first Framework Working Group (FWG) meeting within the G20 Finance Track, which...
Held for the first time under India’s G20 presidency in Bengaluru, the meeting sought to discuss the work plan for FWG in 2023.
The meeting was also attended by G20 members, invited countries and representatives from international organizations.
- AMMAN, JORDAN - Jordan has arrested dozens of people accused of involvement in protests against rising fuel prices in which a...
Jordan's Public Security Directorate said that reinforcements had been sent to the violence-affected provinces.
Jordan's King Abdullah II warned that "anyone who raises a weapon against the state will be dealt with firmly".
- Amman, Jordan--Jordan’s judiciary on Thursday sentenced two men to long prison terms for attempting to smuggle nearly two million captagon...
The two men, whose identities have not been disclosed, had attempted to smuggle more than 1.9 million captagon pills from Syria to Jordan in 2021
The Jordanian army reported in February that an organized ring had attempted to smuggle drugs across the border into the country using drones
- In the midst of Lebanon's three-year financial collapse, banks have tightened controls on withdrawals in both US dollars and the...
In the midst of Lebanon's three-year financial collapse, banks have tightened controls on withdrawals in both US dollars and the local currency
Savers have challenged the restrictions in local and international courts, seeking to get back their money promptly in US dollars
- There are as many as 5,000 British companies operating in the UAE, many of which depend on safe data transfers.
There are as many as 5,000 British companies operating in the UAE, many of which depend on safe data transfers
DIFC is the first financial centre in the MEASA region to engage with the UK Government on an adequacy assessment
- Washington, United States--The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund on Friday approved a $3 billion loan to Egypt, with an immediate...
IMF said that Egypt is expected to receive, through the EFF program, about US$14 billion in additional financing "from its international and regional partners
As the world's largest importer of wheat, it has been hit hard by soaring grain prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The two countries explore areas of joint cooperation to strengthen political, economic, investment and trade relations.
The two countries explore areas of joint cooperation to strengthen political, economic, investment and trade relations
Both seek to boost coordination of parliamentary positions between the two councils in regional and international forums
- RABAT, MOROCCO - France and Morocco announced Friday they were mending fences after months of tensions over visas, and said President...
Speaking in Rabat alongside her Moroccan counterpart, French Foreign Minister said it was time to "write a new page together".
French President Emmanuel Macron and Morocco's King Mohammed VI spoke by phone after their countries' dramatic World Cup semi-final clash.
- After a healthy rally in recent weeks fuelled by signs that price rises were slowing, the US Federal Reserve, European...
While inflation in most countries has started coming down -- helped by a drop in energy costs -- it remains at multi-decade highs.
And observers have warned that economies could be heading for a period of stagflation where prices keep rising but growth stalls.





















