- Hundreds of teachers on Thursday rallied in several Iranian cities to denounce the slow implementation of salary and pension reforms,...
In Gilan province on the Caspian Sea coast, around 150 teachers marched in the city of Rasht, while another 70 did so in Lahijan, the state broadcaster reported.
The protesters are demanding that the government move more quickly on a planned grading system for teachers based on experience and performance.
- The biggest constraint right is funding to help some 16 million people, a top UN humanitarian official told the UNSC.
The biggest constraint right is funding to help some 16 million people, a top UN humanitarian official told the UNSC
He added that funding has been decreasing in recent years, with last year's response plan only funded at 58 percent
- The business environment in the region will experience a transformation that will have a far-reaching impact on economic trends and...
The GCC’s non-oil sectors will continue to dominate the economy, creating future opportunities
The region’s economy may benefit greatly from ecommerce, logistics, and delivery services
- India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, on Wednesday told the heads of top business and industry associations in...
Piyush Goyal urged industry leaders to be proactive in giving inputs to the government on matters like FTA negotiations
He expressed confidence of growth in services exports, in spite of travel and tourism restrictions caused by the pandemic
- The meeting was hosted at the UAE Ministry of Finance’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi.
The Minister of State for Financial Affairs Mohamed Hadi Al Hussaini met on Tuesday with Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration
This discussion is a part of the UAE’s Finance Ministry efforts to strengthen its relations with various countries and regional and international financial institutions.
- The World Bank’s Global Economic Prospect reported on Tuesday that Morocco’s GDP is expected to grow by 3.2 percent in...
Output in 2023 is projected to remain about 5 percent smaller than expected before the pandemic, the World Bank notes.
The agricultural output returns to historical averages after the extraordinary performance of the primary sector in 2021, a WB report said.
- The UAE and the European Union discussed ways of boosting bilateral cooperation between them to achieve mutual benefit across various...
The Minister of State for Financial Affairs Mohamed Hadi Al Hussaini met on Tuesday with Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration.
This discussion is a part of the UAE’s Finance Ministry efforts to strengthen its relations with various countries and regional and international financial institutions.
- Dana Gas and its partner Crescent Petroleum have reported record sales gas production from their operations in the Kurdistan Region...
Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum jointly operate the Khor Mor and Chemchemal gas fields on behalf of the Pearl Petroleum consortium.
The production milestone is the culmination of numerous process improvements at the Khor Mor gas plant, including a bypass project.
- While sales tax collection rose 14 percent, income tax collection rose 7 percent from 2020 to 2021.
Sales tax collected by Jordan in 2021 reached JD4.037 billion ($5.69 billion), up from JD3.534 billion ($4.98 billion) in 2020
Revenues collected as income tax in 2021 reached JD1.176 billion ($1.66 billion), up from JD1.103 billion ($1.56 billion) in 2020
- More than half of people in Europe will likely catch Omicron by March, the WHO has said amid a World...
The WHO's regional director for Europe Hans Kluge described a ‘new west-to-east tidal wave sweeping across’ the region
The WHO's European region covers 53 countries and territories including several in Central Asia, 50 of them had Omicron cases




















