AMMAN, JORDAN – Products of the Kingdom’s pharmaceutical industries and medical supplies sector moved over the past quarter century to the global level, driven by its development, quality and competitiveness, a stakeholder said. This has placed Jordan among the top countries in this strategic industry. Representative of Pharmaceutical Industries and...
Jordan air force drops ‘vital medical supplies’ in Gaza
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, King Abdullah said that Jordan's air force personnel air-dropped at midnight urgent medical aid to Jordanian's field hospital in Gaza. Terming it as "our duty to aid our brothers and sisters injured in the war on Gaza", he said the kingdom will always be there...
Oil prices climb to highest level in seven months on supply fears
Dubai, UAE--Oil prices rose to their highest in over half a year and snapped a two-week losing streak, buoyed by expectations of tightening supplies. A Middle Eastern country is widely expected to extend a voluntary 1 million barrels per day oil production cut into October, prolonging supply curbs engineered by...
EU diplomat’s threat to Russia medical supplies smacks of neo-Nazism: Official
Moscow, Russia -- Moscow considers threats by European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell to take medical supplies away from the Russian people as inadmissible and neo-Nazist, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing. "EU restrictions are above all an instrument of...
Jordan medical, pharmaceutical exports see 30% growth in first 5 months of 2023
AMMAN, JORDAN - The pharmaceutical and medical supplies sector of Jordan has experienced an impressive 29.7 percent growth in exports during the first five months of this year compared to the corresponding period last year. Fadi Al-Atrash, the sector's representative at the Jordan Chamber of Industry, revealed that exports from...
UAE and WHO dispatch 30 tonnes of medical supplies to Sudan
Dubai, UAE--The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have dispatched 30 tonnes of urgent medical supplies to Sudan today. A plane carrying supplies for injury treatment, emergency surgeries, and essential drugs arrived in Port Sudan Airport early this morning. The shipment, valued at US$ 444 000,...Flight carrying humanitarian aid from Red Cross lands in Sudan
KHARTOUM, SUDAN - A first Red Cross plane laden with humanitarian aid on Sunday landed in Sudan, where deadly clashes between rival generals' forces have entered their third week. "The eight tonnes of humanitarian cargo includes surgical material to support Sudanese hospitals and volunteers from the Sudan Red Crescent Society," the...
TRENDS Poll: Inflation takes biggest bite from Gulf household incomes during Ramadan
The poll discovers people struggling across the Middle East to cope with high cost of living in the holy month of Ramadan, with inflation in some places reaching 100.UAE dispatches fresh aid shipment to quake-hit families in Afghanistan
Abu Dhabi, UAE--The UAE has dispatched a plane carrying 38 tonnes of urgent medical and food supplies to Afghanistan to meet the needs of thousands of Afghan families affected by earthquakes that recently struck northeastern Afghanistan. The earthquakes resulted in numerous deaths and injuries and destroyed basic infrastructure. The provision...
Grain deal not being implemented properly, says Russia
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that extending a deal that allowed grain exports from Ukraine to resume was becoming "complicated" as he claimed it was not being properly implemented. Russia's military intervention last February saw Ukraine's Black Sea ports blocked by warships until a deal last...UNDP requests $113.5 million to support early recovery in Turkey
ANKARA, TURKEY - Clearing the mountains of rubble due to buildings collapse in the earthquakes that hit Turkey on February 6 and 20, 2023 is the top-priority action mapped out by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in its response to the disaster. Rubble removal accounts for a large share...
‘Hungary wants EU sanctions on Russia lifted by year end’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wants EU sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine lifted by year end, a pro-government daily newspaper said. Orban, who has sought close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent years, has frequently railed against the sanctions, saying they are hurting Europe more...UN urges EU against fossil fuels in energy crisis
The UN urged EU countries on Monday to continue battling climate change and not resort to more fossil fuels in their response to soaring energy prices and fears of winter shortages. Russia has reduced supplies of gas to Europe since its invasion of Ukraine, sending prices for the fuel soaring.
Russia will stop oil, gas export to countries seeking price cap: Putin
Pointing to rising energy prices in Europe ahead of winter, Putin insisted Russia would supply nothing outside of existing contracts, quoting a Russian fairy tale: "Freeze, freeze, the wolf tail". Capping prices, as some Western countries are considering, "would be an absolutely stupid decision," Putin said.Despite sanctions, Russia energy exports vault to US$158bn
In spite of the Western sanctions, Russia has raked in some $158 billion in energy exports in the six months since the war, with the EU accounting for more than half. Natural gas prices have jumped to record levels in Europe as Russia cut off supplies.G7 to ‘urgently’ implement Russian oil price cap
G7 industrialized powers vowed Friday to "urgently" move towards implementing a price cap on Russian oil imports in a bid to cut a major source of funding for Moscow's war in Ukraine. The G7 said it was working towards a "broad coalition" of support for the measure but officials in...
Gas prices ‘in God’s hands’, producers warn as Ukraine crisis sparks surge
Major gas exporting nations said Tuesday they could not guarantee prices or supplies at a summit overshadowed by the worsening Ukraine crisis which has pushed costs to record highs in Europe. Qatar's emir, who hosted the talks, said gas producers were working to ensure "credible and reliable" supplies as Europe's...Qatar to host gas exporters summit as Ukraine crisis simmers
The US has sought the help of its close ally Qatar in providing emergency supplies if pipelines to Western Europe are cut. Organizers did not immediately confirm whether Russia's President Vladimir Putin would attend the biannual Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) summit on Feb 22.
Qatar and US talk gas supplies as Russia threatens Ukraine
Qatar is in talks with the US and other gas exporters to prepare a contingency plan for a possible disruption in gas supplies should Russia decide to invade Ukraine.
