Author: Sat, 2021-08-14 21:49 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s army on Saturday seized fuel from petrol pumps to curb hoarding amid crippling shortages. The country is grappling with a financial crisis and foreign currency reserves are fast depleting, while its national currency has … read more
Sat, 2021-08-14 18:33 TOKYO: “I took my family several times to Arab countries including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman,” says former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Hamada, who has a Ph.D. in international political economics. Hamada, while he runs the … read more
Author: Sat, 2021-08-14 19:19 CAIRO: Egypt has an “open budget” to fight coronavirus, the country’s finance minister said Friday, adding that the health sector’s allocation exceeded the established constitutional entitlement, totaling EGP275.6 billion ($17.5 billion). The move followed presidential directives … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1628953334823886300 Sat, 2021-08-14 18:07 TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday announced new curbs to combat the spread of Covid-19 as deaths and infections surge and as the country tries to speed up its vaccination campaign. The Islamic republic is … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1628951597543530400 Sat, 2021-08-14 17:37 Moscow: Russia on Saturday said all eight people onboard a Russian water-dropping plane died when it crashed in Turkey during a firefighting mission. Moscow’s defense ministry said five Russian servicemen and three Turkish … read more