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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed his intention to cooperate with Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain, in fostering a closer bilateral relationship, the foreign ministry in Tokyo said, according to Arab News. This came Read more
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan revealed Monday the kingdom’s plan to mediate between Russia and Ukraine caught in a conflict after Russian President launched last month a military invasion to denazify the former soviet country. Read more
The African Development Bank, AfDB, is raising $1 billion to help increase local production of wheat in Africa to surf the commodity shortage caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, reports say. The Abidjan-based bank, according to its President Akinwumi Adesina, aims Read more
The Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry has banned the exportation of a number of commodities including wheat, flour pasta, for three months. Trade minister Nevine Gamea in a statement said the decision targets cooking oils, freekeh, corn, fava beans, Read more
Local prices of wheat has increased by EGP 1,000 ($63) in the six days following the Russia-Ukraine war, reports say. Egypt is the world largest wheat importer and consumer with 11 million tons imported. The Arab country locally produces 9 Read more
Today, The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on the situation between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The Kingdom of Morocco has decided not to participate in the vote on this resolution, says a statement from the Ministry of Read more
In a phone call, on Thursday, to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed that NATO’s expansion was a “serious threat” to the region’s security and stability, according to the semi-official Nour News. “NATO’s expansion eastward creates tension Read more
Ukraine and the kingdom of Morocco are expected to ink a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in this month of December, Ukrainians authorities have said, media report. Morocco is among a set of countries the eastern European country is courting to Read more
Egypt has closed its World Cup campaign with a penalty as the football governing body FIFA fined the African team $50,000 for playing a friendly during 21-27 May period set by the Switzerland-based organization as mandatory time for players to Read more
Dubai-based Fly Emirates and sister company FlyDubai have announced resumption of long haul flights across Iraq three years after putting halt to operations over security concerns. The announcement follows the Iraqi government’s declared victory over the Islamic State group (IS) Read more