Author: Steven Sahiounie

Russia expects to continue productive interaction with Bangladesh to strengthen bilateral cooperation in all directions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a telegram to Bangladesh’s new Foreign Minister Md Touhid Hossain, the text of which was posted on the Telegram channel of the Russian embassy in the republic. “Dear Mr. Md Touhid Hossain, I was pleased to hear about your appointment as Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Russian-Bangladeshi relations draw on a solid foundation of friendship that has traditionally linked our peoples,” the telegram reads. “We look forward to continuing productive…

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi, on Thursday, discussed with United Arab Emirates (UAE) Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the serious repercussions of the incursions and violations committed by Israeli extremists into the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif, last Tuesday. In a phone conversation, the two ministers denounced these assaults, particularly the incursion by the radical racist minister Itamar Ben-Gvir into Al-Aqsa Mosque. They saw it as a risky escalation that would only serve to intensify the conflict at a time when the region is already experiencing…

A spokesman for the Qatari Foreign Ministry, Majed al-Ansari, says the meeting between mediators to help end the war in Gaza is still ongoing and will resume on Friday, Qatari state media reports. “Dr al-Ansari stated, in a statement to the Qatar News Agency [QNA], that the efforts of the mediators from the State of Qatar, the Arab Republic of Egypt and the United States of America are ongoing, and that the mediators are resolute in their commitment to move forward in their endeavours to reach a ceasefire in the Strip that would facilitate the release of hostages and enable…

 In a telephone conversation, the Acting Foreign Minister of Iran and Qatar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs discussed the latest security developments in the Gaza Strip and joint mediation efforts to end the war in the region. Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani, in a telephone conversation with Qatar’s Foreign Minister Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, emphasized the need to address the current tensions in the West Asian region and the need to establish stability and peace in this region. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar in a statement announced on Thursday night that Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman…

British and French foreign ministers will travel to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to call for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza and a de-escalation in any wider conflict in the Middle East, Britain said on Thursday.The visit by Britain’s David Lammy and France’s Stephane Sejourne comes as a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks was underway in Doha, an effort to end 10 months of fighting in the Palestinian enclave and bring 115 Israeli and foreign hostages home.The talks came as Iran appeared on the point of retaliating against Israel following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in…

Egypt is taking steps to revamp its higher education system to align it with the needs of the job market, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ayman Ashour said on Wednesday.

Dubai Chambers has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bank of China – Dubai Branch – to develop collaboration and enhance cooperation between the business communities in Dubai and China.

Taxi and tuk-tuk drivers in Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon queued for hours for scarce petrol on Wednesday in the latest shortage fuelled by civil war and a tanking economy.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast an expansion of 0.6 percent, building on a rapid 0.7 percent recovery in the first quarter of the year from a shallow recession in the second half of 2023.

Dubai-based port operator DP World reported Thursday its half-year profits fell by nearly 60 percent, in part over the ongoing attacks by Yemen’s Houthis over the Israel-Hamas war that have affected shipping through the Red Sea.