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The Emirati economist and businessman Khalaf Al Habtoor proposed issuing a unified Gulf currency in cooperation with Jordan and Egypt. Al Habtoor, who is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirati Al Habtoor Group, said in a televised interview with the “CNBC” channel, “The UAE and Saudi Arabia are in a strong position, and the Gulf Cooperation Council must put forward a very strong unified currency, which includes later, for example, Jordan and Egypt, but the leadership of the currency is in the hands of the Gulf. On the other hand, Al Habtoor said that the largest…

The “Russia – Islamic World” forum, which kicked off in Kazan today, is expected to witness the conclusion of nearly 100 agreements, treaties and memorandums in various fields of cooperation. This came according to what was stated by the head of the Investment Development Agency in Tatarstan, Talia Minulin, today, on the sidelines of the activities and activities of the economic event. Among the agreements that will be signed: contracts for the supply of products and commodities, memorandums and agreements between companies, regions and countries, and agreements in the fields of transport and logistics services, especially on the international transport…

By: Ahmed Abdu-Almalik Al-ansi | Yemeni journalist and translator. Al-Mashat is starting to implement strategic plans for the developments and reparations in many Yemeni governorates. On Monday, May15 2023, President Al-Mashat has visits Hajjah governorate to express thanks and gratitude for the sacrifices made by the people of the governorate while confronting the Saudi-American aggression along the latest 8 years. During his visit, the President has opened several agricultural and social projects as the simplest attitude of appreciations. President Al-Mashat has launched about 20 projects for water. These projects are separated with the directorates Kashr Kahlan Al-Sharaf, Al-Mahabisha, Almaghraba, Aljameema,…

The train traffic was halted along the Simferopol-Sevastopol route Eight railway cars derailed in the Simferopol district of Crimea, Nikolay Lukashenko, Crimean transport minister, said in a video posted on the Telegram channel of the regional Vesti Crimea television channel on Thursday. Crimean Head Sergey Aksyonov said earlier on Thursday that several railway cars with grain derailed in the Simferopol district. The train traffic was halted along the Simferopol-Sevastopol route. The republic’s authorities are taking measures to organize passenger carriages by bus. The Crimean railways specified that the freight train’s cars derailed due to the interference of unauthorized individuals. “As…

The Belarusian leader said that the project to resolve the situation around Ukraine, developed during talks between representatives of Moscow and Kiev in early 2022 in Belarus and then in Turkey, “was absolutely disadvantageous to Russia,” but “Russia agreed” to work on it elarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that a new document is needed as the basis for talks on the Ukrainian settlement, the BelTA news agency reported. “[Russia and Ukraine should] take not that document (which was worked out during the Russia-Ukraine talks in Belarus in 2022 – TASS). A new one. In order to stop the war,” the…

Meanwhile, Kyodo’s sources in the Japanese government excluded the possibility of Zelensky’s in-person visit to Hiroshima The office of the Ukrainian president does not rule out the possibility that the Ukrainian leader may attend the Hiroshima G7 summit in person, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Igor Zhovkva told Kyodo News on Thursday. “Everything will depend on the situation on the battlefield. The final decision will be made after a careful analysis of the situation on the battlefield,” the Japanese news agency quoted him as saying. That said, the official stressed that Zelensky would participate in the summit in some…

“The statements of the representatives of the administration are outrageous. Instead of calmly and without politicizing fixing the successful completion of the consultations in Istanbul, local officials again rushed to criticize the Russian Federation in every possible way,” Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said Statements by US authorities on the grain deal are blatant lies and Washington intentionally forgets about the “package” nature of these agreements, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said on Wednesday. “The statements of the representatives of the administration are outrageous. Instead of calmly and without politicizing fixing the successful completion of the…

Jake Sullivan, the White House’s national security adviser said that the US president wouldn’t be making a statement at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park US President Joe Biden won’t apologize for the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Jake Sullivan, the White House’s national security adviser said on Wednesday. Responding to a journalist’s question as to whether Biden intends to issue an apology for the US dropping atomic bombs on the Japanese cities, Sullivan said that the US president wouldn’t be making a statement at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. During a briefing aboard the presidential plane heading to…

The Chinese envoy’s visit follows a previous call in April between Zelensky and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and a push for peace by Beijing. The meeting between Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, in Kiev, has not come to fruition so far amid an effort to bring the war in Ukraine to an end. According to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s statement, Kuleba “emphasized that Ukraine does not accept any proposals that would involve the loss of its territories or the freezing of the conflict”. China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that Li, after convening…

The occupation settlers’ storming of Al-Aqsa mosque comes ahead of the provocative Flag March scheduled to take place Thursday afternoon in occupied Al-Quds. Groups of Israeli occupation settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Al-Quds early Thursday, ahead of the provocative Flag March scheduled to be held later in the day. Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in occupied Al-Quds confirmed that more than 200 Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque within one hour in the early morning hours of Thursday. The storming came at a time when the occupation forces tightened their measures in Al-Quds in preparations for the Flag March, and prevented Palestinians…