Author: Steven Sahiounie

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday accused TikTok, Instagram, and WhatsApp of “cyber fascism” and hate-mongering against the country in the aftermath of the election. Maduro declared that he accuses the platforms of “spreading hatred aimed at dividing the Venezuelan people, inciting massacre and division in Venezuela and spreading fascism in Venezuela,” describing the attempt as a “criminal coup d’etat.” During a visit to Venezuela’s national military headquarters, Maduro informed top army personnel that the country’s opponents aimed to destroy the force from within, sowing division, demoralization, and destabilization. Maduro stated, “This is why there is a cyberbullying campaign underway on WhatsApp – calls, messages.…

Iran’s acting foreign minister Bagheri Kani says the Israeli regime should be rendered incapable of intensifying its acts of aggression in the region. Ali Bagheri Kani made the remarks in a telephone conversation with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Monday. Bagheri was addressing the recent assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, which took place in the Iranian capital Tehran. Iran has blamed the Israeli regime for the assassination, with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warning of a “harsh response,” and reaffirming the Islamic Republic’s duty to avenge the…

Egypt is developing a national employment strategy aimed at creating new jobs and equipping its workforce with the skills needed for the future

The Egyptian government is planning to increase the country’s daily natural gas production to around 5 billion cubic feet by the end of 2024

the ministry’s “Jordan Source” programme aims to promote Jordan as an ideal destination for investment in the technology and digitisation sector

Jeddah: The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has extended a $10 million trade finance line to the Uganda Development Bank Ltd.

East African Community (EAC) member States are moving towards the tail end of reviewing fees, levies and charges imposed by members on essential goods and services in the transport and agriculture sector, which have frequently sparked trade wars and choked intra-regional trade in the eight-member economic bloc.

Amidst the scarcity of petrol at retail outlets across the country and the demand for downward review of prices by agitated Nigerians

Doha: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) issued 3,974 commercial registrations and 11,680 commercial licences in the second quarter (Q2) of this year, according to the official data of the commerce sector released by the ministry yesterday.

DUBAI – Dubai Chamber of Commerce, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has revealed that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) market remained the top global export and re-export destination for its member companies during the first half of 2024. The GCC region accounted for 53.9% of total exports and re-exports with a combined value of around AED78.6 billion, underlining the market’s continuing significance for the chamber’s members. In a press release on Monday, the Dubai Chamber said, “Non-GCC countries in the Middle East region ranked second among members’ top export destinations, accounting for 23.9%…