ANKARA – Turkey’s economy grew 3.9 percent year on year in the third quarter, expanding at the slowest rate since the second quarter of 2020, the Turkish Statistical Institute data announced on Wednesday. The limited [Read More]
CAIRO – Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit on Wednesday condemned the escalations practiced by the Israeli forces in the West Bank. Aboul-Gheit warned against “targeting and murdering the Palestinians in cold blood,” and called [Read More]
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) suffered a loss of 1.7 billion Swedish kronor (about 161 million U.S. dollars) in the fourth quarter (Q4) due to high fuel prices and uncertain global situations, the company said on Wednesday. [Read More]
On this day in 1872, the association football match between the national teams of Scotland and England is officially recognised by FIFA as the sport’s first-ever international. It took place on 30 November 1872 at [Read More]
BEIRUT – China and Lebanon on Tuesday signed an agreement to exempt travellers holding diplomatic, special, service passports and passports for public affairs from visa requirements, said the Chinese embassy in Lebanon. The agreement was [Read More]
Oil prices closed mixed on Tuesday as market participants awaited a key meeting by major producers. The West Texas Intermediate for January delivery added 96 cents, or 1.24 percent, to settle at 78.2 U.S. dollars [Read More]
Cambodia attracted more than 1.57 million international visitors in the first 10 months of 2022, according to a tourism ministry’s report on Wednesday. During the January-October period, Thailand topped the chart of the international tourist [Read More]
A suicide blast hit a police truck on Wednesday in Quetta, the provincial capital of Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, killing two people and leaving 24 others injured, a police official told Xinhua. Deputy Inspector General [Read More]
Marcus Rashford scored twice and Phil Foden also got on the scoresheet as England progressed to the World Cup last 16 with a comfortable 3-0 win over Wales on Tuesday night. The result means that [Read More]
GAZA – Palestinian authorities say that 57 percent of the Gaza Strip population suffers from food insecurity due to an Israeli blockade imposed on the coastal enclave for 16 years. Poverty rates in the enclave [Read More]
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