Uzbekistan Signs Energy Agreements With UAE’s Mubadala, Masdar

TASHKENT, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, signed project implementation agreements in strategic energy sector, with Mubadala, Abu Dhabi’s investment and development fund, and its subsidiary, Masdar, the ministry’s press service said. The project agreement, signed between Uzbek Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade and…

Libya oil exports blocked, raising stakes for Berlin peace summit

TRIPOLI/BERLIN, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forces loyal to Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar blocked oil exports from the war-ravaged country’s main ports Saturday, raising the stakes on the eve of an international summit aimed at bringing peace to the North African nation. The move to cripple the country’s main income…

100 Injured In Clashes Between Protesters, Riot Police In Lebanon’s Capital

BEIRUT, Jan 19 (NNN-NNA) – Heavy clashes broke out in downtown Beirut, between protesters and riot police, causing at least 100 injuries, TV channel MTV reported. The clashes broke out, following attempts by protesters, to break barbed barriers set up by security forces, at the entrance of the roads, leading…

OPEC, Partners To Extend Production Cut Deal To End Of 2020

NEW YORK, Jan 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its partners, including Russia are expected to further extend production cut, until the end of 2020, from the end of Mar, 2020, according to a research note, by Swiss investment bank, UBS. Crude oil output from…

Jordan King Sends Letter To Iraq On Tension Deescalation In Gulf Region

AMMAN, Jan 19 (NNN-PETRA) – King Abdullah II of Jordan, on Saturday, sent a letter to Iraqi President, Barham Salih, and Prime Minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, about tension deescalation in the Gulf region. In the letter, delivered by Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, the Jordanian king highlighted the centrality of maintaining Iraq’s…

RAFO Helicopters Carry Out Medical Evacuations

MUSCAT, Jan 18 (NNN-ONA) – Two helicopters of the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO), carried out two medical evacuations this evening (yesterday evening). The first evacuation was carried out to a citizen suffering from a critical health condition.  She was transferred from the Niyabat of Al Halaniyat Islands, in…

DEWA Strengthens Role Of AI To Drive Sustainability

DUBAI, Jan 18 (NNN-WAM) – The UAE leadership, places great importance on protecting the environment and promoting a green economy, and placing sustainability at the forefront of its strategic priorities. This prioritisation supports UAE Vision 2021, which aims to build a sustainable environment and a diversified and sustainable competitive economy,…

Living Situation In Gaza Hits Bare Minimum In All Aspects

GAZA, Jan 18 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian officials and observers, warned, the living situation in the Gaza Strip has reached the bare minimum in all aspects of life. Amid worsening humanitarian crises, the narrow impoverished coastal enclave, home for over two million Palestinians, needs a serious and immediate international intervention to…

UK adds entire Hezbollah movement to terror blacklist

Hezbollah fighters LONDON, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s finance ministry said it had added Lebanon’s entire Hezbollah movement to its list of terrorist groups subject to asset freezing. The ministry previously only targeted the Shiite organisation’s military wing but has now listed the whole group after the government designated it…

United States wants withdrawal of all foreign troops from Libya

WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States, which is scheduled to participate in this weekend’s Libya peace conference in Germany is expected to call for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from the war-ravaged nation and a resumption of the UN-backed peace process.The US State Department said Secretary of…
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