Netanyahu speaks to Putin, voices disapproval of Iran ties

Netanyahu speaks to Putin, voices disapproval of Iran ties

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023. ABIR SULTAN POOL/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights JERUSALEM, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Russian … Read more

Wall St ends down after recent gains; retailers, tech weak

Wall St ends down after recent gains; retailers, tech weak

Best Buy down on weak outlook Kohl’s slips on quarterly sales miss NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks retreated on Tuesday and the S&P 500 snapped a five-session winning streak, with retailers down after some disappointing outlooks and technology shares falling. Indexes stayed lower after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting showed … Read more

Hamas says its fighters engaged Israeli force infiltrating Gaza

Hamas says its fighters engaged Israeli force infiltrating Gaza

Palestinians gather around the remains of a mosque destroyed in Israeli strikes, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in the northern Gaza Strip October 22, 2023. REUTERS/Anas al-Shareef Acquire Licensing Rights GAZA, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Hamas fighters engaged with an Israeli force that infiltrated the Gaza Strip and returned … Read more

Egyptian sources say ceasefire agreed to allow Rafah re-opening, Netanyahu denies

Egyptian sources say ceasefire agreed to allow Rafah re-opening, Netanyahu denies

CAIRO, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Egypt, Israel and the U.S. agreed to a ceasefire in southern Gaza beginning at 0600 GMT coinciding with the re-opening of the Rafah border crossing, two Egyptian security sources said on Monday, to allow in aid and evacuations of foreigners. However, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to deny an … Read more

Exclusive: Kenya plans $500 mln Eurobond buyback with new loans – cenbank governor

Exclusive: Kenya plans $500 mln Eurobond buyback with new loans – cenbank governor

A general view shows the Central Bank of Kenya headquarters building along Haile Selassie Avenue in Nairobi, Kenya November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights MARRAKECH, Morocco, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Kenya is planning to buy back up to a quarter of its $2 billion 2024 international bond before year-end after it secures … Read more

Egypt discusses Gaza aid, rejects corridors for civilians, say sources

Egypt discusses Gaza aid, rejects corridors for civilians, say sources

Palestinians inspect damages of a house hit by Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Acquire Licensing Rights Aid would be delivered under limited ceasefire U.S. said safe passage for civilians was under discussion Gaza-Egypt crossing closed after Israeli strikes CAIRO, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Egypt … Read more

World Bank’s Banga faces pressure on resources, shareholder schisms

World Bank’s Banga faces pressure on resources, shareholder schisms

Ajay Banga, World Bank president, participates in global infrastructure and investment forum in New York, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Seth Wenig/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights MARRAKECH, Morocco, Oct 9 (Reuters) – World Bank President Ajay Banga will come under pressure this week to focus on climate change, but the former Mastercard CEO first … Read more

First hydrogen train in Middle East to begin trials next week, Saudi energy minister says

First hydrogen train in Middle East to begin trials next week, Saudi energy minister says

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud speaks during 10th Arab-China Business Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 11, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights RIYADH, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Sunday that the first hydrogen train in the Middle East … Read more

Factbox: Foreign reactions and offers of aid in response to Morocco earthquake

Factbox: Foreign reactions and offers of aid in response to Morocco earthquake

Sept 9 (Reuters) – Following are offers of aid and other reaction from foreign governments to the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco late on Friday, killing more than 1,000 and destroying buildings in the deadliest tremor to hit the country in decades. ****OFFERS OF FOREIGN AID AND SUPPORT ALGERIA Algeria, which broke off ties with … Read more

Suez Canal ship traffic unaffected after tanker collision

Suez Canal ship traffic unaffected after tanker collision

CAIRO, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Shipping traffic was flowing normally on Egypt’s Suez Canal on Wednesday, two shipping sources based in the country said, after two tankers that collided earlier were separated. The two tankers, the Singapore-flagged liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier BW Lesmes and the Cayman Islands-flagged oil products tanker Burri, briefly collided in … Read more