The Mongolian government and international mining company Rio Tinto have agreed to work out a new arrangement to finance the costly expansion of the …
Rio Tinto, Mongolia reach new Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan deal
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) and the Mongolian government are said to have reached a new agreement governing the $6.75 billion expansion of the vast Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in the Gobi Desert.
Kuwait reappoints oil, finance ministers in new Cabinet
Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah issued a decree on Tuesday approving a new Cabinet that reappointed the oil and finance ministers, the state news agency KUNA said.
SriLankan Airline’s record-breaking upliftment to Maldives
SriLankan Airlines carried a record-breaking 1.2 million kilogrammes of cargo from its network to Malé, Maldives, in February 2021. The Maldives is one of the few open, and highly popular, island …
Palestinian COVID-19 vaccine rollout under fire over doses for VIPs
The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday confirmed that it diverted some COVID-19 vaccination doses meant for medical workers to VIPs as critics charged but said this involved a small fraction of …
Israel sentences Palestinian lawmaker to two years in prison
An Israeli military court has sentenced a prominent Palestinian lawmaker to two years in prison in a plea bargain that convicted her of belonging to an outlawed group. Khalida Jarrar, a member of the …
Tencent Cloud Taps into MENA Market with Bahrain Centre Hub
Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of Tencent, has announced its collaboration with the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) – Bahrain’s Investment p …
Bahrain State Budget – committed to key fiscal balance targets
The Kingdom of Bahrain’s Ministry of Finance and National Economy today discussed the 2021-22 State Budget in the national parliament, gaining approval of the Council of Representatives. Upon …
Re-Discovering the Land of Israel
One of your neighbors posted in Travel. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.) …
Lobbying agency claims its former head concealed arms trade and terror funding from Qatar to Hezbollah
Lobbying agency WMP accused its former boss Michael Inacker of hiding evidence of terror funding and arms deliveries from Qatar to Hezbollah.