14 July 2023; MEMO: Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Friday, voiced hope that the parties to the Black Sea grain deal will extend the agreement set to expire on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports.
"We are preparing to host (Russian President Vladimir) Putin in Turkiye in August. We are of the same mind on the extension of the Black Sea grain corridor.
14 July 2023; MEMO: Turkiye and Qatar will launch a joint investment for semiconductor production, the Turkish Industry and Technology Minister said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports.
"Qatar decided to move its investment for producing 65-nanometer chips to Turkiye. It is projected to be worth over $60 million," Mehmet Fatih Kacir said at a news conference in the capital, Ankara.
BEIRUT, Jul 14 (NNN-NNA) – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), yesterday warned of a rapid escalation of the tensions on the Lebanon-Israel border.
“The tensions that took place on the border over the past days indicate that, events could develop quickly,” Candice Ardell, deputy director of the UNIFIL Media Office, was quoted as saying.
The UN official urged Israel and Lebanon to avoid activities that may increase tensions, said the report.
AMMAN, Jul 14 (NNN-PETRA) – The United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Jordan, Sheri Ritsema-Anderson, yesterday, expressed her concern about the funding shortfall that may lead to disruption of services, to both Jordanians and refugees in the coming months.
“I am deeply concerned by funding shortfalls that are threatening to interrupt key activities that support both Jordanians and refugees in the next months,” she was quoted as saying, by a press release from the UN office in Jordan.
DUBAI, July 14 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered (STAN.L) said on Friday it has reached an agreement to sell its subsidiaries in five sub-Saharan African countries to Nigeria's Access Bank, putting into motion a plan announced last year to divest those businesses.
Standard Chartered will sell its shareholding in its subsidiaries in Angola, Cameroon, Gambia and Sierra Leone to Access. It will also sell its consumer, private & business banking business in Tanzania to Access Bank, a subsidiary of Access Holdings (ACCESSCORP.LG).
ISTANBUL, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Turkish police launched a counter-terror operation against alleged members of the Islamic State (IS) group and detained more than two dozen suspects, the local NTV broadcaster reported on Friday.
The police raided 15 hideouts of the suspects in the districts of Basaksehir, Esenyurt, and Beylikduzu in Istanbul, and detained 28 foreign suspects, without revealing specific countries of origin.
TRIPOLI, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Thursday expressed concerns over the continued abductions, arbitrary arrests, and disappearances of citizens and public figures by various security actors in Libya.
The country's former Finance Minister Faraj Boumtari was reportedly detained at Mitiga Airport and taken to an undisclosed location on Wednesday, while five members of the High Council of State have been reportedly banned from traveling at the same airport on Thursday.
13 July 2023; MEMO: The United States has sent military and logistic reinforcements to its bases in Syria's north-eastern Al-Hasakah province.
Local sources said two convoys of military vehicles entered Al-Hasakah on Tuesday, after crossing into Syria through Al-Waleed border terminal with Iraq.
13 July 2023; MEMO: The Palestinian Bedouin community of Humsa Al-Bqai'a have been forced to relocate after Israeli settlers set fire to a tent on Monday with two people still inside, Wafa has reported.
The community of 36 Palestinians, including 20 children, is based in the north of the occupied Jordan Valley. They have attempted to resist the settlers ever since the Israeli Jews stormed into the village and built an illegal settlement outpost last month.
13 July 2023; MEMO: Zimbabwe and Iran signed 12 Memoranda of Understanding on Thursday to strengthen bilateral ties, as Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, wrapped up his three-nation African tour, Reuters reports.
Raisi, who visited Kenya and Uganda earlier in the week, met with Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, in Harare.
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