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04 Jan 2023; MEMO: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad received the United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister in Damascus on Wednesday in the latest sign of thawing relations between Assad and an Arab State that once supported rebels trying to overthrow him, Reuters reports.

03 Jan 2023; MEMO: The UAE has been ranked as first in the Middle East and ninth globally in terms of power according to the US News Best Countries rankings.

03 Jan 2023; MEMO: Iraqi President, Abdul Latif Rashid, met with Saudi Ambassador, Abdulaziz Al-Shammari, in the capital, Baghdad, on Tuesday to discuss ways of strengthening relations between the two countries, Anadolu News Agency reports.

A statement by Abdul Latif's office said the Iraqi leader underlined the depth of relations between Baghdad and Riyadh and the need to bolster them to serve the interests of the two countries and serve regional stability.

New York, Jan 2 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that Europe has imported six times the fossil fuel energy from Russia than India has done since February 2022 and if a USD 60,000-per-capita society feels it needs to look after itself, “they should not expect a USD 2,000-per-capita society to take a hit.”

02 Jan 2023; MEMO: The National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces will hold a meeting with Turkish officials on Monday to discuss the recent rapprochement between Ankara and the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad, media sources reported.

The meeting comes at a time as political rapprochement between Turkiye and the Syrian regime is accelerating at a fast pace, which has caused concern within the Istanbul-based body.

Washington, Jan 2 (PTI) A third of the global economy will be in recession this year, the IMF chief has said, and warned that 2023 will be "tougher" than last year as the US, EU and China will see their economies slow down.

Tehran (ISNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a meeting on Wednesday with his Saudi counterpart on the sidelines of the Baghdad II Conference in Amman, the capital of Jordan.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian wrote on his official twitter account, “I attended the conference to reaffirm my own support for Iraq. On the sidelines of the conference, I had an opportunity to hold meetings with certain counterparts, including from Oman, Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia”.

Tehran (ISNA) - Achieving the target of 20 million tons freight transit in 2023 along the INSTC through Iran's territory demands development of transport infrastructures as well as promoting the fleet. In doing so, Iran deputy minister informed of renewing road fleets and road maintenance machineries.

26,300 new road freight fleets will be added to Iran's fleet, Darush Amani, head of Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization (RMTO), informed.

Chabahar, IRNA – The first container ship departing from China docked at Iran’s key port of Chabahar on Saturday, marking the establishment of the first direct shipping line between China and Iran's southeastern seaport.

The announcement was made by Amir Moghaddam, the managing director of the Chabahar Free Zone Organization.

He said that Chinese ships previously unloaded in Bandar Abbas, the capital city of the southern province of Hormuzgan, with their cargos then being transferred to Chabahar in Sistan-Baluchistan Province via smaller ships.

New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) Adani group on Friday gained full control of news broadcaster NDTV after it acquired most of the stake of founders, Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy, at a premium of almost 17 per cent over the rate it paid to minority shareholders of the firm.

The Adani Group now holds 64.71 per cent of New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV), according to a regulatory filing.