Fitch Ratings upgrades Qatar to third-highest on back of gas expansion | Oil and Gas News
Revenues from Qatar’s LNG fields will provide budget surpluses until the 2030s, Fitch said. Fitch Ratings has upgraded Qatar to AA, its third-highest rating, on the back of revenues expected from its expanded gas fields, the agency has said. Revenues from Qatar’s liquified natural gas (LNG) fields will…
Why has UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda been delayed again? | Refugees News
The UK’s House of Lords delivered another blow to the government’s plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda on Wednesday when it voted to reinsert amendments to a bill which had already been rejected by the House of Commons. With the support of opposition Labour and cross-bench peers,…
Sudan one of the ‘worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory’, UN warns | Humanitarian Crises News
The UN says a ‘humanitarian travesty’ is playing out in Sudan amid international inattention and inaction. Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history after nearly a year of war, the United Nations has warned. Fighting between the army, headed by General Abdel Fattah…
UN says e-waste is piling up worldwide as recycling rates remain low | United Nations News
The UN says about 62 million tonnes of e-waste was generated in 2022. UN agencies have warned in a new report that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further. The agencies were referring to “e-waste,” which…
US sanctions shipping firm accused of links to Iran, Yemen’s Houthis | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps News
The measures come as Washington tries to curb the Yemeni group’s attacks on Red Sea shipping lanes amid the war on Gaza. Washington, DC – The United States has imposed sanctions on a shipping company it accused of facilitating the transfer of Iranian commodities linked to a Houthi official…
Five key takeaways from cricket’s Pakistan Super League 2024 | Cricket News
From Azam’s and Rizwan’s scoring sprees to smoking up the dressing room, here are some key storylines from PSL 9. The Pakistan Super League’s (PSL’s) ninth season ended with Islamabad United winning a record third title, Multan Sultans losing their third final in a row and the result…
Indonesia election commission confirms Prabowo Subianto wins presidency | Politics News
Former general declared the winner of last month’s presidential election. Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto has been elected president of the world’s third biggest democracy, the General Elections Commission says, decisively beating two rivals who have promised to file a legal complaint about the vote. Defence Minister Prabowo and his…
Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong resigns amid anticorruption campaign | Politics News
Governing party says that Thuong’s ‘shortcomings’ had negatively affected the reputation of the party and the state. Vietnam President Vo Van Thuong has resigned after a little more than a year in office due to “violations” and “shortcomings”, the governing Communist Party has said. Thuong is the second…
Pakistan’s Gwadar port attacked, eight armed fighters killed | Conflict News
Security forces fought for two hours before the attackers were killed, at a facility that is a showpiece project and is part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan’s security forces foiled a major attack in Gwadar, a port city in the southwestern province of Balochistan,…
Ahead of congressional hearing, US worried over Pakistan ‘electoral abuse’ | Politics News
Islamabad, Pakistan – A senior United States Department of State official has described Washington’s concerns over “electoral abuse and violence” in the lead-up to Pakistan’s general election last month in written testimony submitted a day before a congressional hearing about relations between the two nations. Donald Lu, the…