OPEC announces further supply cuts
This means a 500,000 barrels a day decrease from world markets from January 2020, in additon to the existing 1.2 million bpd cut arrived in October 2018.
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Macron asks Turkey to clarify ambiguous stance on Islamic State
French President Emmanuel Macron accused Turkey on Tuesday of working with Islamic State proxies and said Ankara’s ambiguity toward the group was detrimental to its NATO allies fighting in Syria and Iraq.
First Indo-Kazakh joint working group meeting on connectivity held
Kazakhstan is India’s largest trade and investment partner in Central Asia.
India marks Constitution Day
India is marking its Constitution day today, November 26th. Seventy years ago in 1949 on
Arab League debates new US position on Israeli settlements, calls on Israel to halt settlement activity
By IAR Desk Cairo: On Monday, November 25, 2019, the Council of the League of
“Signs of hope in Yemen”
The momentum to reach a political settlement in Yemen “has been building”, the United Nations Special Envoy to the country told the Security Council on November 22nd, attributing the positive development to compromises on “a range of issues”.
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Israeli settlements remain ‘flagrant violation’ of international law, UN envoy tells Security Council
Regardless of any national policy declarations, Israeli settlement activities are “a flagrant violation under international law”, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process spelled out to the Security Council on Wednesday.
Millions of Afghans suffer ‘acute food insecurity’: UN
Over the last three months (August to October 2019), around one-third of the Afghan population required urgent humanitarian action, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Alert, released this week, which declares that some 10.23 million people are living in a state of “severe acute food insecurity”.
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UN to strengthen ties with SCO to tackle terrorism and crime
Improving understanding of the nexus between terrorism, transnational organized crime and drug trafficking is essential, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday in his address to a high-level meeting involving the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a leading player in diplomacy in Eurasia.
Blessed by Buddhist monks, Sri Lanka’s new president prioritises security
Rajapaksa, who is seen as close to China, requested all countries to respect Sri Lanka’s sovereignty.
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