Jordan
Fayez inaugurates COVID-19 ‘lessons learned’ conference | Jordan Times
AMMAN — Senate President Faisal Fayez on Tuesday inaugurated a conference held by Catholic Centre for Studies and Media (CCSM) under the title: “Lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic,” in cooperation with the Institution of the Educational Activities in Eastern Europe.Delivering a speech, Fayez said that His Majesty King Abdullah’s outlook enabled the Kingdom deal with the COVID-19 pandemic “successfully”, balancing the preservation of health on one side, and economic, educational and labour sustainability on the other, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
Qatari delegation visits Chief Islamic Justice Department | Jordan Times
AMMAN — A Qatari judicial delegation to the Kingdom on Wednesday learned about the Jordan’s experience with Islamic justice. Chief Islamic Justice Abdul Hafez Rabtah during a meeting acquainted the guest delegation with the Chief Islamic Justice Department’s achievements, highlighting its role in the justice system, mainly in the field of family protection, women and children’s services and disseminating the Islamic legal culture to ensure fair trial standards.
The Muslim World
Strikes in Syria hit fuel convoy from Iraq; Iranians killed | AP News
BAGHDAD (AP) — Late night airstrikes in eastern Syria along the border with Iraq targeted Iran-backed militiamen, inflicting casualties, Syrian opposition activists said Wednesday. According to two paramilitary officers in Iraq, some of those killed in the attack were Iranian nationals.
Iran protests rage on streets as officials renew threats | AP News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protests in Iran raged on streets into Thursday with demonstrators remembering a bloody crackdown in the country's southeast, even as the nation's intelligence minister and army chief renewed threats against local dissent and the broader world.
US to give Lebanon $80.5 million in aid amid economic crisis | AP News
MAJDAL ANJAR, Lebanon (AP) — The United States announced Wednesday that it will give $80.5 million in aid for food assistance and solar-powered water pumping stations in the crisis-battered country of Lebanon.
Saudi Arabia working with Lazard on funding options and IPO of Mecca mega project | Reuters
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) is working with Lazard on funding options and a potential initial public offering of Masar, a $27 billion mega project in the holy city of Mecca, two sources with direct knowledge told Reuters.
Egypt’s Food Supply in Danger as Farmers Struggle to Adapt to Climate Change - WSJ
Egyptian farmers in the fertile Nile Delta region face changing weather patterns that have brought bouts of unusually intense heat and record-low temperatures that near freezing.
Pakistan's Imran Khan relaunches political march after surviving gun attack | Reuters
Pakistani former prime minister Imran Khan told supporters via video-link on Thursday they should keep up an anti-government march, a week after he suffered wounds in a gun attack, and he dismissed a police report that a lone shooter tried to kill him.
General News
Computer chip ban signals new era as Biden and Xi meet | AP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration's move to block exports of advanced computer chips to China is signaling a new phase in relations between the globe's two largest economies — one in which trade matters less than an increasingly heated competition to be the world’s leading technological and military power.
Finance and Economy
US plan to tap businesses for green finance meets resistance | AP News
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — When it comes to helping poor nations cope with climate change, the United States government left its wallet at home. So it hopes its friend, big business, can help pick up the tab.
Europe Doubles Down on Big Government - WSJ
Faced with soaring inflation and an energy crisis, European politicians are adding thousands of public-sector jobs, guaranteeing business loans, subsidizing energy bills and splurging on infrastructure.