Morocco posts 4.4% growth, among top performers in MENA region, IMF says

Morocco’s economy is among the fastest-growing in the Middle East and North Africa this year, posting an expansion of 4.4%, outperforming Algeria’s 3.4% and Egypt’s 4.3%, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest regional outlook...

Indonesia's UMKM export program hits USD108.8 million in deals

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia’s small-business export program, UMKM BISA Ekspor, generated USD108.82 million in transactions, equivalent to about 1.8 trillion rupiah, the Trade Ministry said Thursday. The program recorded USD55.95 million in...

Opinion: A new era of strongman rulers is upon us

FILE - In this June 29, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump, left, poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) When President Trump and...

Morocco Set to Launch 5G in November as Final Decree Nears Approval

Marrakech – The Moroccan government is poised to finalize the deployment of 5G technology with the examination of a crucial decree this Thursday. After awarding licenses to the country’s three telecom operators in July, Morocco is now taking the...

AFCON 2025 trophy tour kicks off in Lagos in grand style

The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy arrived in Lagos on Wednesday, kicking off the TotalEnergies AFCON 2025 Trophy Tour in grand style. The event, flagged off at Eko Tower 2 in Victoria Island, was the first public appearance of the...

US approves seafood exports from South Africa, 9 other African countries under mammal protection guidelines

NOAA Fisheries has determined that South Africa is among 10 African countries that have been granted permission to export fish and fish products from all of their marine fisheries to the U.S. from January 2026 onward. The announcement was made as...

Top 10 African countries with the lowest fuel costs in October 2025, priced in US dollars

A country's economy is affected when gasoline prices remain low, which can restrict some industries while promoting growth in others. The transportation industry serves as the foundation of business in the majority of African nations. Most people...

Prominent Journalist And Analyst Sami Hamdi Abducted By American State

The American state’s increasingly intrusive immigration police have abducted a prominent British Arab journalist, speaker, and analyst, Sami Hamdi Hachimi, at the San Francisco airport on October 26, 2025. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

School is in session for Mansour Al Helei at Yas Marina Circuit

Yas Marina Circuit may be renowned for holding the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix but for one Emirati driver the next few days will be all about a motorsport that has a longer history in the UAE. Since Sunday, the 22-year-old...

Medusa Subsea Cable to Land in Syria

By Dan Swinhoe, Data Center Dynamics October 27, 2025 The Medusa subsea cable is expanding in the Mediterranean and now plans to land in Syria. “Medusa Submarine Cable System signed an agreement with Syrian Telecom in Tartous (Syria), under the...

Hamas willing to cede control of Gaza but disarmament remains an issue, Qatari PM says

Hamas is willing to cede control of Gaza but have yet to acknowledge the need to disarm, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman said on Wednesday, adding that renewed violence in the strip is “very disappointing and frustrating for...

EFCC, NIS, NCoS complete deportation of 192 foreigners convicted for cyber-terrorism in Lagos

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in collaboration with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has deported the remaining 51 foreign nationals convicted and sentenced for...

Soft on the infidel

On a visit to Cairo in 1047, the Persian scholar Nasir-i Khusraw attended a feast at the court of al-Mustansir, the eighth Fatimid caliph and ruler of Egypt (1036–94). Nasir later recounted that the royal hall had been decorated with thousands of...

Ooredoo Kuwait Group reported solid revenue growth of 9% to reach KWD 573 million for nine-month period ended 30 September 2025

(MENAFN- BPG Group) Kuwait City, Kuwait: National Mobile Telecommunications Company K.S.C.P “Ooredoo” (Ticker: OOREDOO) announced today its financial results for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2025: Financial Highlights: 2025 % change...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’ Submits in Comedy at Golden Globes, Poised to Join ‘Nashville’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’ in Record Books

Paul Thomas Anderson is ready to lean into the laughs with “One Battle After Another.” The acclaimed action thriller, loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s novel “Vineland,” will compete in the comedy categories at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards,...

Parliament Reviews 2026 Budgets of the Provisional Supreme Judicial Council and the Court of Accounts

The liveblog has ended. No liveblog updates yet. Load more Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The Committee on General Legislation will hold two joint sessions this Wednesday, October 29, 2025, together with the Committee on Internal Regulations,...

New report ranks Africa’s innovation hotspots

Several African countries are prioritising innovation through targeted investments and grassroots initiatives. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Innovation in Africa is proving more resilient than the global slowdown suggests, according to a new...

The unvanquished will: Gaza's triumph of spirit against the architecture of...

Members of a humanitarian convoy of at least 1,500 people, including activists and supporters from Algeria and Tunisia, wave Palestinian flags from a bus as the group travels towards Gaza via Egypt's Rafah Crossing, in Zawiya, Libya, June 10,...

Terror-free Turkiye: A homegrown peace reshaping the region

For nearly half a century, terrorism has cast a shadow over Turkiye’s political, social and economic life. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its affiliates in Syria, Iraq and Iran have destabilised the region through separatist violence. The...

Baltimore man tied to killing of construction foreman in Germany

A Baltimore man can be extradited to Germany to face charges alleging he killed his construction site’s foreman while working last year at a military base, a U.S. magistrate judge ruled Tuesday. The German embassy in Washington told U.S. officials...