Manama, Bahrain dailies issued today focused in their principal headlines on the main local, Arab and international events which happened over the past 24 hours. The following is a round-up of the main topics: – Bahrain national football team makes hi…
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Lebanon Calls For Financial Support To Secure Import Of Food, Raw Materials
BEIRUT, Lebanese care-take Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, appealed for international financial support, to help secure Lebanon’s import of food and raw materials.Hariri’s office said, the appeal was made in his letters sent to the King of Saudi Arabia, p…
OPIC SURPASSES $100 BILLION IN HISTORICAL COMMITMENTS DURING MILESTONE YEAR
WASHINGTON The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has surpassed $100 billion in total commitments to global development since the agency was established in 1971. This milestone was reached during Fiscal Year 2019, during which OPIC committ…
Why Wealthy Countries Must Step Up Their Contribution to Fight Global Poverty
Member countries of the International Development Association (IDA), a part of the World Bank Group, are meeting shortly to discuss the 19th replenishment of IDA, which will set the agenda for assistance to the poorest developing countries for the thre…
World Bank delegation visits Minister of Finance, expresses willingness to assist Lebanon
Caretaker Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil, on Thursday welcomed World Bank’s Regional Director, Saroj Kumar Jha, who visited him with an accompanying delegation. The delegation conveyed to Minister Khalil the World Bank’s assurance of its readin…
Israel’s Netanyahu: Iranian Empire ‘Tottering’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describes the Iranian empire as “tottering” and says Israeli is “actively engaged” in countering Iranian aggression.Netanyahu spoke Wednesday alongside U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo while both were in Lis…