By Khalid Abdelaziz PORT SUDAN (Reuters) – Elsafi Mahdi was separated from his wife and three younger children on June […]
Turkey delivers big rate hike to 15% but U-turn still underwhelms
By Ali Kucukgocmen and Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey’s central bank hiked its key rate by 650 basis points to […]
World Bank lends Tunisia $268 million for power line with Italy
(Corrects acronym of project to ‘ELMED’ in paragraph 3) TUNIS (Reuters) – The World Bank Group has lent Tunisia $268.4 […]
Smaller-than-expected Turkey rate hike hits lira, bonds
LONDON (Reuters) – Turkey’s new central bank governor Hafize Gaye Erkan delivered a smaller-than-expected interest rate hike at her first […]
Turkish central bank to hike rates sharply in post-election pivot
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey’s central bank is expected to raise its policy rate sharply on Thursday in a […]
Blinken encourages Turkish counterpart to support Sweden’s NATO bid
ANKARA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken encouraged Ankara to support Sweden in its bid to join NATO in […]
Oil rallies as grain markets tighten, dollar falls on Fed Chair comments
By Shariq Khan BENGALURU (Reuters) -Oil prices gained a dollar a barrel on Wednesday as U.S. corn and soybean prices […]
Belgian PM, foreign minister quizzed in parliament in Iran visa scandal
By Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib were quizzed […]
JPMorgan commercial bank enters Singapore, Israel in global push
By Nupur Anand and Lananh Nguyen NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co’s commercial bank is entering Singapore and […]
Suspected smugglers detained pending trial over migrant shipwreck off Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) -Nine men charged over the worst shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea this year that killed at least 82 […]