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Hydrogen economy with mass production of high-purity hydrogen from ammonia

Aug 19, 2020 (SPX)

Although the need to build a global clean energy supply network has been noted worldwide, there are constraints when it comes to transporting renewable energy i...

Sudan inks provisional peace deal with SPLM-N rebels

Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)

The transitional government, which took power after the army overthrew longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir last year, has been holding talks in neighbouring South ...

Libya unity govt signs military accord with Qatar, Turkey

Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)

"We have reached an agreement with Turkish Foreign Minister Hulusi Akar and Qatar's (minister) Khaled bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah on tripartite cooperation to build...

German foreign minister warns of 'deceptive calm' in Libya

Aug 17, 2020 (AFP)

Outside powers are "continuing to massively arm the country," said Maas, whose government has tried to broker peace in the war-torn North African nation. "In Li...

US Interior Dept approves oil drilling in Arctic refuge

Aug 17, 2020 (AFP)

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that drilling leases could be auctioned off by the end of the year. Environ...

U.S., UAE hold joint military exercise in Arabian Gulf

Aug 17, 2020 (UPI)

The four-day exercise involved the UAE's Joint Aviation Command and the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Air Forces Central Command and U.S. Special Oper...

Four kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Nigeria: police

Aug 16, 2020 (AFP)

Unknown gunmen seized the Chinese nationals in Akpabuyo in Cross Rivers state last month and killed their police guard. "We were able to secure the release of t...

Impasse leaves 'time bomb' oil tanker off Yemen

Aug 15, 2020 (AFP)

The 45-year-old FSO Safer, abandoned near Hodeida port since 2015, has 1.1 million barrels of crude on board, and a rupture or explosion would have catastrophic...

Ship owner says will handle Mauritius oil spill compensation 'sincerely'

Aug 14, 2020 (AFP)

"We are deeply conscious of our responsibility as a party directly involved in the case," said Kiyoaki Nagashiki, president of Nagashiki Shipping, which owns th...

Decades-old Aegean dispute at heart of Greece-Turkey row

Aug 14, 2020 (AFP)

The latest row is over a gas exploration ship sent by Turkey to conduct research in a maritime zone Greece considers its own. But the tug-of-war between the NAT...

US says Iran forces board ship in international waters

Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)

They also posted grainy black-and-white footage of the helicopter hovering low over the vessel and special forces personnel fast-roping onto the deck. "Today in...

France bolsters Med presence as Turkey tensions worsen

Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)

France also criticised its NATO ally over a drone strike this week in northern Iraq, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused French counterpart Emm...

Civilians, soldiers clash leaving 127 dead in S.Sudan: army

Aug 12, 2020 (AFP)

Major General Lul Ruai Koang told AFP that the fighting erupted on Saturday as security forces carried out an operation to disarm civilians in the area which ha...

Greece says Turkish ship in East Med 'threatening' peace

Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)

The Greek foreign ministry said that Turkey's decision to deploy seismic research ship Oruc Reis constituted a "new serious escalation" and "exposed" Turkey's "...

Turkey navy ops in eastern Med 'extremely worrying': EU

Aug 09, 2020 (AFP)

"Latest naval mobilisations in eastern Mediterranean... will lead to a greater antagonism and distrust," foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said, calling the de...

France-Cyprus defense cooperation pact takes effect

Aug 07, 2020 (UPI)

The two-year agreement "provides for cooperation in the fields of armaments and defense technology, and staff training in France's military schools," officials ...

Sudanese troops killed in clash with rebels

Aug 07, 2020 (AFP)

"Rebels from the Sudan People's Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) attacked nomadic herders on their migration route from the south to the north and soldiers securi...

Not cashing in: virus hits Iraq's Iran-US money trade

Aug 05, 2020 (AFP)

But the money exchange trade has been hard hit by lockdown restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19, and by deep economic woes in both countries. Traders in ...

Coronavirus speeds up big oil's shift to green

Aug 05, 2020 (AFP)

The world's top five oil firms -- BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell and Total -- reported combined losses of $53 billion for the second quarter in rece...

Italy defence ministry seeks closer ties with Libya

Aug 05, 2020 (AFP)

Italian Defence Minister Lorenzo Guerini met in Tripoli on Wednesday with Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of Libya's Government of National Accord, the ministry said ...