Mogadishu — Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre met senior officials from the World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday to discuss long-term solutions to food insecurity, drought and recurrent climate shocks. The delegation was led by WFP Deputy Executive Director Matthew Hollingworth, according to a statement. Barre briefed the officials on the country’s overall situation,…
Mogadishu — Somalia’s Information Minister Daud Aweis Jama held talks on Monday with the United Nations’ deputy special envoy and humanitarian coordinator George Conway, focusing on boosting cooperation in media, public awareness and emergency response. The meeting, held in Mogadishu, brought together officials from the Ministry of Information and the United Nations to discuss coordination…
After a promotional blitz that has run the full gamut from haute (Meryl Streep on the cover of Vogue with Anna Wintour) to not (a heinous line of Target sweats), The Devil Wears Prada 2 is finally here, and set for very chic box office takings of over $200m in its first week. Praised as…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 9. A delegation from Azerbaijan, led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Elnur Mammadov, visited the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) on December 8-9, 2025, to discuss ways to strengthen political, economic, and humanitarian cooperation between the two countries, Trend reports via the Azerbaijani MFA. During the visit, the first…
Shorouk Express BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, December 4. Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan discuss advancing the CASA-1000 energy project, a strategic initiative aimed at linking Central and South Asia’s power grids, Trend reports via the Kyrgyz president’s press service. This was announced during the briefing after the meeting between Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif….
Shorouk Express ASTANA, Kazakhstan, September 23. Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Montenegro’s President Jakov Milatović on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Trend reports. Tokayev emphasized that Kazakhstan views Montenegro as an important partner in the Balkans. The two countries will mark the 20th anniversary of…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 16. Current issues of partnership relations, including cooperation in the political, economic, energy, transport and humanitarian spheres, between Azerbaijan and Ukraine were discussed during a phone talk of the foreign ministers Jeyhun Bayramov and Andrii Sybiha today, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Trend. Sybiha conveyed his congratulations on…
Shorouk Express Business Materials 14 August 2025 14:20 (UTC +04:00) Photo: Kazakhstan Railways Kazakhstan Railways and JSC Kedentransservice held a meeting with Sichuan Port and Shipping Investment Group to discuss strategic cooperation, including the creation of a grain hub in Chengdu, China. The project aims to enhance Kazakhstan’s agricultural exports and improve access…
Shorouk Express ASTANA, Kazakhstan, August 1. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Arman Isetov held a meeting with Romanian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Madalina Lupu, Trend reports via Kazakh MFA. During the talks, both sides highlighted the dynamic and steadily progressing nature of cooperation, discussing a wide range of issues in bilateral and multilateral formats….
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 30. During the 95th General Assembly of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland, the Governor of the National Bank of North Macedonia, Dr. Trajko Slaveski, met with the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve (FED), Jerome Powell, Trend reports citing the North Macedonia’s Central Bank. The convening…
