ISTANBUL: Turkish consumers on Saturday was struck by the third round of fuel price hike in a week, as a volatile Turkish currency took its toll on the economy, which relies largely on imports. The per liter gasoline price rose by 2.18 liras (about 0.12 U.S. dollars) to nearly 28.5 liras across the country, Birgun […]
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Sri Lanka deploys troops as fuel shortage sparks protests
Colombo: Sri Lanka ordered troops to petrol stations Tuesday as sporadic protests erupted among the thousands of motorists queueing up daily for scarce fuel. The South Asian island nation is grappling with its worst economic meltdown in over seven decades, with rolling electricity blackouts and essential goods such as food and cooking gas also in […]
Egypt lowers fuel prices after protests
CAIRO: Egypt lowered fuel prices on Friday, the oil ministry said, following several rounds of price hikes as part of an austerity program that have triggered discontent. The move comes a week after rare protests broke out in Cairo and other cities across Egypt calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The country’s […]
Israel blocks Gaza fuel supply over fire balloons
Israel blocked fuel deliveries to the Gaza Strip Tuesday, citing new incendiary balloons from the Palestinian enclave. The move follows “the release of arson balloons from the Gaza Strip toward the State of Israel” which caused fires across the border, the Israeli defense ministry department responsible for Palestinian civil affairs said. Fuel transfers were halted […]
In Afghanistan, conspiracy theories fuel polio outbreak
Two-year-old Farid should have been vaccinated against polio, but his family — like many in rural Afghanistan — believed the conspiracy theories and refused to have him inoculated. He contracted the virus, and now faces a crippling life sentence battling a potentially fatal disease with no cure. “When the doctors told me he had polio, […]
Petrol price goes up by Rs 4.6 per litre
LAHORE: The government, on Sunday, announced the revised fuel prices which will take effect from 12am tonight. The price of petrol was increased by Rs 4.6 per litre. The announcement was made by Miftah Ismail, PM’s advisor on finance. He said that the raise in fuel prices was approved by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi […]