Blinken starts Mideast tour with call for calm as Israeli-Palestinian violence flares
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off a Middle East trip in Cairo on Monday focussed on urging calm amid an escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
Pareto Bank builds vessel portfolio as container ship exposure cut again
Re-entry into recovering offshore sector is expected to lead to more deals in 2023
Titan beefs up with buy of Seapeak small-scale LNG carrier duo
Dutch bunkering company’s acquisitions will allow it to deliver fuel to a wider range of LNG-fuelled vessels, including all container ships
Venezuela NGOs fear new bill will put stranglehold on civil society
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Turkey favors approving Finland’s NATO bid before Sweden’s
Turkey’s foreign minister says his country could greenlight Finland’s membership in NATO before that of Sweden, if the military alliance and the Nordic countries agree to it.
Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens and Wounds Over 100 Worshippers at Mosque in Pakistan
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, said a senior police official, but the Pakistani Taliban have been blamed in similar suicide attacks in the past.
Turkey favors approving Finland’s NATO bid before Sweden’s
Turkey’s foreign minister says his country could greenlight Finland’s membership in NATO before that of Sweden, if the military alliance and the Nordic countries agree to it