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African Red Sea states’s risks grow as Houthi rebels expand reach

The Houthi takeover of parts of the Red Sea gives the armed group a new platform to challenge global shipping. The group has taken over the port of Mocha, the island of Mayyun, and the Zuqar and Hanish archipelago about 160km north of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. These areas were previously controlled by Yemeni government […] The post African Red Sea states’s risks grow as Houthi rebels expand reach…

African Red Sea states’s risks grow as Houthi rebels expand reach

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IHC questions 7-year moratorium on OMCs

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has sought a comprehensive report from the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on the continued operation of a moratorium on the establishment of new oil marketing companies (OMCs), which was imposed in 2019 as an interim measure but has allegedly remained in force for nearly seven years.

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