Finance

2024 Budget: Unending Criticism

At the parliamentary podium, one intervention followed the other on the second day of the budget debate. Around 40 MPs are expected to speak about the 2024 budget bill before the text is examined and voted on, presumably on Thursday evening. On Thursday morning, 15 parliamentarians took the floor. With the exception of Alain Aoun, a Free ...

Houthis Reach Economic Deal With Yemeni Government

Yemen's government and the Iran-backed Houthis have agreed to halt tit-for-tat banking sanctions as they wrestle for control of the country's financial institutions, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The Houthis have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition since March 2015, months after they seized the capital Sanaa and most of Yemen's population ...