A key Democratic senator, Joe Manchin, has said he will vote against the administration’s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan. Pointing out to other risks such as the omicron variant and rising tensions with Russia and China, Manchin argued that the bill would raise the US debt.
Saudi Arabia and Iran, the region's Sunni Muslim and Shi'ite powerhouses, launched direct talks this year at a time global powers are trying to salvage a nuclear pact with Tehran and as U.N.-led efforts to end the Yemen war stall.
The OIC secretary-general said that the role of OIC members in delivering humanitarian assistance was more important now than ever before as the pandemic had exacerbated existing challenges.
The interim Afghan Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi said Pakistan always stood by the people of Afghanistan and would continue to do so in the future as well. He hoped that the moot would have a positive outcome to resolve Afghanistan’s economic issues.
They said they had no desire to help the Taliban government and believe that there is an approach that the U.S. can take to help prevent a catastrophic collapse of Afghanistan’s aid-dependent economy while not providing legitimacy to the Taliban.
Referring to his slogan, "the world is bigger than five," protesting the unrepresentative setup of the UN Security Council, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey's efforts were also meant for its brothers and sisters in Africa, as well.