TEHRAN (ANA)- Iraqi Minister of Oil Hayan Abdul-Ghani revealed that steps have been taken to establish a green hydrogen project for the South Refineries Company with a capacity of 800 tons annually and a solar energy plant with a capacity of 130 megawatts.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Climate change and frequent years of drought have deprived 21 million Afghans, almost half of Afghanistan's population, of access to potable water, Deputy Head of National Environment Program Agency (NEPA) Abdul Salam Haqqani said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said that its foreign exchange reserves had decreased by 54 million U.S. dollars.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The exports of Pakistan in the first seven months of the ongoing fiscal year starting from July 2023 to June 2024 totaled around 17.8 billion U.S. dollars, increasing by 12 percent, the country's Ministry of Commerce said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iraq and Jordan signed the first modification to the electrical energy sales deal.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Turkiye's annual inflation rate rose slightly to 64.86 percent in January from 64.77 percent last December, according to official data.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced that the technical and engineering staff of the Iraqi Drilling Company completed the drilling and reclamation of 199 oil wells during the past year of 2023.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity announced that electricity supply rose to 20 hours per day in 2023, using gas supplies from Iraqi fields to generate energy.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Pakistan earned US $372.930 million by providing different transport services in various countries during the first four months of the current fiscal year (2023-24) as compared to the corresponding period of last year.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iraq's Karbala Refinery confirmed that it is currently operating at full production capacity, adding that it covers 50-60% of the country’s needs.