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Egypt says crude output has started from Belayim Marine 133 in the Gulf of Suez at about 1,500 bpd, drilled by Petrobel under EGPC and Eni.
Egypt’s central bank says remittances from citizens abroad rose 40.5% in 2025 to a record $41.5bn, up from $29.6bn in 2024.
UAE was Oman’s leading partner in 2025 for non-oil exports, re-exports and imports, with exports topping OMR 1.311bn and re-exports at OMR 724m.
Port of Salalah hit record 26.4m tonnes of general cargo in 2025 as container volumes rose to 4.3m TEUs and profit climbed, Salalah Port Services said.
India joined Pax Silica and signed an India-US AI Opportunity Partnership statement on data centers, compute access, semiconductors and critical minerals.
Tokyo data showed Japan’s January CPI rose 1.5% year on year, below the BOJ 2% target, with core inflation at 2.0% and energy costs down 5.2%.