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Swedish telecoms company Ericsson also looking into reports that Iraq has suspended its work permits there.

Guinea Bissau, which depends largely on foreign aid to pay teachers' salaries, made the decision on July 18.

AMMAN: Ayman Safadi, Jordan’s minister of foreign affairs, and Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, met on Thursday to discuss the funding crisis the agency is facing. They reviewed targeted strategies to ensure the necessary regional and international financial support for the agency and plug the gap in its finances so that it can continue to provide vital assistance to more than 5.7 million Palestinian refugees in the five areas in which it operates, the Jordan News Agency reported.

Bill comes as Arab governments move to rekindle relations with al-Assad government after years of diplomatic isolation.

WAD MADANI, Sudan: Air strikes, street battles and artillery fire shook Sudan’s capital Khartoum and the major southern city of El-Obeid on Thursday, witnesses said. “Artillery fire targeted paramilitary bases of the Rapid Support Forces,” said a resident of El-Obeid, 350 km southwest of Khartoum. Fighting between the RSF and the regular army, led by feuding generals, has killed at least 3,000 people and displaced more than 3.3 million since April 15.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the funds will be spent over four years to help Ukraine fight Russia's war.

State-owned firm Petroecuador says it is investigating cause of spill that contaminated about 4km (2.5 miles) of beach.