EU seeks Gaza progress after Israel found in breach of cooperation deal
Brussels, Belgium -- The EU said Monday that Israel must improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza or else face possible...
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UN’s Syria envoy outraged by Damascus church attack
The United Nations special envoy for Syria denounced Sunday's attack on a church in Damascus that killed at least 20...
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As thaw sets in, Qatar and Saudi Arabia review ties
Qatar's emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discuss ways to support and...
- This is Saudi Crown Prince's first visit to Qatar after relations were fully restored in January following a landmark summit in the Saudi desert city of Al-Ula.
- Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain cut all links with Qatar in June 2017, alleging it backed radical groups and was too close to Tehran -- allegations Doha denied.
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Top French Diplomat visits Algeria to mend relations
Addressing journalists after meeting President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Jean-Yves Le Drian said the countries should move past "misunderstandings" and "wounds of...
- Macron, France's first leader born after the colonial era, has prioritized forging a modern relationship with former colonies.
- Earlier this year, he recognized that French officers tortured and killed Algerian lawyer Ali Boumendjel in 1957.
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UAE biggest trading partner of Australia, relations between two growing
The UAE is Australia’s largest trading partner and the second-largest source of investment in the Middle East, said Justin McGowan,...
- Annual trade between the two countries is valued approximately at AU$9.8 billion ($7.1 billion).
- More than 250 Australian companies are based in the UAE, said Justin McGowan, Commissioner General of Australia at Expo 2020 Dubai.
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Dubai’s carbon emissions have fallen by 22 percent in 2019
Dubai's carbon emissions have fallen by 22 percent in 2019, reflecting the efforts made by its strategic partners to support...
- Dubai Supreme Council of Energy discusses a resolution to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
- The meeting also discussed the implementation of a resolution to regulate district cooling services in Dubai.
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UAE tops Bloomberg’s monthly Covid Resilience Ranking for Nov 2021
UAE has risen to the top spot on Bloomberg's Covid Resilience Ranking, dethroning Europe that has been dominating the top...
- A Bloomberg report said UAE one of the only seven countries that never fell into the bottom half of the Ranking.
- Iraq jumps 21 spots after community mobility surged and domestic life normalized.
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UAE signs air transport MoU with Colombia
The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority represented the country in the signing of the deal.
- This MoU is expected to enhance the air connectivity between the two countries
- It will let the national carriers of both countries initiate the operation of scheduled passenger and all-cargo flights
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Aramco taps L&T for Saudi facility
Spread over 120,000 square meters of area, the facility which is to construed by L&T aims to create crucial equipment...
- L&T is to build the region’s first Heavy Wall Pressure Vessels facility at Jubail Industrial City
- More than 20 MoUs were signed under the Namaat program of Aramco in September 2021
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ICJ orders Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve dispute
Tensions have simmered for years over Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian region of Azerbaijan that broke away from Baku's control in...
- International court of Justice tells Azerbaijan to treat all Armenian prisoners lawfully
- Azerbaijan welcomed the ruling of ICJ, which was first formed to resolve the disputes of World War II
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US imposes sanctions on Iran
The sanctions announced by the US Treasury and State Department targeted government officials and organizations.
- The US treasury hit sanctions on Iran, Uganda and Syria for increasing political repression and execution of its own citizens
- Iran agreed to sign nuclear accord in 2015 with the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany
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Saudi Arabia, UAE discuss ways to boost relations
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan conferred the “Order of Zayed” on Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman...
- Abu Dhabi crown prince Sheikh Mohamed welcomed and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to the UAE
- Saudi crown prince is in Abu Dhabi as part of his tour of the GCC countries
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EU seeks Gaza progress after Israel found in breach of cooperation deal
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UK-Palestinian surgeon fights for ‘justice’ after Gaza return
Ghassan Abu Sitta -- born in Kuwait and who has lived in Britain since the late 1980s -- arrived in...
Germany ready to sell Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia: minister
"We do not see ourselves, as the German federal government, opposing British considerations on other Eurofighter (sales)," Baerbock told journalists...
Blinken warns Israel-Hamas war could ‘metastasize’
Blinken will meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Saudi desert city of Al-Ula, said a US official...
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Turkish Airlines grounds Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets amid inspection orders
Turkish Airlines said that it would stop flying five Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets in its fleet even as the...
- The Alaska Airlines scare prompted the US Federal Aviation Administration to order immediate inspections of around 171 of the jets operated worldwide.
- Boeing has so far delivered about 218 of the 737 MAX planes worldwide, the company said.
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Gaza war rages into fourth month as Blinken tours Middle East
Jordan's king urged Blinken to push for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the humanitarian crisis brought by...
- Outside Jordan's capital, ahead of Blinken's visit to a World Food Programme aid warehouse, senior UN official Sheri Ritsema-Anderson described Gaza situation as "epic catastrophe"
- Israeli airstrikes overnight and early Sunday killed at least 64 people, including two journalists, in the devastated territory, the health ministry said.
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Six Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in West Bank
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported early Sunday that a major deployment of Israeli forces was under way in...
- A PA official said that Israeli bombardment on a group of citizens killed six people in Jenin
- At least 327 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the conflict broke out