- MONTREAL, CANADA - A UN nature deal proposed Sunday calls to protect at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030...
It called on wealthy countries to increase financial aid to the developing world to $20 billion annually by 2025.
Developing countries, spearheaded by Brazil, were seeking the creation of a new fund to signal the global north's commitment to the cause.
- DUBAI, UAE - Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum chaired the 73rd...
The meeting discussed a proposal by ENOC to supply petroleum products to Al Maktoum International Airport through the Falcon Station in Jebel Ali.
It also discussed the national system for trading carbon credits in cooperation with the Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment.
- The vision is based on four pillars that cover all sectors including the society, economy, diplomacy and ecosystem, the government...
We the UAE 2031’ vision is a national plan through which the UAE aims to pursue its development path for the next 10 years.
It seeks to "enhance the position of the UAE as a global partner and an attractive and influential economic hub", the government says.
- DUBAI, UAE - The Rental Disputes Center (RDC), the judicial arm of Dubai Land Department (DLD), was launched to achieve...
RDC resolved cases by concluding reconciliation agreements amounting to 10,179 cases that were resolved amicably.
The average duration of execution of rental judgments and decisions for 2022 is four days, the RDC director says.
- Damascus, Syria-- Syrian student Ziad al-Ezz can no longer get to university as severe fuel shortages cripple the capital Damascus, pushing...
Authorities have announced four fuel price hikes since the start of the year as well as rationing of petrol and fuel oil supplies
According to the UN, ninety percent of the population now live below the poverty line and 12.4 million people are food insecure
- Germany plans to open four more government-funded LNG terminals over the next few months as well as a private terminal...
LNG terminals allow for the import by sea of natural gas which has been chilled and turned into a liquid to make it easier to transport.
Until now, Germany had no LNG terminals and relied on cheap gas delivered through pipelines from Russia for 55 percent of its supply.
- ABU DHABI, UAE - UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) launched the roadmap for the National Carbon Sequestration...
This is as part of its efforts to implement the UAE's strategic initiative to achieve Net Zero by 2050.
The project is part of the strategic directions of the UAE to increase reliance on nature-based solutions in facing environmental challenges.
- BENGALURU, INDIA - The UAE participated in the first Framework Working Group (FWG) meeting within the G20 Finance Track, which...
Held for the first time under India’s G20 presidency in Bengaluru, the meeting sought to discuss the work plan for FWG in 2023.
The meeting was also attended by G20 members, invited countries and representatives from international organizations.
- AMMAN, JORDAN - Jordan has arrested dozens of people accused of involvement in protests against rising fuel prices in which a...
Jordan's Public Security Directorate said that reinforcements had been sent to the violence-affected provinces.
Jordan's King Abdullah II warned that "anyone who raises a weapon against the state will be dealt with firmly".
- Amman, Jordan--Jordan’s judiciary on Thursday sentenced two men to long prison terms for attempting to smuggle nearly two million captagon...
The two men, whose identities have not been disclosed, had attempted to smuggle more than 1.9 million captagon pills from Syria to Jordan in 2021
The Jordanian army reported in February that an organized ring had attempted to smuggle drugs across the border into the country using drones





















