Hamas and Palestinian rivals Fatah to meet in Beijing: officials
Several reconciliation bids have failed, but calls have grown since the Hamas October 7 attacks on Israel set off the...Geostrategy
Israel defense minister says “60 percent” of Hamas dead or wounded
Israel has launched major new offensives in Gaza City, even as it also embarks on contacts with international mediators on...Geostrategy
RAKEZ inks MoU with ICFA to foster trade in food, agriculture
RAS AL KHAIMAH, UAE - Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) and the Indian Chamber of Food and Agriculture (ICFA)...This alliance seeks to create opportunities for knowledge exchange, trade promotion, investment, and research and development collaboration.
The agreement is set to facilitate promotional activities for trade, market access, and business matchmaking opportunities between UAE and India.
Kuwait calls for border talks with Iran over gas field
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT -  Kuwait reinvited Iran on Monday to talks on their sea borders after Tehran said it was ready...Iran and Kuwait have held unsuccessful talks for many years over their disputed maritime border area, which is rich in natural gas.
Saudi Arabia is also a part of the dispute since it shares with Kuwait maritime gas and oil resources in the area.
Climate change spells ‘truly terrifying’ future of hunger, suffering: UN
On current policy trends, the planet will be 2.8C warmer by the end of the century, according to the UN's...UN human rights chief Volker Turk told a debate on the right to food that extreme weather events were wiping out crops, herds and ecosystems.
"Our environment is burning. It's melting. It's flooding. It's depleting. It's drying. It's dying," he said, evoking a "dystopian future".
PIF, ADQ show highest improvement in GSWF sustainability rankings
PIF ranked seventh with a score of 92 (on the GSR score of 100), followed by Mubadala (88), among the...Global SWF said it observed a very significant increase in the overall score across funds from 59 percent in 2022 to 63 percent this year.
PIF, Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala and ADQ, Qatar’s QIA, and Bahrain’s Mumtalakat have embraced the rating tool and taken the opportunity to improve practices.
Saudi Arabia summons Swedish ambassador over Quran burning
The kingdom had already condemned Wednesday's incident in which an Iraqi citizen living in Sweden stomped on the Muslim holy...Momika's Quran burning triggered widespread anger among masses and strong reactions from Arab countries
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has called for collective measures to avoid such incidents in future
PwC culls a raft of senior execs after Australian tax scandal
PwC Australia has been mired in controversy since January this year, when it emerged that staff had leaked information from...Accounting giant PwC named eight partners who had "enabled poor behaviours to persist with no accountability" -- including former Australian chief executive Tom Seymour
Australian police have been investigating the leak since late May, while the parliament's powerful finance committee is gearing up to grill executives at a series of public hearing
Yellen to visit China, raising need to ‘responsibly manage’ ties
In Beijing, Yellen will discuss how the United States views its economic relationship with China, a senior Treasury official said...Yellen is expected to discuss with her counterparts the importance for both countries to responsibly manage our relationship, communicate directly about areas of concern
Yellen's planned July 6-9 trip comes just weeks after Secretary of State Antony Blinken met China's top leader President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing
British lawmakers call for ‘fresh approaches” to seek Egyptian dissident’s release
London, United Kingdom--Over 100 British lawmakers on Monday expressed concern at the lack of progress in the case of a jailed...Alaa Abdel Fattah, the rights campaigner, is serving a five-year prison sentence for "spreading false news" by sharing a Facebook post about police brutality
The lawmakers call for fresh "approaches" as in their opinion private lobbying of the Egyptian government even at the higest levels is yet to deliver results
Israeli army kills one Palestinian in West Bank: Palestinian health ministry
The city of Jenin and its adjacent refugee camp are a regular site of confrontations between Israeli forces and Palestinian...Israeli army said its forces had struck a joint operations center, which it claimed served as a command post for the "Jenin Brigade", a local militant group
The army said the early Monday operation had targeted an "observation and reconnaissance" site, as well as a weapons storage facility
Dubai Customs, Japan seize drugs worth $310m from Tokyo port
DUBAI, UAE- Dubai Customs has assisted Japanese customs authorities in intercepting a significant quantity of illicit drugs. Up to 700...Up to 700 kilograms of "methamphetamine" powder, worth $310 million, were concealed within a cargo ship.
The successful operation led to the apprehension of both the cargo ship and the illegal drugs at Tokyo Port.
