- NEW DELHI, INDIA – The UAE is committed to playing an active role in global efforts to shape a better...
The UAE is also committed to enhancing human resources’ contribution to sustainable development.
The minister applauded all G20 members for “their dedication and commitment to the objectives and vision of the forum.”
- DUBAI, UAE - Authorities in Yemen have identified a suspect in the killing of a World Food Program official in the...
Moayad Hameidi, the head of the UN food agency's office in Taez, was killed in a shooting on Friday in the nearby city of Turbah.
Taez is controlled by the government but is surrounded and blockaded by areas under Houthi control.
- The member nations of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) agreed on a two-year roadmap for the adoption of deep sea...
The ISA Assembly and its 167 member states next week will discuss a "precautionary pause" in mining, supported by about 20 countries
Scientists believe deep sea mining can destroy habitats and species that may still be unknown but are potentially vital to ecosystems
- Dubai, UAE-- Bahrain and the US have reaffirmed their commitment to freedom of navigation in international waters. They reiterated the...
Both the countries noted the importance of safe passage for commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and denounced acts putting freedom of navigation at risk
They also pledged to combat climate change through the deployment of clean energy sources and innovations such as carbon-capture technologies
- Economic ties between China and the Gulf region's largest economies, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have surged since President Xi...
The value of Gulf companies' acquisitions and investments in China this year increased by more than 1,000 percent yearly to $5.3 billion
Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund, the "Mubadala Investment Company," is expanding its operations in China to attract investments
- Baghdad, Iraq -- Demonstrators marched in the Iraqi and Iranian capitals Friday to denounce Sweden's permission for protests that desecrate the...
Sweden on Friday cited security concerns in a decision to relocate embassy staff after protesters stormed its embassy compound in a pre-dawn attack this week.
In Lebanon, the leader of the pro-Iran Hezbollah movement Hassan Nasrallah called for expulsion of the Swedish envoy there and the recall of Lebanon's ambassador to Sweden.
- LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS - In a Dutch museum the sound of hip-hop blares out next to sarcophagi and statues, in what curators...
Egypt's antiquities service said the museum is "falsifying history" with its "Afrocentric" approach, which seeks to appropriate Egyptian culture.
The museum said there had been a "commotion about this exhibition, because it shows Egyptian culture through the eyes of artists with African roots."
- Netanyahu's office confirmed the visit, the first by an Israeli prime minister since Ehud Olmert in 2008. Turkey's diplomatic drive...
Benjamin Netanyahu will be received a few days after Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, who is expected on July 25, the Turkish presidency said
The leaders will discuss Turkey-Palestine relations and the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as other topical international issues
- Representatives from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI were to join US President Joe Biden later Friday to...
Worry that imagery or audio created by AI will be used for fraud and misinformation has ramped up as the technology improves and the 2024 US presidential election gets closer.
Commitments by the companies include independent testing of AI systems for risks when it comes to biosecurity, cybersecurity, or "societal effects," according to the White House.
- TABARKA, TUNISIA - Firefighters in Tunisia are battling a major blaze that has raged for two days in a pine forest...
Around a dozen families had been evacuated from the affected area near the Mediterranean resort of Tabarka east of the frontier.
The Malloula border crossing had been "closed temporarily" because of thick smoke from the fire causing visibility problems on the road to Algeria.





















