Israel has long had ambitions to build on the roughly 12-square-kilometre parcel known as E1 just east of Jerusalem, but...
Markets were also waiting for a key speech by the US Federal Reserve chief this week for clues on interest...
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida is hosting leaders from six other wealthy democracies in his hometown -- a city synonymous with...G7 nations have already adopted sanctions on Russian banks and military firms, and placed price caps on Russian crude. Discussions are expected on tighter enforcement.
Summit discussions on China are expected to focus on efforts to insulate G7 economies from potential economic blackmail, by diversifying supply chains and markets.
DUBAI, UAE - Conflict-plagued countries in the Middle East are among the most vulnerable to climate change but are almost entirely...The UN ranks Iraq, recovering from decades of conflict, as one of five countries most impacted by effects of climate change including drought.
Syria and Yemen are also at heightened risk following years of war that has battered both the country's infrastructure.
- The Monaco prince commends the Saudi Green Initiative, Middle East Green Initiative and the upcoming COP in Dubai as "remarkable...
Prince Albert recognizes the remarkable environmental initiatives undertaken by the MENA region and offers his support and willingness to contribute to these efforts
Stressing on global collaboration, Prince Albert II emphasizes that the fight against climate change and the preservation of biodiversity cannot be won by isolated efforts
- Beijing says trade with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan reached $70 billion in 2022 and expanded 22 percent year-on-year...
Held in the ancient Chinese city of Xi'an, the historic eastern end of the Silk Road that linked China to Europe, this week's summit is of "milestone significance"
It comes as Beijing pushes to fill the vacuum left in former Soviet states by Russia's war in Ukraine -- and as Xi attempts to expand China's global influence
Erdogan made the announcement one day before it had been due to expire, scoring a diplomatic coup ahead of a...Erdogan said Russia had agreed not to block ships from leaving two Ukrainian harbours, expressing hope that the deal would be "beneficial for all the parties"
NATO member Turkey has worked to maintain good ties between Russia and Ukraine, hosting two but unsuccessful rounds of peace talks between the warring sides
- The three-day conference in Abu Dhabi has brought together officials from around the world to discuss the menace of money...
The official emphasized the importance of cooperation among nations to combat money launder and terrorism financing
The UAE has set up specialist department and has signed a slew of agreements to coordinate with many countries to fight money laundering
- Tehran, Iran - Iran and Russia on Wednesday signed an agreement to construct the final part in the International North–South Transport...
The INSTC, a freight network of ship, rail and road routes, covers some 7,200 kilometres (4,475 miles) between Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and India.
Iranian Transport Minister Mehrdad Bazrpash said the "process of construction" of the Rasht-Astara railway -- the INSTC's only missing link.
Sanjay Shah was arrested in the United Arab Emirates' financial hub in June upon request by Danish authorities who accuse...The total sum to be paid by Shah should be close to the losses incurred by the Danish tax authority as a result of the scam, estimated at 1.7 billion euro.
Shah was arrested by Emirati authorities under an extradition treaty signed with Denmark in March 2022.
Once it is signed by Brussels and London, it will create a framework for voluntary regulatory cooperation in the area...The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, on Wednesday took the first step by adopting a draft agreement.
The EU said the agreement does not deal with the access of UK-based companies to the single market or vice versa.
Abu Dhabi, UAE -- The UAE has received a terrorist named Khalaf Abd Al Rahman Humaid Al Rumaithi from the...The UAE Supreme Court in 2013 sentenced him in absentia to 15 years in prison on charges of establishing a secret organization
The procedures for handing over the terrorist were carried out in accordance with the arrest warrant issued against him
