Geostrategy - TRENDS MENA

Steve Witkoff, Trump's golfing friend turned roving global negotiator, said that Trump in a separate meeting with a group of...

The Bahraini decision comes the day after the Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia against a backdrop of unexpected rapprochement...
Bahrain followed Saudi Arabia in recalling their diplomats towards the end of 2021 after a Lebanese minister criticized Riyadh's military intervention in the war in Yemen.
Lebanon's prime minister Najib Mikati said the country "appreciated this decision and welcomes it". Saudi Arabia returned its envoy to Lebanon in April last year.
Bakhmut, which once had a population of 70,000 people, has been the scene of the bloodiest battle in Moscow's more...
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the fall of the city would open the way for Russian troops to capture more parts of Donbas.
Russia's announcement that the city had fallen came hours ahead of Zelensky's meeting Sunday with US President Joe Biden in Japan, during the G7 summit.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -– Two Saudi astronauts will conduct 14 scientific and research experiments during their ongoing space mission. The...
Besides 11 experiments in the microgravity environment, Ali Al-Qarni and Rayyanah Barnawi will participate in three interactive educational experiences with students in the kingdom
The focus will be on conducting human research, cell sciences, and cloud seeding experiments in the microgravity environment.
The ceasefire "may be extended with the agreement of both parties," a joint statement issued after talks in Jeddah said....
The power struggle between regular army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy turned rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who heads the paramilitary RSF, erupted on Apr 15.
On Saturday, Qatar's embassy was the latest diplomatic mission to be attacked, after similar attacks on the embassies of Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
Air strikes and artillery exchanges shook the Sudanese capital and armed men ransacked the Qatari embassy as the country's warring...
"The embassy staff had previously been evacuated and... none of the diplomats or embassy staff were subjected to any harm," Qatar foreign ministry said.
The attack came a day after Arab leaders meeting at a summit in Saudi Arabia urged Sudan's feuding generals to halt the fighting.
The World Health Organization launched a global network to help swiftly detect the threat from infectious diseases, like COVID-19, and...
The network will rely on pathogen genomics to analyze the genetic code of viruses, bacteria and other disease-causing organisms.
The data gathered will feed into a broader disease surveillance system used to identify and track diseases, in a bid to contain outbreaks.
President Joe Biden may be on the other side of the world but his political fight back home over the...
The Group of 7 meeting in Japan is an important stage for Biden's goal of restoring US leadership among the world's democracies.
"It is definitely a subject of interest here at the G7," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters.
The world must assess the impact of generative artificial intelligence, G7 leaders said, announcing they will launch discussions this year...
Text generation tools such as ChatGPT, image creators and music composed using AI have sparked delight, alarm and legal battles.
European Parliament lawmakers this month also took a first step towards EU-wide regulation of ChatGPT and other AI systems.
DUBAI, UAE - The Ministry of Community Development and Etihad Water & Electricity have announced the implementation mechanism of the...
The support aims to reduce the financial burden related to electricity bills, as part of an integrated and holistic approach to help low-income families in UAE.
Beneficiaries can check the monthly support amount by referring to their farms’ consumption bill through Etihad Water & Electricity’s service channels.
ABU DHABI, UAE - A senior UAE official of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI) visited Germany and the...
Over 11,500 decision-makers, energy ministers and CEOs from over 100 countries participated in the World Hydrogen Summit 2023 in Netherlands.
A senior UAE official provided an overview of the country's energy transition, with a focus on its hydrogen industry.