Over a billion pounds of Coke plastic waste to enter waterways: study
Washington, United States -- By 2030, Coca-Cola products will account for an estimated 1.33 billion pounds (602,000 metric tons) of...Geostrategy Global Investigations
Houthi PC small group’ leak: Probe underway after sensitive info exposure
The breach became public on Monday after The Atlantic magazine's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published an article recounting how he was...Geostrategy
SCC approves proposals on Council’s establishment law
SHARJAH, UAE - The Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC) approved several proposals submitted by the council's members on the Consultative Council...The session was chaired by Ali Mehd Al Suwaidi, Chairman of the Council
The members discussed the proposed amendments in terms of the council's legislative and oversight role.
‘UAE to reveal implementation map of Net Zero 2050 at COP27’
Minister of Climate Change and the Environment Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri said the UAE’s participation in the 27th session of...A UAE minister said the COP27 focuses on financing and ensuring equitable participation of developing countries in climate action efforts.
She said the UAE will invite the world to participate in the efforts to spread and use renewable energy.
‘Five including four police officers killed in Iran’
Four Iranian police officers and one "terrorist" have been killed in separate incidents in the strife-torn country, state media and...Iran has been rocked by over seven weeks of nationwide protests over the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini.
Amid the wider unrest, clashes have rocked Sistan-Baluchistan province, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan.
COP27 summit opens as world races against climate clock
Just in the past few months, climate-induced catastrophes have killed thousands, displaced millions and cost billions in damages across the...The COP27 summit will focus like never before on money. Developing nations have "high expectations" for the creation of a dedicated funding facility to cover "loss and damage"
The most conspicuous no-show will be China's Xi Jinping, whose leadership was renewed last month at a Communist Party Congress.
UAE, Jordan ministers discuss global, regional issues
Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi met with UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs...The meeting between the two ministers was held on the sidelines of the Sir Bani Yas Forum in Abu Dhabi.
The ministers highlighted the progress on joint projects and cooperation programs adopted by UAE and Jordan.
Six displaced Syrians killed in regime rocket strike: monitor
According to the Observatory, the rocket fire came the day after five Syrian forces members died in shelling by a...The war monitor said more than 30 rockets exploded in several areas, including the camps, west of the city of Idlib in Syria's northwest
The Idlib region is home to about three million people, they are among the millions displaced internally and abroad by the war in Syria since 2011
Ahead of COP27, Germany criticizes Egypt for its human rights record
The German government's human rights commissioner, Luise Amtsberg, urged summit host Egypt to release jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah, currently..."Assuming global responsibility also means, above all, assuming responsibility for the protection of human rights," said Amtsberg.
Rights groups estimate that some 60,000 political prisoners are behind bars in Egypt, many of them in brutal conditions and overcrowded cells, accusations Cairo rejects.
Israeli army kills Palestinian teen in West Bank
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories— Israeli forces shot dead an 18-year-old Palestinian on Saturday near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian...The Israeli army said soldiers responded to "a report about stone hurling toward a highway" that had caused damage "to a number of cars"
Its forces on Thursday killed four Palestinians, including an alleged attacker in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and the West Bank
Iran tests rocket capable of sending satellites into space
Three months after launching a satellite with the help of Russia, Iran has announced the successful test flight of a...The Ghaem-100 rocket was manufactured by the aerospace organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and it is the country's first three-stage solid-fuel satellite launcher
In August this year, another Iranian satellite, named Khayyam, was launched by Russia on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
Saudi, Australian ministers discuss trade, bilateral ties
Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar bin Ibrahim Al-Khorayef met the Australian Assistant Minister of Industry for Manufacturing...The Saudi delegation’s visit to Australia also included participating in the International Mining and Resources Conference + EXPO (IMARC).
The Saudi delegation highlighted initiatives to develop the industrial sector.
