The UN said on Tuesday that Israeli forces had killed more than 1,000 Palestinians trying to get food aid since...
- WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Israeli military had entered the UN agency's staff residence, forced women and children...
ABU DHABI, UAE - UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UK Department for...The agreement aims to exchange information, knowledge, expertise and studies in the field of energy
The MoU aims to enhance strategic and technical cooperation in the energy sector, develop renewable energy technologies including regulatory frameworks and incentives.
- "There's no doubt that our 53rd annual meeting in Davos will happen against the most complex geopolitical and geoeconomic backdrop...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and UN chief Antonio Guterres are among the most prominent figures attending the forum, alongside nearly 400 government ministers and policymakers.
Russia is expected to miss out on the event for a second consecutive time, underlining the sea change since 2021. China is yet to announce its presence.
- Days after entering office as part of Israel's most right-wing government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, Justice Minister Yariv Levin announced...
Judges in Israel are not permitted to publicly comment on political issues. Earlier on Thursday, Israeli lawyers demonstrated in Tel Aviv against Levin's plans.
Around 400 demonstrators joined a rally earlier on Thursday organized by lawyers outside a Tel Aviv court, some waving Israeli flags.
- Exports fell 9.9 percent year-on-year to $30.6 billion, China customs said, their second consecutive month of decline and the biggest...
The world's second-largest economy is still reeling from the effects of years of its zero-Covid policy, which hammered businesses and supply chains
China began lifting most of the hardline measures at the beginning of last month, but the country has since seen a massive spike in Covid-19 infections
Morocco's FRMF football federation said in a statement earlier Thursday that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) had informed it...The Moroccan national team will travel to Algeria tomorrow to participate in the CHAN, the foreign ministry said
Algeria closed its airspace to all Moroccan flights in September 2021, the month after it cut off diplomatic ties with its rival, accusing it of "hostile acts"
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani left Thursday for Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and...Despite its oil riches, Iraq is beset by crumbling infrastructure, endemic corruption and decades of war.
Dependent on its powerful neighbor Iran for much of its energy needs, Baghdad seeks to diversify its sources of gas and electricity supply.
- France's 100-year colonization of Algeria and the viciously fought 1954-62 war for independence have left deep scars on both sides,...
"It's not up to me to ask forgiveness, that's not what this is about, that word would break all of our ties," Macron said.
Algeria and France maintain enduring ties through immigration, involvement in the independence conflict and post-war repatriations of French settlers.
- GENEVA, SWITZERLAND– The current energy crisis is driving inflation, slowing economic growth, creating social turmoil and the world should not...
The WEF report said that steps such as increasing production of electricity from coal or broad-based consumption subsidies, risk derailing energy transition.
The report proposes a framework for a secure energy system to guide countries and policy-makers.
ABU DHABI, UAE - The UAE participated in the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) meeting in the Finance Track...The meeting was held to discuss the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion work plan for 2023.
G20 members, invited countries, GPFI members, and international organizations such as the World Bank and OECD attended the meeting.
The study said impelling fossil fuel firms to use technologies to suck carbon from the air and bury it back...Researchers suggest, in the study published Thursday, that the principle of extended producer responsibility should be extended to the oil, gas and coal industries.
The study's authors, including scientists and experts said the paper was a response to the energy crisis and potential lessons for the challenge of getting to net zero emissions
