Putin proposes direct Russia-Ukraine talks next week
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed holding direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, hours after Kyiv and...Geostrategy
Hamas releases video of two Israeli hostages alive in Gaza
Hamas's armed wing released a video on Saturday showing two Israeli hostages alive in the Gaza Strip, with one of...Geostrategy
Amid NFT boom, artists worry about climate costs
Most NFTs are currently traded on Ethereum, which reportedly uses as much electricity as all of the Netherlands, with a...K-pop fans in South Korea last year staged a brutal campaign against plans for popular groups include BTS and A.C.E. to sell crypto-art.
Selling art as non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, uses the same technology as crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. The buyer receives a verified digital token as a mark of genuineness.
The first World Police Summit begins at Dubai Exhibition Center
The summit will address the needs and challenges of modern happenings such as cybercrime, urbanization, digital evolution and post-pandemic recovery.It is a four-day event hosted and organized by Dubai Police in collaboration with dmg events.
The summit features themed conferences and keynote addresses and panel discussions with experts.
A day after missile strike, Iran warns of threats from Iraqi soil
Iran warned that it won't tolerate "threats" coming from Iraq, a day after firing ballistic missiles at what it said..."It is not at all acceptable that one of our neighbors that has deep relations with us ... becomes a center for creating threats," said foreign ministry spokesman
Kurdish authorities, however, insisted that the Jewish state has no sites in or near Arbil, the capital of their autonomous region in Iraq's north
Iran’s FM to hold talks on nuclear deal in Moscow Tuesday: Official
Ten months of talks in Vienna have brought major powers close to renewing a landmark 2015 agreement on regulating Iran's...US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has dismissed as "irrelevant" the Russian demands for guarantees.
The 2105 deal gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program.
Jordanian-Saudi joint military drill kicks off in KSA
The exercise aims to enhance joint cooperation, exchange expertise between the Saudi and Jordanian armed forces, the head of the...The exercise aims to enhance joint cooperation, exchange expertise between the Saudi and Jordanian armed forces, the head of the Jordanian delegation Colonel Khaled Shamaileh said
Director of the exercise from the Saudi armed forces, Brigadier General Muqbel bin Mohammad Al-Harbi were provided field training to tackle weapons of mass destruction
No date set for next Iran-Saudi talks: Media
Iranian state media reported Sunday that no date has yet been set for further dialogue between Tehran and Riyadh, after...The two countries have held four rounds of talks in Iraq since April aimed at restoring ties
Relations between the regional rivals have been severed since early 2016
Chechen strongman Kadyrov says he is in Ukraine
Kadyrov posted a video on Telegram of himself in military uniform studying plans around a table with soldiers in a...Kadyrov posted a video on Telegram of himself in military uniform studying plans around a table with soldiers in a room
He said in a message that the video had been shot at Hostomel, an airfield near Kyiv captured by Russian forces in the first days of their offensive
44 migrants drown in boat capsize off Morocco’s coast
The European Union said this week it wanted to bolster cooperation with Morocco to stem the flow of illegal migrants...Bodies of five women and two babies were brought ashore but the rest were still missing.
They were among 61 migrants who boarded a boat heading for Spain’s Canary Islands.
Moroccan carrier launches Israel flights after Covid delay
Royal Air Maroc took off from Morocco's economic capital Casablanca bound for Tel Aviv on Sunday, in the carrier's first...Aviation sources and local media sources said a Moroccan business delegation was on the inaugural flight, delayed by three months because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Israel and Morocco restored their relations under the 2020 US-backed Abraham Accords normalizing ties between the Jewish state and several Arab countries.
Jordan’s trade deficit with EU expands 12.9% to $3.77bn
Jordan’s trade balance deficit with the European Union countries expanded by 12.9% in 2021 compared to 2020.Total trade deficit reached about JD2.671 billion ($3.77 billion) in 2021
The value of national exports to EU countries increased by 29.9 per cent during 2021
