Pakistan says India has brought neighbours ‘closer to major conflict’
Pakistan charged India Friday with bringing the nuclear-armed neighbours "closer to a major conflict", as the death toll from three...Geostrategy
Pakistan and India accuse each other of waves of drone attacks
India and Pakistan accused each other Thursday of carrying out waves of drone attacks, as deadly confrontations between the nuclear-armed...Geostrategy
IAEA reports second Ukraine nuclear facility damaged
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday (Mar 7) it has received reports of artillery shells damaging a nuclear research...Communications have also been cut with small nuclear facilities in the southern city of Mariupol which is surrounded by Russian forces
The IAEA has urged Moscow and Kyiv to agree on a plan to safeguard nuclear facilities
Israeli town welcomes fleeing Ukrainian Jews
Interior minister Ayelet Shaked estimated Sunday that about 15,000 Ukrainians could reach Israel by the end of March.Interior minister Ayelet Shaked estimated Sunday that about 15,000 Ukrainians could reach Israel by the end of March
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has avoided forceful condemnation of Russia's invasion, stressing Israel's strong ties with Moscow and Kyiv
Iran awaits ‘details’ of Russian demands on nuclear deal
Iran said Monday it was awaiting "details" on Russia's demands for US guarantees that could potentially delay reaching an agreement...Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that Moscow wants written guarantees from Washington
The country has been slapped with wide-ranging economic sanctions by the US and the EU following its invasion of Ukraine
UAE dispatches 30 tonne of aid to war-torn Ukraine
The United Arab Emirates said it flew 30 tonnes of aid and medical supplies to Poland for transportation to war-torn...More than 1.5 million people have fled across Ukraine's borders in over a week of attacks from air, land and sea
The UAE last month abstained from a UN Security Council draft resolution condemning Russia's invasion
Bahrain pledges $1 million as aid for refugees fleeing Ukraine
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had called for resources to meet the increasing humanitarian needs in Ukraine.Ukrainians and people from other nationalities, without discrimination, will benefit from the relief, said Bahrain's Royal Humanitarian Foundation.
The relief is also in response to an urgent appeal from the United Nations and the Regional Refugee Response Plan.
Toolkit launched to help business fight illegal wildlife trade funding
The government of the UAE has worked with the UK government to launch a toolkit to support financial institutions in...The illegal wildlife trade is the fourth-largest organized crime after drugs, human trafficking, and counterfeiting, costing $23 billion annually.
According to the WWF, approximately 20,000 African elephants are killed by poachers each year, and rhino poaching has soared since 2007.
Saudi Arabia, Algeria sign MoU to combat crime, terrorism
The MoU was signed in Riyadh between Saudi Attorney General Sheikh Saud bin Abdullah Al-Mujib with Algerian Algerian Minister of...The MoU was signed in Riyadh between Saudi Attorney General Sheikh Saud bin Abdullah Al-Mujib with Algerian Algerian Minister of Justice Abdul Rashid Tabbi
During the meeting, a visual presentation highlighting the formation and competencies of Public Prosecution was also presented
Blinken says new Russia demands on Iran nuclear deal ‘irrelevant’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday dismissed as "irrelevant" Russian demands for guarantees that new sanctions linked to...The sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine "have nothing to do with the Iran nuclear deal," Blinken said on CBS talk show "Face the Nation."
They "just are not in any way linked together, so I think that's irrelevant," he said, speaking from Moldova, a small country on Ukraine's southwest border
UAE, Israel work to secure region’s food needs
Government support, coupled with strong social systems, must ensure that no one goes hungry, says Nobel Laureate Dr Dan ShechtmanEnhancing collaboration between research institutes and agritech companies in Israel and the UAE will be pivotal to secure region's food future, say Israeli experts
Arab region needs to develop the knowledge to grow crops in arid conditions, says Dan Shechtman of Israel Institute of Technology
Ukraine is Europe’s ‘fastest growing refugee’ crisis since World War II
UN officials said they expected the wave of refugees to intensify further as the Russian army pressed its offensive, particularly...More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed into neighboring countries in 10 days, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grande said.
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, also expressed grave concern at the worsening humanitarian situation.
