Kuwait emir names former PM as new crown prince
Kuwait entered new political turbulence in May when the 83-year-old emir, Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah, dissolved parliament just six weeks...Geostrategy
US, UK air strikes hit several sites in Yemen
The British defence ministry said in a statement that its planes launched strikes in "a joint operation with US forces...Geostrategy
Whistleblower urges regulation to tackle FB ‘crisis’
Ex-employee Frances Haugen has fueled one of Facebook's most serious crises yet and prompted a denial from CEO Mark Zuckerberg.Haugen testified on Capitol Hill after she leaked reams of internal research to authorities and The Wall Street Journal.
A senator said she sees the whistleblower disclosures as the long-needed push to get Congress moving.
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi receives Qatari minister as relations warm up
The diplomatic relations between the two countries have shown a fair degree of warmth in recent months, after a few...The meeting took place at Al Bahr Palace, where the Crown Prince received the Qatari guest
The discussions also touched upon how to serve the interests of their nations
UAE has overcome Covid crisis: Mohammaed bin Zayed
The UAE recorded fewer than 200 new cases of Covid this month, the lowest figure since Aug 2020. While life...Dubai is counting on the Expo 2020 Dubai to attract millions of visitors and boost the economy.
The UAE has so far recorded more than 737,000 cases of Covid-19, including 2,104 deaths.
Fight against Covid not over yet: WHO
The rate of hospitalization and deaths more among unvaccinated people in the countries that have provided information.WHO said 3.1 million known new cases and 54,000 more deaths were reported to it.
Van Kerkhove, the technical lead for WHO's Covid-19, hit out at Covid-19 misinformation and disinformation on the internet.
Google lets users factor climate change into life
New features unveiled on Wednesday provide users with ways to help in the effort, whether it be driving routes that...Artificial Intelligence used in Google's free Maps service in the US shows people fuel-efficient routes.
CO2 emission information is being added to a flights service for booking travel by air.
Severe droughts dry up dreams of Turkish farmers
Agriculture accounts for around six percent of Turkey's GDP and employs 18 percent of the country's workforce.Drought is forcing some farmers to quit while others opt to grow different crops that demand less water.
Turkey has said it would ratify the 2015 Paris Agreement in October before UN climate summit next month in Glasgow.
A perceptible de-escalation in the Gulf
A photo of Saudi Crown Prince with the Qatari emir and the UAE's security adviser shows youthful, physically fit leaders...After a three-year boycott of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt have now restored relations with the Gulf country
The Gulf region has taken an important step forward in terms of political stability amidst pragmatic optimism
In Iraq vote, big blocs lurk behind ‘independents’
A new electoral law in Iraq will mean that when Iraqis go to the polls on Sunday, they will vote...The elections will have voters choose individuals running as independents rather than members of political blocs.
Those disillusioned with the political class fear these individuals will spend no time supporting blocs when elected.
Macron wants ‘a calming down’ in France-Algeria relations
Algeria over the weekend recalled its ambassador from Paris and banned French military planes from its airspace.Algeria over the weekend recalled its ambassador from Paris and banned French military planes from its airspace
Algiers was also angered last week after France said it would sharply reduce the number of visas it grants to citizens of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
Libya parliament adopts law on legislative polls
The law comes less than a month after speaker Aguila Saleh signed off a law for presidential elections to be...The law comes less than a month after speaker Aguila Saleh signed off a law for presidential elections to be held the same day
Libya has endured a decade of bloodletting since the 2011 fall of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in a NATO-backed uprising
