- The surveillance system will monitor activity such as smuggling and illegal migration, as well as provide military intelligence
The surveillance system will monitor activity such as smuggling and illegal migration, as well as provide military intelligence
Cyprus said it was in a "state of emergency" because of an inflow of Syrian migrants overwhelming reception centres
- The government is breaking at the seams over a series of disputes involving a probe into last year's monster port...
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait recalled their envoys from Beirut and suspended all imports from Lebanon.
Blocking imports from Lebanon is a blow to a country in financial ruin and where a weak government is struggling to secure international aid.
- Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands have discussed friendship...
The parties tackled several regional and international issues of mutual interest and exchanged views in this regard.
Two days ago, 50 Dutch companies arrived in the UAE on a trade mission.
- Major coal, oil and gas funders China, Japan and South Korea were absent from the pledge. The IEA says that...
Unabated fossil fuel projects are those that do not deploy technology to absorb the carbon pollution they produce.
G20 nations last month agreed to end financial support for new unabated coal plants abroad.
- The powerful producers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia in the so-called OPEC+ grouping are expected to re-affirm a decision...
There is pressure from the US and other big consumers to open up the taps much more decisively.
OPEC+ members seem to prefer to stick to their plan of easing cuts by 400,000 barrels per day per month.
- Saudi Arabia and the UAE have joined the United States and Britain Wednesday in urging the leaders of last week's...
The United States has led condemnation of the military's October 25 takeover in Sudan
The coup interrupted a transition to democracy in which power was being shared with a civilian government
- The dispute pertains to an incident from last week involving a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Sea of Oman.
Iran said it had thwarted an attempt last week by the US Navy to seize the vessel carrying its oil
US defense officials rejected that account, and said Iranians themselves had seized the tanker and took it to Iranian waters
- The indirect negotiations in Vienna come amid mounting pressure on Iran, with Western nations warning that the clerical state's nuclear...
Former US president Donald Trump slapped sweeping sanctions on Iran as he withdrew the United States from the deal in 2018
This led Tehran to take steps out of compliance with the deal through which it had been drastically scaling back sensitive nuclear work
- The UAE and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on Wednesday announced the Energy Transition Accelerator Financing (ETAF), a new...
The Energy Transition Accelerator Financing will aim to mobilize an additional $2 billion in energy transition investments.
The platform targets 1.5 GW of clean renewable energy generation and storage by 2030.





















