As China attempts to assert its geopolitical clout with Riyadh, US senators push for addressing human rights concerns in Saudi Arabia A bipartisan pair of US senators introduced a resolution yesterday (Wednesday, 15 March) that [ More … ]
China’s prestigious accomplishment vaults it into a new league diplomatically and outshines anything the US has been able to achieve in the region since Biden came to office, states NYT. “The agreement negotiated in Beijing [ More … ]
The surprise deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic ties offers much for the United States to be intrigued about, an analysis by Reuters states, in comment on restoration of Saudi-Iranian relations. This [ More … ]
The Emirati BNPL platform “Tabby” will suspend its operations in Egypt, citing ‘recent macroeconomic developments’, reported The National. The UAE-based Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform “Tabby” will prioritise core markets after suspending its operations [ More … ]
Sarah Leah Whitson, the executive director of the Khashoggi-founded group DAWN, has called on Congress to pass legislation to prohibit all former senior U.S. officials from working for, or financially benefiting from, a foreign government. [ More … ]
On the eve of Blinken’s Middle East tour, Israel carried out drone strikes on an Iranian factory. The attack comes amid growing tensions over Iran’s nuclear program and its continued supply of weapons to Russia, [ More … ]
The Saudi court documents reveal reasons for Dr. Awad Al-Qarni’s arrest, even though Saudi rulers are major investors in social media platforms The prominent law professor, Dr. Awad Al-Qarni, has been handed a death sentence [ More … ]
Emirati minister and head of ADNOC, Sultan al-Jaber, will oversee climate crisis negotiations in November despite wanting to ramp up oil production, which worries climate activists. Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, chief executive of the Abu Dhabi [ More … ]
Kuwaiti foreign ministry has called on Egypt to investigate an “assault” on a number of Kuwaiti students by security personnel at a mall in Alexandria. Kuwait’s ministry of foreign affairs called on Sunday for the [ More … ]
A senior Israeli official has criticized the extremist Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, for storming Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday morning. The senior Israeli official said Itamar Ben-Gvir’s storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque had “destroyed the [ More … ]
The secretive Al Nahyan family’s fortune, estimated at approximately $300 billion is about more than oil, says Bloomberg The Al Nahyan family owns Manchester City Football Club, a dozen or so palaces and invested big [ More … ]
Amid the rift between the Iranian government and people that has recently become greater than ever and an impasse in foreign policy, an easy new year, 2023, is unlikely. According to a recent report by [ More … ]
The players, some of whom back the protest movement, were intoxicated at a mixed-gender party when they were detained, according to Government-related media. Numerous unidentified Iranian footballers were arrested in the northern city of Damavand [ More … ]
EU Parliament has opened investigation into corruption cases and suspicions related to senior Emirati officials about launching a smear campaign against Qatar The European Union Parliament has opened an official investigation into corruption cases and [ More … ]
After detention in UAE, human rights groups had feared Sherif Osman would be extradited to Egypt and face imprisonment and torture after calling for protests on 11 November The Egyptian-American national arrived in the United [ More … ]
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