As the Saudi-UAE offensive on the Yemeni port city of Hudaida continues and intensifies, there seems to be no solution that will serve the people of the city. Despite his efforts, the UN special envoy [ More … ]
Qatar on Wednesday asked the International Court of Justice to order the United Arab Emirates to reverse measures put in place as part of its boycott against Qatar, saying they violate an international treaty against [ More … ]
Capture of compound – a key supply route for aid into the country – would be a significant gain for the pro-government alliance Forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition fighting for Yemen’s main port city [ More … ]
UN warns of devastating consequences for 250,000 Hudaida residents as Saudi-led coalition targets Houthi rebels in port city. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have launched an assault on Yemen’s port city of Hudaida, in the [ More … ]
Qatari government says UAE has violated an international discrimination convention while Emirati minister says its another of Doha’s ‘lies’ The government of Qatar took the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations’ International Court of [ More … ]
Since 5 June last year, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt have cut all relations with Qatar Qatar has ordered shops to remove goods originating from a group of Saudi Arabian-led countries that a year [ More … ]
Elections in Malaysia have toppled close Saudi ally Najib Razak. His downfall could expose how and why Riyadh gave him hundreds of millions of dollars in donations Political remarks tweeted by the Emirati academic and [ More … ]
The most significant foreign policy move of the Trump presidency so far risks confrontation with Tehran and feeds growing rift with Europe. The international community condemns Trump’s decision to nix Iran nuclear deal but Israel, Saudi [ More … ]
The International Work Group for Libya has slammed the UAE and Egypt for undermining the national reconciliation efforts in the country and failing the UNSMIL by bribing its employees to favor one political party over [ More … ]
Conflicting reports have emerged about the fate of the Libyan National Army’s Commander’s fate: while a source in Tripoli said that Marshal Khalifa Haftar had passed away, a member of the Army said he is [ More … ]
Somali security officials said they have seized a large cache of money that arrived Sunday at Mogadishu airport from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Two senior security officials told VOA Somali three suitcases containing $9.6 [ More … ]
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo on Saturday broke his silence on the controversial Berbera Port deal issuing a warning to foreign companies investing in Somalia without consent from the Federal Government . In his speech [ More … ]
Iran labelled ‘common enemy’ of Israel and Arab Gulf states while Palestinian leadership comes in for criticism. The chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in the United States has praised [ More … ]
An adviser to the United Arab Emirates with ties to current and former aides to President Trump is cooperating with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and gave testimony last week to a grand [ More … ]
The UAE has sent F-18 warplanes to enhance its military presence at the Mohamed Naguib Military Base, north-west of Egypt, a military source said. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the New Al-Khaleej that [ More … ]
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