ANKARA (AA) – The UAE has announced the allocation of $5 million to support the UN’s humanitarian efforts in the Gaza Strip, which has seen widespread devastation as a result of Israeli attacks. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that under the directives of UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister Sheikh [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – The Syrian regime on Tuesday received the credentials of the ambassador from United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first such appointment since 2011. According to the state-run news agency SANA, Syrian Foreign Minister Fayssal Mikdad received a copy of credentials of Hasan Ahmad al-Shahi. During their meeting, they discussed thei...
DUBAI, UAE (AA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pledged $10 million for the ailing health sector in the Gaza Strip amid the nightmarish conditions faced by the besieged Palestinian enclave. “The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) pledged a contribution of around AED 37 million (US $10 million) in support of [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has condemned Israeli calls for the displacement of the residents of Gaza and demanded an end to the war in the Palestinian enclave. “The United Arab Emirates strongly condemns the extremist statements of the Israeli Ministers of Finance and National Security calling for the displacement of ...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – – AFP The Emirati president of the UN’s COP28 talks has said that he respects climate science, after a leaked video showed him declaring that no science says phasing out fossil fuel will achieve climate goals. Sultan Al Jaber also repeated his past statements that a phase-out of fossil fuels [&he...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s chancellor has called on newly industrialized countries like China and India to support a newly founded climate fund for the world’s most vulnerable countries. Addressing the UN climate summit in Dubai, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said climate change remains the world’s biggest challenge, and countries should step up t...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan announced Thursday that it will not sign a deal with Israel to exchange solar energy for desalinated water in light of Israel’s war against Hamas. “The energy for water deal was supposed to have been done last month, but we’re not going to sign it,” Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi [&hell...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan is expected to receive the second tranche of a $3 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the loaning agency’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said. “I expect an agreement of the review to come within this week,” Georgieva told Bloomberg Television in an inter...
ANKARA (AA) — Police in Dubai have denied media reports claiming that four Israelis were stabbed in the emirate. “Safety and security are of paramount importance in the United Arab Emirates (UAE),” the Dubai Media Office said in a statement on X, urging media outlets “to refer to official channels for accurate information....
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – AFP Saudi Arabia has suspended talks on potentially normalising ties with Israel, a source told AFP on Saturday, as the war raged between Israel and Hamas. The Palestinian group launched a large-scale attack on Israel on October 7 which killed 1,300 people, sparking a retaliatory bombing campaign that has killed at...