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...
BEIRUT (AA) – The United Arab Emirates reached an agreement on Thursday with Lebanon to reopen its embassy in Beirut, which has been closed since 2021. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who is visiting the UAE, was received by President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Al Shati Palace in the capital Abu Dhabi, according […]
ANKARA (AA) – Muslim countries in the Middle East have shown solidarity with Morocco following a powerful earthquake that killed hundreds. More than a thousand people were killed when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted the North African country late Friday. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicenter of the earthquake, which h...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pledged a staggering $4.5 billion in investments to boost clean energy projects in Africa. Making the announcement during the inaugural Africa Climate Summit being held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Tuesday, COP28 President-designate Sultan Al Jaber said: “The initiative will prioriti...
ANKARA (AA) – The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) accession to the BRICS group of emerging economies will not harm relations with the West, the country’s economy minister has said. Abdulla Bin Touq Al-Marri told the media that Abu Dhabi considers its membership in the organization as an opportunity to develop trade. The minister said that [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed has welcomed the Gulf kingdom’s inclusion in BRICS. “We respect the vision of the BRICS leadership and appreciate the inclusion of the UAE as a member to this important group,” he said in a tweet. The decision came at the end of the […]
