DUBAI: According to the UN nuclear watchdog and Iranian media, Iran has converted a small portion of its high-enriched uranium stockpile into a substance critical to the detection of cancer and other diseases. For the time being, Iran has decided not to further refine the uranium into weapons-grade levels by converting it. Negotiations over […]
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Israel troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank
Nablus, Palestinian Territories: Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in separate shootings in the occupied West Bank Tuesday. A 16-year-old killed by Israeli forces’ firing during an arrest raid outside the northern city of Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry and Israeli security forces said. Separately, a Palestinian in his twenties was killed in Qalandiya outside Jerusalem, […]
Is a post-Netanyahu Israel here and what to expect from it?
Last week, a man named Yair Lapid came under global spotlight for being tasked by Israel’s president with forming a new government in the country. For a country so long associated with one Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister of twelve consecutive years now, the news galvanized interest and attention. Against this backdrop, the prospect […]
Indian Stupidities Anger Arabs
India and UAE share the values of non-discrimination on any grounds, the Indian ambassador to the country tweeted on Monday growing resentment in the Arab world over reports of Muslims being targeted in India over the coronavirus pandemic. Several Twitter users in Arab nations, including a member of UAE’s royal family have expressed their dismay […]
UAE paid businessman to spy on Trump admin: report
A United Arab Emirates businessman linked to a probe of illegal donations to Donald Trump’s political campaign was paid by his country’s intelligence agency to spy on the US president’s administration, The Intercept reported Monday. Rashid al-Malik received tens of thousands of dollars a month for gleaning information on Trump administration policy toward the Middle […]
Council of Arab Interior Ministers calls for cooperation to alleviate suffering of terrorism victims
Not only does the harm caused by terrorist crimes affect innocent victims, it also leaves their families and communities with psychological and social pain, the Secretary-General of the Council of Arab Ministers of the Interior has said. This situation requires the cooperation of all to alleviate the suffering of the victims and their families and […]