Commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to explore every opening to "restore hope" for a two-state solution.
In a message, the UN (...)
Britain and France signed an agreement on Saturday to beef up police presence in the English Channel in a bid to stop more migrants from illegally making the crossing, DPA reported.
Twice as many police will be deployed on the French coast to detect (...)
Worldwide, persons with disabilities experience higher levels of unemployment and economic inactivity than non-disabled persons. Ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Mike Hess, US-based entrepreneur and founder of the Blind (...)
Saudi Arabia welcomed the selection of Hissein Brahim Taha as Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Saturday.
"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia welcomes the nomination of Mr. Taha, fulfilling the Kingdom's previous (...)
South Korea plans to develop a "big data" collection and analysis system to more efficiently take advantage of diverse and scattered data so as to make better policy for military operations and troops, Yonhap cited the Defense Ministry in Seoul as (...)
The region's most popular hypermarket chain, LuLu has won this year's top award at the Middle East Retail Forum (MRF) 2020. At a glittering event held at Conrad Hotel here, LuLu Group was declared as the "Most Admired Retailer" in the Middle (...)
DP World, UAE Region's Mina Rashid bagged the award for the World's Leading Cruise Port once again at the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2020. The award that is considered as a noteworthy accolade in the travel industry, included nominations of cruise (...)
DIFC FinTech Hive, the largest financial technology hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, part of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), has signed a landmark agreement with Israel's FinTech-Aviv.
FinTech Aviv was (...)
Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has started promoting the P-18-2 Prima high-mobility 2D surveillance and acquisition radar, developed and manufactured by PJSC NITEL and PJSC NPO Almaz, to the foreign market.
"Rosoboronexport (...)
The 6th annual She Loves Tech Global Startup Competition and Conference successfully concluded recently. As the world's largest startup competition for women and technology, She Loves Tech held competitions in 30+ countries and 6 continents around (...)
Arkaziya Project developed by Rikaz Properties has won an international award for the Best Retail Development Project
It has won a Five Stars Evaluation as the Best Leisure Project in Retail Sector Development in Saudi Arabia, as part of (...)
A Rystad Energy analysis of Europe's real time traffic data has revealed that the road fuel demand destruction during the prevailing second wave of COVID-19-related lockdowns will be limited to just 900,000 barrels per day (bpd) for November 2020, (...)
Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) reviewed its experience, in distance training during the novel coronavirus pandemic, as a pioneering experience within six global experiences, as part of the activities of the Academy and (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has ranked 6th among the world safest travel destinations, in light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and the only one in the Middle East.
This came according to an article published on the Wego Travel Blog (...)
More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high levels of water shortages and scarcity, the UN agriculture agency said in a new report launched on Wednesday.
The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2020, the Food and Agriculture (...)
Testing will still be a critical tool against COVID-19, even as vaccines are deployed against the disease, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday during his regular briefing on the crisis.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom (...)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz along with close associates and family members offered funeral prayers for his mother Begum Shamim Akhtar in London on Friday.
The prayers attended by a limited number of participants were held amid strict (...)
Amid an anticipated surge in vaccine logistics demand, Abu Dhabi is poised to cement its position as the global logistics hub to facilitate COVID-19 vaccine distribution across the world, after spearheading the launch of the Hope (...)
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretariat General, the Arab Youth Centre and the Federal Youth Authority inaugurated various partnerships to empower the region's youth, with the attendance of Dr. Nayef Falah M. Al Hajraf, GCC secretary-general, (...)
Al Dahra Holding Company, an Abu Dhabi-based producer of essential animal feed and food products, signed a strategic partnership agreement in the area of water security with the Israeli company, Watergen, developer of water-from-air solutions.
The (...)
The Dubai Supreme Council discussed the impact of COVID-19 and the Mitigation Strategy for Energy Sector in a virtual meeting recently.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, vice chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, chaired the 62nd meeting of the (...)
On the directives of Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Lt. Gen. Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, deputy prime minister and minister of interior, attended the virtual (...)
The Arab Parliament has condemned the terrorist attack that took place in Mogadishu, Somalia, resulting in a seven deaths and many injuries.
In statement issued Saturday, Speaker of Arab Parliament Adel Abdurrahman Al-Asoumi said that this terrorist (...)
Almost three million vulnerable people, including the sick and elderly, in England are to be given free vitamin D pills as part of the country's efforts to combat COVID-19 this winter.
The vitamin helps regulate nutrients that are needed to keep (...)
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has arrived in London for another round of Brexit talks with his UK counterpart David Frost.
Before he arrived in the British capital, he told a meeting of EU envoys: "We are not far from the (...)
