Dubai announces alliance to speed Covid vaccine delivery
Key transport hub Dubai on Sunday announced an initiative to accelerate the delivery of coronavirus vaccines, particularly to developing nations, after the WHO warned...
‘Our history’: modest Doha stadium far cry from World Cup venues
Away from the lavish air conditioning and hand-manicured turf of Qatar's World Cup Stadiums, two of which will host the world's best clubs from...
Saudi team cleans Holy Kaabah at Grand Mosque in record ’40’ minutes
A team of Saudi expert men cleaned the roof of Holy Kaabah in record 40 minutes at the Grand Mosque of Makkah on Tuesday. Management...
Israel army chief prepares to take on Iran’s nuclear capabilities
Israel's army chief said Tuesday he had ordered that plans be drawn up to counter Iran's nuclear capabilities, in the event of a political...
Op-ed: Middle East futures: Decade(s) of defiance and dissent
If the 2010s were a decade of defiance and dissent, the 2020s promise to make mass anti-government protests a fixture of the greater Middle...
Israel to stop new settlement construction in occupied West Bank: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to halt and reverse its this week’s decision to approve almost 800 new settlement united, most...
Germany hails ‘positive signals’ from Turkey on east Med
Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Monday hailed "positive signals" from Turkey on the thorny issue of gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean during...
A challenging time for E&P sector
After the oil price plunge of 2014-2016, the oil and gas industry were having to rethink the way it worked. The 2014-2016 collapse in...
Causalities after Israeli air raids in Syria: War monitor
Israeli night raids targeting arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria killed at least five soldiers and 11 allied fighters, the Syrian Observatory...
Recognizing Israel, what will it mean for Pakistan?
The foremost challenge for a newly independent state is to seek its sovereignty. The prevailing Westphalian system spells out that a state needs to...
Qatar-Saudi border reopens after 3 and a half year rift
Qatar and Saudi Arabia reopened their land border Saturday, Qatari sources told AFP, as they restore ties following a landmark deal to end a...
Saudi says full ties restored between Qatar after 3 years
Full ties have been restored between Qatar and the four nations that severed relations with Doha in a rift that began over three years...