Author: Steven Sahiounie

The UAE has called for a temporary international mission to lay the foundation for a new governance in Gaza after the war ends. In a statement posted by the UAE state news agency on Thursday, Reem bint Ebrahim Al-Hashimy, the country’s minister of state for international cooperation, said the mission would help establish law and order and respond to the humanitarian crisis in post-war Gaza. The mission should be deployed at the invitation of the Palestinian government, led by “a credible and independent new prime minister” to address the needs of the Palestinian people and rebuild Gaza, Al-Hashimy said. It…

US Vice President Kamala Harris accused former President Donald Trump of backing down from debating her, even though she is willing to participate. Harris claimed to reporters that Trump previously agreed to debate on September 10. “Now appears he is backpedaling, but I’m ready, and I think the voters deserve to see the split screen that exists in this race on a debate stage and so I’m ready. Let’s go on.” The first and last debate between US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump took place on June 27. Widely seen as an abysmal failure for Joe Biden, criticism about his cognitive capacity skyrocketed. The second…

As president, Donald Trump went well beyond his predecessors in fulfilling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top wishes from the United States. Yet by the time Trump left the White House, relations between the two had broken down after Netanyahu rapidly congratulated Joe Biden on his 2020 presidential victory.On Friday, the two men will meet face-to-face for the first time in nearly four years in a test of whether the relationship can be mended. Both have an interest in getting past their differences.For Trump, now the Republican presidential nominee, the meeting could cast him as an ally and statesman, as…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club have confirmed that Sheikh Mustafa Abu Arra, a 63-year-old administrative detainee, was martyred following his transfer from the Israeli “Ramon” prison to “Soroka” hospital due to a severe deterioration in his health. The two Palestinian institutions focused on prisoners’ affairs explained in a statement that Sheikh Mustafa Abu Arra, from the town of Aqqaba in the Tubas District of the West Bank, was a leader in the Hamas movement and a former detainee in Israeli prisons. He had been arrested multiple times since 1990, with a cumulative detention period of…

The UAE’s economy is expected to grow by 3.9 percent in the current year, 2024, rising to 6.2 percent in 2025, according to the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF).

The world’s second-biggest bullion consumer slashed import duties on gold and silver on Tuesday to 6% from 15%.

Kuwait registered a deficit of 1.6 billion dinars ($5.23 billion) in fiscal year 2023/24 from a surplus of 6.4 billion dinars in the previous year

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is scheduled to visit China for five days in her first official visit since she took office two years ago, Beijing said in a statement on Thursday. “At the invitation of Premier Li Qiang of the State Council, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will pay an official visit to China from July 27 to 31,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said, adding that meetings with both President Xi Jinping and Premier Li have been set. Reportedly, Meloni and the Chinese leaders will discuss bilateral relations between Italy and China, as well as “issues of common concern”,…

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Thursday condemned those applauding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the US Congress, branding them as endorsers of a “bloody criminal.” Those who applauded Netanyahu have gone down in history as supporters of “bloody criminal,” marking complete collapse of moral standards witnessed by all humanity, Hakan Fidan said on X. Despite war crimes in Gaza, Netanyahu received a standing ovation from US lawmakers when he came to address a joint session of Congress, seeking to garner support for his deadly war on Gaza. The comments come amid escalation of Israeli forces bombardment of the…

Jordan’s House of Representatives was dissolved on Thursday by royal decree, the Royal Hashemite Court has announced. King Abdullah ordered elections to be held for the House of Representatives on April 24 and visited the Independent Election Commission to check on preparations to administer and oversee the electoral process on the same day. The IEC has set Sept. 10 as the date for the parliamentary elections. Source: Arab News