The African Industrial and Development Conference and Awards (AIDCA) is set to host the Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition (EPC) finals in Abuja, Nigeria, in…
Biden urges Netanyahu abandon judicial overhaul that sparked protests
WASHINGTON, JERUSALEM: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abandon a judicial overhaul proposal that led to…
Israel parties discuss justice reforms after Netanyahu U-turn
JERUSALEM: Israel’s hard-right government and opposition parties were set for a second day of talks Wednesday on controversial judiciary reforms that sparked a…
Netanyahu, Biden exchange frosty words over Israel legal overhaul
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rebuffed President Joe Biden’s suggestion that the premier “walks away” from a contentious plan to…
Photographer Platon and UN produce film to humanize refugees and shed light on their plight
THE HAGUE: British photographer and storyteller Platon and the UN Refugee Agency have unveiled a collaborative film and multimedia project that explores the…
Israel tensions ease as Netanyahu pauses judicial overhaul
TEL AVIV: Israel’s political factions opposed to embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began setting up negotiating teams Tuesday after he paused a controversial…
Israeli government in chaos as judicial reform plans draw mass protests
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition plunged into chaos on Monday, after mass overnight protests over the sacking of his defense chief…
Saudi development fund and UNDP discuss developing cooperation
RIYADH: The CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development, Sultan Al-Marshad, met with Nahid Hussein, the resident representative of the UN Development Programme…
Saudi Arabia strongly condemns Israel’s decision to allow re-settlement in northern West Bank
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday strongly condemned a decision taken by the occupying Israeli authorities to allow re-settlement in the areas of the…
UAE’s Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza honored at London’s Arab Woman Award
LONDON: The UAE’s Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza was honored on Tuesday with the Arab Woman Award at a ceremony in London in recognition…