Israel-Hamas war began on October 7 Abu Dhabi: The United States needs to push for a quick end to the Israel-Hamas war and a new process to resolve the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian issue or Washington will be seen as ineffective, the diplomatic adviser to the United Arab Emirates president said onRead More →
Bahrain is one of the Gulf monarchies to show “Barbie” (File) Dubai: After being banned in some Arab countries, the film “Barbie” is dividing audiences in the conservative Gulf. In the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia — which did not allow women driving or cinemas until 2018 — fansRead More →
India will have to expand on agricultural and infrastructure development. If not planned and executed with care, this expansion can further exacerbate existing challenges of deforestation, air pollution and plastic pollution | representative image | Photo Credit: MUSTAFAH KK As the world’s most populous country and one of the fastestRead More →
Etihad has initiated a full investigation into the incident. A 23-year-old British woman, who was returning from a holiday in Abu Dhabi, was left shocked after receiving unsolicited WhatsApp messages from a contractor working for Etihad Airways. Taking to Twitter, Hannah Smethurst shared a screenshot showing Whatsapp messages from aRead More →
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Gulf oil giants Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led a coordinated cut in production by Middle East countries on Sunday, calling it a “precautionary measure” aimed at market stability. Cuts by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait totalling 772,000 barrels per day (bpd) will takeRead More →
NEW DELHI : India’s move to favour gold imports from the UAE by charging an import duty that is one percentage point less than imports from other countries is not bearing fruit: only about two tonnes of the yellow metal were imported under their free trade agreement in the sevenRead More →
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met UAE’s newly-appointed President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan here and the two leaders reiterated their commitment to further deepen and diversify the India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Modi met Sheikh Mohamed during a brief stopover here on hisRead More →
US President Joe Biden will host a virtual summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during his visit to West Asia from July 13 to 16. A senior US administration official told reporters in a background call TuesdayRead More →
◾ In top story of the day, the Narendra Modi-led central government has banned export of all wheat from the country. This came a day after its data showed annual consumer price inflation hitting a near eight-year-high of 7.79 per cent in April and retail food inflation surging even higherRead More →
