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FILE: A meeting of the UN Security Council at United Nations headquarters in New York on 26 February 2020. Picture: Johannes Eisele/AFP

Middle east

US and France tangle at UN over Middle East

By AFP

Despite guaranteed opposition from the United States, France proposed another draft UN Security Council resolution calling for the end of hostilities between...

  • FILE: Muslim worshippers pray at the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on 23 June 2017, during the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. Picture: AFP

    WHO worried COVID rates could spike during Ramadan

    Detected cases of COVID infection in the region rose 22% last week, while deaths rose 17%, said Ahmed al-Mandhari, the Cairo-based chief of the WHO for the eastern Mediterranean.

    403 days ago
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    Livestock dealer welcomes court ruling on exports to Middle East

    The NSPCA had accused the company of animal abuse and neglect but it's failed to permanently stop exports after the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed its bid.

    432 days ago
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    Pfizer or Sinopharm? 'Vaccine diplomacy' in Middle East

    In the Middle East and North Africa, novel coronavirus vaccine orders are driven by diplomatic and logistical considerations, reflecting Beijing's growing regional influence.

    481 days ago
  • An Etihad Airways A380. Picture: @EtihadAirways/Twitter

    Emirates, Etihad to pilot virus 'travel pass'

    The United Arab Emirates carriers have partnered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to be among "the first airlines" worldwide to trial the IATA Travel Pass, both airlines said in separate statements.

    487 days ago
  • Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani looks on during a press conference with the US Secretary of State and Israeli Prime Minister after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on 18 November 2020. Picture: AFP

    Bahrain urges Israel-Palestinian peace in historic Jerusalem meet

    Bahrain's Abdellatif al-Zayani said the historic US-brokered deals the Gulf kingdom and the United Arab Emirates had struck to normalise ties with Israel would help foster a dawn of "peace for the entire Middle East".

    549 days ago
  • (L-R) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan wave from the Truman Balcony at the White House after they participated in the signing of the Abraham Accords where the countries of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognize Israel, in Washington, DC, 15 September 2020. Picture: AFP

    Israel establishes full ties with Bahrain, UAE at White House

    Hundreds of guests attended the event, which US President Donald Trump is hoping will boost his reelection chances in November, but there were no handshakes to cement the historic agreements in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

    613 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on 13 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Israel, Gulf states accord charts new era for Middle East

    Many of the oil-rich Gulf states have been quietly cultivating ties with Israel for years, but the normalisation deal allows those relationships to burst into the open, offering rich opportunities as they try to repair economies savaged by the coronavirus crisis.

    615 days ago
  • Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attends a joint press conference with the German Foreign Minister in Berlin, on 19 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Saudi Arabia says no Israel deal without Palestinian peace

    Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan told reporters on a visit to Berlin that 'peace must be achieved with the Palestinians' on the basis of international agreements as a condition for any normalisation of relations with Israel.

    641 days ago
  • FILE: Iranian President Hassen y, Rouhani said the UAE had made a “huge mistake” in reaching a agreement to normalise ties with Israel and called it a betrayal by the Gulf state. Picture: AFP

    UAE minister says UAE-Israel agreement not directed at Iran

    The UAE on Sunday said it had summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires in Abu Dhabi and given him a 'strongly worded memo' in response to a speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that the foreign ministry described as 'unacceptable'.

    643 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on 13 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    World leaders praise Israel-UAE deal as Palestinians cry foul

    The deal sees Israel pledge to suspend its planned annexation of Palestinian lands, a concession welcomed by European and some pro-Western Arab governments as a boost for hopes of peace.

    646 days ago
  • MTN Group CEO Rob Shuter. Picture: @ShuterRob/Twitter.

    MTN to exit Middle East to focus on Africa

    MTN is in advanced talks to sell the stake in MTN Syria to TeleInvest, which holds the other 25% of the business, Group President and Chief Executive Officer Rob Shuter told media on a conference call as the firm reported its half-year results.

    654 days ago
  • Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh (C), clad in mask due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, leaves following a meeting with members of his government and officials of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in the Jordan Valley village of Fasayil in the occupied West Bank on 24 June 2020, to discuss Israel's West Bank annexation plans. Picture: AFP

    Palestinians say ready for direct talks with Israel

    A Palestinian Authority text sent to the international peacemaking Quartet and seen Monday by AFP, says the Palestinians are 'ready to resume direct bilateral negotiations where they stopped,' in 2014.

    691 days ago
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    UN seeks $90 mn for Mideast children as virus deepens poverty

    "The region has the biggest number of children in need in the world due to ongoing conflicts and wars," said Ted Chaiban, UNICEF director for the Middle East and North Africa, in a statement.

    762 days ago
  • This undated handout picture courtesy of the British Health Protection Agency shows the coronavirus seen under an electron microscope. Picture: AFP.

    NCID warns coronavirus stereotyping may cause panic, confusion

    There have been no confirmed cases in the country, but fear and anxiety continue to grow as the Covid-19 virus spreads rapidly across the globe.

    811 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) in the East Room of the White House on 28 January 2020 in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

    Pan-Islamic body OIC rejects Trump's Mideast plan

    A meeting of foreign ministers at OIC headquarters in the Saudi city of Jeddah called on 'all member states not (to) deal with this plan or cooperate with the US administration efforts to enforce it in any way or form'.

    839 days ago
  • Israel's former prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Picture: AFP

    Netanyahu tells Putin Mideast deal a 'new opportunity'

    Trump's plan angered Palestinians by proposing Israel retain control over Jerusalem as its 'undivided capital' and giving the green light to annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

    843 days ago
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    CARTOON: Deal of the Century

    Dr Jack & Curtis.

    843 days ago
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    Friendly people, food & more – CT voted best city in Africa, Middle East

    Cape Town was ranked number one for the 18th time in the 2019 'Travel + Leisure' survey released this week.

    1045 days ago
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