Plans for an Emirati sheikh to purchase a 50% ownership stake in Israel's famed and controversial Beitar Jerusalem soccer club have been put on hold, the team said ... ( read original story ...)
We Must Honor the Abraham Accords ‘Side Deals’ for the UAE and Morocco | Opinion
An early endorsement by the Biden administration of its predecessors' Abraham Accords breakthroughs between Israel and four Arab states sent a welcome signal of foreign policy consistency—in one area, ... ( read original story ...)
Hope mission: UAE spacecraft hits brakes at high speed to enter Mars orbit
Hope was travelling at 120,000km/h (75,000mph) and had to fire it's breaking engines for 27 minutes to be captured by Mars' gravity. ( read original story ...)
Calls grow for release of Yemeni journalist held by UAE-backed forces
Adel al-Hasani said to be in worsening health after being detained in September ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s Kim Blasts Bureaucracy for Unambitious Economic Plans
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has denounced his cabinet for a lack of innovation and "smart strategies" in drafting goals for a new five-year economic plan, state media reported on Friday. The ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia’s GDP shrinks 5.6% for worst result since 1998 Asian financial crisis
Malaysia's economy declined further in the fourth quarter of 2020, leading to a worse contraction in gross domestic product (GDP) than initially projected by the government.. Read more at straitstimes ... ( read original story ...)
Will Biden Make the Right Choice on Afghanistan? | Opinion
If the president is genuinely committed to closing the book on a two decade-long misadventure in Afghanistan, he needs to resist the temptation of accepting the same, old advice. ( read original story ...)
Rockets from Afghanistan kill boy in Pakistan, wound 7
Pakistan’s military says rockets fired by militants inside Afghanistan killed a five-year-old boy and wounded seven other children in northwest Pakistan on Thursday ... ( read original story ...)
Biden should stick to Afghanistan withdrawal timetable
NATO member states claim their troops will remain in Afghanistan regardless of whether President Biden honors the U.S.-Taliban agreement to withdraw all U.S. troops by May 1. ( read original story ...)
U.N. convoy in Afghanistan attacked by gunmen, five Afghan security force members killed
Unknown gunmen attacked a United Nations convoy on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital on Thursday, killing five Afghan security force members who were escorting the international agency's vehicles ... ( read original story ...)