The government of the United Arab Emirates has decided to establish a new national cybersecurity council, UAE Prime Minister and Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said on Sunday following ... ( read original story ...)
Air Force Doctor Dies in UAE Vehicle Incident
The Defense Department has identified a U.S. airman who died Friday in a non-combat related vehicle incident. Capt. (Dr.) Kelliann Leli, 30, of Parlin, N.J., was assigned to the 60th Healthcare ... ( read original story ...)
UAE, Saudi Arabian central banks release report on Project Aber CBDC trial
Project Aber was a joint CBDC trial from two central banks and multiple commercial banks — and, according to a recent report, it was a resounding success ... ( read original story ...)
Israel’s Azerbaijan Mistake
Israelis may justify their relationship with Azerbaijan in realpolitik consideration: In its crudest terms, it is a relationship based on a weapons-for-energy calculation. Jerusalem sold Baku billions ... ( read original story ...)
Russian peacekeepers arrive in Nagorno-Karabakh via Azerbaijan
Another team of Russian peacekeepers has arrived in Khankendi (Stepanakert) via the Russian-Azerbaijani border, the press service of the Azerbaijani defense ministry said on Sunday. "Servicemen, car ... ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan lawmakers urge French removal from Karabakh mediation
Azerbaijani lawmakers on Thursday called for France to be expelled from a group mediating in the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute after the French senate backed the breakaway region's independence claim. ( read original story ...)
Wounded Photographer Says Paris Protest Brought Back Syria Memories
An award-winning Syrian photojournalist wounded in a Paris protest against police brutality said Sunday he had suffered a "heavy shock" and the experience had reawoken memories from the civil war in ... ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan may ditch Chinese UAVs for Turkish Bayraktar TB2s, Russian media claims
Kazakhstan is considering the purchase of Bayraktar Tactical Block 2 (TB2) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Chinese drones after the Turkey-made aircraft proved capable ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus | Police shoot dead inmate amid riot in virus-hit Sri Lanka prison
Guards opened fire Sunday to contain a prison riot near Sri Lanka's capital where an inmate was killed and three wounded while protesting a surge of coronavirus infections, police said. Spokesman ... ( read original story ...)
Muslims in Nepal hold anti-China protest demanding justice for Uyghur
The protesters raised voice against the demolition of thousands of mosques in Xinjiang and the treatment being meted out to them by the Chinese govt ... ( read original story ...)