US President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to launch further attacks on Iran after declaring that a framework agreement to end the regional conflict was “over”. “We are probably going to hit them hard again,” he said at the Nato summit...
Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte yesterday expressed confidence that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will prevent tension with Israel from escalating into a wider regional conflict, and described Ankara as the alliance’s...
Members of the Egyptian national football team have criticised Fifa over what they described as “unjust” officiating during Tuesday’s World Cup last-16 clash with Argentina. The Pharaohs looked on course for a stunning victory as they led...
Search and rescue teams yesterday confirmed that they had recovered the wreckage of a cargo plane that crashed into the Arabian Sea on Tuesday night. The T2 Airways Boeing 737, which was flying from Sharjah to Karachi with a crew of five,...
Many of today’s humanitarian crises are no longer short-term emergencies. They are prolonged periods of instability that can last for years. As crises drag on, women and girls – of whom almost 680 million live within 50km of a deadly conflict,...
Our parents give us a lot, but sometimes we pick up the wrong lessons too. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson got his father’s work ethic and showmanship, but he also learnt to close himself off – a lesson he has spent decades trying to unlearn. “My...
Foreign direct investment into the UAE rose by about 6 per cent to reach $48.24 billion last year, the ninth highest total in the world, the UN Conference on Trade and evelopment (Unctad) has found. The UAE was the top recipient of F I in...