DUBAI: Emirati and Qatari officials shared their countries’ insights and lessons learned from hosting the MENA region’s first post-COVID-19 megaevents, Expo 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup, at the World Government Summit on Wednesday. Addressing a session titled “Hosting Major Events: An Arab Success Story,” Expo 2020 Executive Director Najeeb Al-Ali said that 10 […]
The 10th edition of the World Government Summit (WGS) opened in Dubai on Monday under the slogan “Shaping Future Governments.” WGS, which runs until Feb. 15, was first launched in the UAE in 2014. It has served as a platform for innovative solutions to complex global and regional problems. The event is held under the […]
Israel yesterday praised the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s decision to include studies on the Holocaust in the secondary school curriculum, describing the move as “historic”. “In a historic decision, the UAE announced that the educational curriculum in its secondary schools will include teaching the history of the Holocaust at the hands of the Nazi monster,” the Israeli […]
Iran says 450 protesters arrested in northern province
Traditional dress encouraged for music, folklore shows
Israeli occupation authorities yesterday extended the administrative detention of female Palestinian journalist, Bushra Al-Taweel, for the third time in a row, for a period of three months. Twenty-nine-year-old Al-Taweel, a resident of the city of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, was arrested on 21 March at the Zatara military checkpoint, south of Nablus, […]
China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a memorandum of understanding, through which China will help the UAE land its first rover on the moon. The agreement, signed on Friday, between the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) for a future moon exploration mission. This November, […]
Space agency to cause collision with Dimorphos to test if it can avert sci-fi fears of catastrophic impact with Earth
The first war in recorded history took place in Mesopotamia in c. 2700 BCE between Sumer and Elam. The Sumerians, under command of the King of Kish, Enembaragesi, defeated the Elamites in this war and, it is recorded, “carried away as spoils the weapons of Elam.” At approximately the same time as this campaign, King […]
Exhibition includes copies of the Qur’an dating back to the third century AH