BRICS summit drives UAE-India economic and financial cooperation
IBPC Dubai said the bilateral discussions at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi have created new momentum for UAE-India economic and development cooperation. Dr Sahitya Chaturvedi, Secretary-General of IBPC Dubai, described the talks as a strategic convergence between the UAE's "We the UAE 2031" growth vision and India's "Viksit Bharat @2047" roadmap. Chaturvedi said the meeting between H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi covered defence, AI, space, critical minerals and CEPA. He said the talks offer a blueprint for co-creating a prosperity corridor within BRICS.... [Continue Reading]
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Day News Recap: Yemen fighting and Red Sea tensions deepen as world marks 9/11 anniversary
Yemen saw the sharpest escalation, with more than 900 people killed or injured in less than a week of renewed fighting and at least 5,000 families forced from their homes as civilians fled Taiz. đź”—The conflict around the Red Sea and Bab al Mandab also intensified, with Houthi forces reported to have seized Perim Island and Mokha, tightened their grip on the shipping lane, and advanced across Yemen's Tihamah coast. đź”— đź”— đź”—That pressure on maritime routes was echoed by the United States, which began telling oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz to travel at specific times if they... [Continue Reading]
Breakfast News Recap: Hormuz tensions, Ukraine pressure and Yemen fighting dominate a busy briefing
The biggest market and security story was the sharp rise in Middle East shipping risk, after the United States began telling oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz to travel at specific times if they want military protection. The move underlines how exposed the waterway has become as tensions rise around Iran and the wider Gulf. đź”—Iran said it will meet Gulf states and Iraq in Oman on Monday to discuss the Strait of Hormuz and regional security, while Saudi Arabia kept its East West pipeline shut for a second day after a drone attack launched from Iraq caused injuries... [Continue Reading]
CIA releases declassified 9/11 warning documents on anniversary of attacks
The CIA has released 71 declassified daily presidential briefs that include warnings about al-Qaeda years before the 11 September 2001 attacks. The documents were published on the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. They span from early 1998 to the day after the attacks and include material from both the Clinton and Bush administrations.Among the newly released records is a briefing dated 10 September 1998 that said Osama Bin Laden's preferred location for a strike was inside the United States, with Washington identified as a prime target. The same... [Continue Reading]
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Yemen vaccine shortages leave millions of children without routine immunisations in Houthi-held areas
Routine vaccine shortages in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen are leaving about five million children without essential immunisations, according to the latest reporting from the country. The shortage is affecting families in areas where public hospitals and paediatric clinics once provided routine shots free of charge. In the southwestern city of Ibb, one father said he had to travel to government-held Taiz to vaccinate his four-month-old son after being told the vaccines were no longer being supplied locally.The disruption is linked to the suspension of operations by the United Nations children's agency in areas controlled by the Houthis in October 2025.... [Continue Reading]
New videos in 9/11 lawsuit show Omar al-Bayoumi with Saudi officials and Anwar al-Awlaki
Newly obtained video footage has added fresh detail to a long-running lawsuit brought by families of victims of the 11 September 2001 attacks against Saudi Arabia. The material shows Omar al-Bayoumi, the man at the centre of the case, with Saudi government officials and in the company of Anwar al-Awlaki, who later became a senior figure in al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The footage had not been shown publicly before and was reportedly already in FBI possession within days of the attacks.The videos are being cited in the families' $1 trillion lawsuit, which alleges that Saudi Arabia was complicit in... [Continue Reading]
Fear the Shia, Arm the Sunnis: The Uncomfortable Numbers Behind America’s War Narrative
“When fear is managed carefully enough, a nation can be taught to look away from the blood on the floor and stare instead at the shadow on the wall.” A friend of mine, whose name I will not reveal because he asked me not to, sat across from me over dinner and placed a question on the table that would not leave me alone. He was born into a Muslim Shia background, and for the angle of this article, that detail matters, not because I wish to reduce a man to a sect, but because sect has become one of... [Continue Reading]


