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]
Xi arrives in New Delhi as BRICS summit opens amid wars and trade tensions
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on Saturday for the BRICS summit, marking his first visit to India since 2019. His arrival came as India hosted the two-day meeting of the 11-member bloc, with leaders gathering to discuss wars, trade, energy security and internal unity. The summit is taking place in the Indian capital on September 12 and 13.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hosting the annual meeting, which has drawn more than a dozen world leaders. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian were among those who arrived earlier for bilateral meetings with Modi, while UN... [Continue Reading]
Israel-Lebanon Rome talks delayed to October amid renewed strikes
The next round of Israel-Lebanon negotiations in Rome has been delayed until October, according to a US official. The talks had previously been expected in early September, but the planned meeting in the Italian capital will not now go ahead as scheduled. The delay comes as strikes have increased in recent days and follows Israel's destruction of Hezbollah tunnels in southern Lebanon the day before.The same official said Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors will still meet at the State Department in Washington next week to discuss ongoing developments and the continued implementation of a framework deal agreed in June. That arrangement,... [Continue Reading]
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Declassified UK files show officials warned of Israeli abuses in 2002 West Bank offensive
Declassified Foreign Office files have revealed that British officials were warning about Israeli conduct in the occupied West Bank as far back as 2002. The documents, made public in 2024 and later examined in a recent investigation, describe what one official called a pattern of human rights abuses during Israel's Operation Defensive Shield. The files also show that the concerns were raised while Tony Blair was prime minister and Israel was carrying out a major military offensive in the territory.The records date to March 2002, when then-Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon launched Operation Defensive Shield after a wave of attacks... [Continue Reading]
Netanyahu moves to sue Haaretz over UAE warning report before 7 October attacks
Benjamin Netanyahu has told lawyers to begin defamation proceedings against an Israeli newspaper over its report that the United Arab Emirates warned him Hamas was planning an operation before the 7 October 2023 attacks. His office said the story was part of a "sinister plot" and denied that any warning was given by the UAE before the assault. The newspaper has rejected the claim and said it stands by its reporting.The report was based on book extracts and said UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan spoke with Netanyahu in late September 2023, days before the Hamas-led attack. It... [Continue Reading]
Netanyahu visits Israeli troops in occupied southern Syria again as Damascus condemns move
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a third visit to Israeli troops in an occupied stretch of southern Syria, prompting a fresh protest from Damascus. The visit took place on Wednesday on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, near the Israel-Syria border, alongside Defence Minister Israel Katz. Netanyahu used the trip to repeat his claim that Iran's government is nearing collapse.During the visit, Netanyahu said there was still work to be done and that the main task was to bring down what he called the "terror regime" in Iran. He added that Israel was very close to that goal... [Continue Reading]
Thousands protest in Ljubljana as Slovenia opens Israel's first embassy
Thousands of people have protested in Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana, as Israel opened its first embassy in the country. The demonstration took place on Wednesday near the hotel where the inauguration was being held, according to the supplied report. Protesters carried banners reading "We stand together for peace and Palestine" and "Genocide is not self-defence".The opening came after Prime Minister Janez Jansa pushed through a diplomatic reset with Israel, reversing the approach of his predecessor, Robert Golob. The report says Golob's government had described the war in Gaza as a genocide. It also says the protest coincided with a political backlash... [Continue Reading]
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UK West Bank settlement sanctions trigger Israeli diplomatic retaliation and muted US response
Israel has moved to escalate its response after the United Kingdom unveiled sanctions against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to the supplied material, Israel said it would shut Britain's diplomatic mission to the Palestinians, expel UK military staff from a coordination base near Gaza and bar nearly a dozen British lawmakers from entering the country. The measures mark a sharp widening of a dispute that began with the British announcement on settlement trade restrictions.The UK said it acted out of what it described as a moral imperative to stop the destruction of the two-state solution. It accused... [Continue Reading]
Israel orders UK consulate in East Jerusalem to close within 30 days amid sanctions row
Israel has said it will close the British consulate in East Jerusalem within 30 days, escalating its response to new UK sanctions and trade restrictions linked to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The move is part of a wider set of retaliatory measures announced after London joined other countries in backing a two-state statement and imposing restrictions on settlement-related goods and services. Israel also said British diplomats at the consulate would lose their diplomatic status in 30 days.According to the supporting material, Israel has told UK staff on a Gaza coordination mission and British diplomats in Ramallah to... [Continue Reading]
West Bank raids kill man near Nablus as arrests and closures spread
Israeli forces carried out widespread raids across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, killing a 29-year-old Palestinian man in Aqraba, south of Nablus, and withholding his body. The operation also included arrests, closures and demolitions in several other towns and villages, according to the supplied report. The raids affected Aqraba, Anata, Shu'fat refugee camp, Dura, Hebron and Masafer Yatta.The man killed in Aqraba was identified as Abdul Karim Muhammad Salem Khader. According to the report, Israeli forces besieged his home and targeted it with an Energa antitank rifle grenade before using a bulldozer to demolish sections of the building. An... [Continue Reading]
Israeli ministers advance Gaza displacement proposals as US rejects forced transfer
Israeli ministers have publicly advanced proposals for removing Palestinians from Gaza, sharpening debate over the future of the territory as the war continues. Defence Minister Israel Katz said at a conference that removing Palestinians from Gaza is "the only solution", and said Israel is prepared to do it "by sea, by air and by every way possible". National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir also unveiled a seven-year plan called "Disengagement 710" and floated the creation of a Migration Ministry if he is re-elected.The remarks were reported on 8 September and were presented alongside continuing violence in Gaza. According to the supplied... [Continue Reading]
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UN warns Gaza rubble removal could destroy war-crimes evidence
The United Nations has warned that large-scale removal of rubble in Gaza could destroy evidence linked to alleged war crimes and genocide-related crimes. The warning comes as Palestinians continue searching for the remains of relatives under destroyed buildings and other debris. The issue centres on whether clearance work can proceed without erasing material that investigators may need.Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied territories, said states and companies involved in removing rubble could face international criminal responsibility if evidence is destroyed. She said it was unacceptable for Gaza's reconstruction to be tied to the erasure of its past... [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]


