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UAE’s ruler Mohammed bin Zayed received China’s Premier Li Qiang in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. (X: @MohamedBinZayed)
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UAE’s ruler Mohammed bin Zayed received China’s Premier Li Qiang in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. (X: @MohamedBinZayed)
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UAE’s ruler Mohammed bin Zayed received China’s Premier Li Qiang in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. (X: @MohamedBinZayed)
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UAE’s ruler Mohammed bin Zayed received China’s Premier Li Qiang in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. (X: @MohamedBinZayed)
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Updated 12 September 2024
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UAE ruler receives China’s Premier Li Qiang in Abu Dhabi

UAE ruler receives China’s Premier Li Qiang in Abu Dhabi
Updated 12 September 2024
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ABU DHABI: UAE’s ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed received China’s Premier Li Qiang in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, reported state news agency WAM.
In a statement on X, Sheikh Mohamed said the two discussed joint efforts to enhance comprehensive strategic partnership between their countries. 
“The UAE is committed to building upon 40 years of deep-rooted cooperation with China to achieve enduring growth, development, and prosperity for our people,” said Sheikh Mohamed.

 

Topics: UAE China Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed

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US names lead for technical talks with Iran, Politico reports

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US names lead for technical talks with Iran, Politico reports
  • Expert-level Iran-US talks will take place on Saturday in Oman
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WASHINGTON: Department of State policy planning director Michael Anton will lead a team of about a dozen US government officials to negotiate with Iran in upcoming nuclear talks, a US official said on Thursday.

Expert-level Iran-US talks will take place on Saturday, Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said, with a third round of high-level nuclear talks due on the same day in Oman.

Iran and the US agreed last Saturday to begin drawing up a framework for a potential nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said after the talks in Rome that a US official described as yielding very good progress.

Politico first reported the choice of Anton.

Anton was a spokesman for the White House National Security Council during Trump’s first term from 2017-2021. He also worked for former President George W. Bush’s NSC and is a former BlackRock managing director

Topics: US Iran

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Palestinians create role for a vice president and possible successor to PA leader Abbas

Palestinians create role for a vice president and possible successor to PA leader Abbas
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Palestinians create role for a vice president and possible successor to PA leader Abbas

Palestinians create role for a vice president and possible successor to PA leader Abbas
  • The Central Council voted to create the role of vice chairman of the PLO executive committee
  • Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to choose his vice president from among the other 15 members of the committee
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RAMALLAH, West Bank: The Palestine Liberation Organization on Thursday announced the creation of a vice presidency under 89-year-old leader Mahmoud Abbas, who has not specified a successor.
The PLO Central Council’s decision came as Abbas seeks greater relevance and a role in postwar planning for the Gaza Strip after having been largely sidelined by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
After a two-day meeting, the council voted to create the role of vice chairman of the PLO Executive Committee. This position would also be referred to as the vice president of the State of Palestine, which the Palestinians hope will one day receive full international recognition.
The expectation is that whoever holds that role would be the front-runner to succeed Abbas — though it’s unclear when or exactly how it would be filled. Abbas is to choose his vice president from among the other 15 members of the PLO’s executive committee.
The PLO is the internationally recognized representative of the Palestinian people and oversees the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited autonomy in less than half of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Abbas has led both entities for two decades.
Abbas is still seen internationally as the leader of the Palestinians and a partner in any effort to revive the peace process, which ground to a halt when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to office in 2009.
But the political veteran has clung to power since his mandate expired in 2009 and has not named a successor. Polls in recent years have shown plummeting support for him and his Fatah party.
Western and Arab donor countries have demanded reforms in the Palestinian Authority for it to play a role in postwar Gaza. The authority is deeply unpopular and faces long-standing allegations of corruption and poor governance. Appointing an heir apparent could be aimed at appeasing his critics.
Hamas, which won the last national elections in 2006, is not in the PLO. Hamas seized control of Gaza from Abbas’ forces in 2007, and reconciliation attempts between the rivals have repeatedly failed.
Hamas touched off the war in Gaza when its militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 people hostage. Israel responded with an air and ground campaign that has killed over 51,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

Topics: State of Palestine Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Palestinian Authority (PA) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

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Tunisia mass conspiracy trial ‘marred by violations’: UN rights chief

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  • “The process was marred by violations of fair trial and due process rights, raising serious concerns about political motivations,” Turk said
  • Turk demanded all defendants be guaranteed their full rights
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GENEVA: The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday condemned the conviction of around 40 Tunisian opposition figures, saying their right to a fair trial was violated.
“The process was marred by violations of fair trial and due process rights, raising serious concerns about political motivations,” the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement.
A Tunisian court on Saturday handed down sentences of between 13 and 66 years to defendants accused of “conspiracy against state security” and “belonging to a terrorist group.”
Among those sentenced were vocal critics of President Kais Saied, well-known opposition figures, lawyers and businesspeople, some of them already behind bars, while others have been living in exile.
Lawyers representing the accused and their relatives have denounced the trial as “fabricated” and “unfounded,” and pledged to appeal the rulings.
Turk on Thursday urged “Tunisia to refrain from using broad national security and counterterrorism legislation to silence dissent and curb civic space.”
The arrest of Ahmed Souab, 70, a defense lawyer in the trial charged with terrorism-related offenses over criticism he made of the court, raises concerns for lawyers’ ability to safely represent clients, Turk said.
“Charges must be dropped where there is no sufficient evidence of illegal acts committed,” he said.
Turk demanded all defendants be guaranteed their full rights to due process and a fair trial during the appeal process, while calling for an end to wider political persecution.
Since Saied launched a power grab in the summer of 2021 and assumed total control, rights advocates and opposition figures have decried a rollback of freedoms in the North African country where the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings began.

Topics: Tunisia UN Volker Turk

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Iraqi PM, Jordanian speaker call for unified global action on Gaza

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Updated 24 April 2025
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  • During a meeting at the prime minister’s offices in Baghdad, the pair emphasized the importance of aligning global positions to end the violation of the Palestinian people
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AMMAN: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani and Jordan’s Lower House Speaker Ahmad Al-Safadi on Thursday called for increased international efforts to halt Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip.

During a meeting at the prime minister’s offices in Baghdad, the pair emphasized the importance of aligning global positions to end the violation of the Palestinian people, the Jordan News Agency reported.

They called for a concerted international response and unified regional efforts to restore stability and bolster security.

The officials also reaffirmed their commitment to closer relations between Iraq and Jordan, as well as advancing pan-Arab interests and confronting regional challenges.

Safadi stressed Jordan’s commitment to enhancing ties with Iraq, particularly in the parliamentary and economic spheres, and highlighted the need to broaden cooperation in other sectors to serve mutual interests.

He expressed his pride in the deep-rooted ties between the two countries and their peoples, and reiterated the shared determination to continue engagement on key issues.

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UN Yemen envoy meets Houthi officials in Oman

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UN Yemen envoy meets Houthi officials in Oman

UN Yemen envoy meets Houthi officials in Oman
  • Talks focused on the necessity to stabilize Yemen and 'to allow all Yemenis to live in dignity and prosperity'
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MUSCAT: UN special envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg met Houthi militant officials in Oman on Thursday to discuss “the necessity to stabilize the situation” in the Arabian Peninsula country.
The Houthis form part of Iran’s “axis of resistance” against Israel and the United States, and since the war in Gaza broke out in October 2023, they have repeatedly launched missiles and drones at Israel in what they say is a show of solidarity with the Palestinians.
They have also targeted ships they accuse of having ties to Israel in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, sparking a US-led bombing campaign aimed at securing the key shipping lanes.
In a statement posted on X, Grundberg’s office said he “met today in #Muscat with senior Omani officials, members of Ansar Allah (Houthi) leadership and representatives of the diplomatic community.”
The talks “centered on the necessity to stabilize the situation in #Yemen to allow all Yemenis to live in dignity and prosperity and to address the legitimate concerns of all stakeholders including the region and the international community,” it added.
Grundberg “reiterated his commitment to continue to work toward that goal, as part of his efforts toward sustainable peace in Yemen.”
Since March 15, Israel’s key ally the United States has stepped up its attacks on the Houthis, targeting their positions in Yemen with near-daily air strikes.
The UN envoy’s meetings in Muscat come two days before a third round of indirect talks, mediated by Oman, between top officials from Iran and the United States on the Islamic republic’s nuclear program.
Grundberg’s office said he also raised UN demands for “the immediate and unconditional release of detained UN, NGO, civil society and diplomatic personnel” in Yemen.
In June last year, the Houthis detained 13 UN personnel, including six employees of the Human Rights Office, and more than 50 NGO staff, plus an embassy staff member.
They claimed they had arrested “an American-Israeli spy network” operating under the cover of humanitarian organizations — allegations emphatically rejected by the UN Human Rights Office.

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