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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Friday urged Iran to stop treating his country, where Israel and the Tehran-backed Hizbollah are at war, as a "bargaining chip" in its negotiations with Washington on the Middle
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Dubai Police have recorded 4,504 violations for overtaking on the hard shoulder since the start of this year, confirming that this offence is among the most dangerous traffic behaviours that threaten road users and obstruct
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Dubai’s real estate sector continued its strong performance on Friday, recording a series of high-value land and commercial property transactions worth hundreds of millions of dirhams, according to data published by the Dubai REST app.Among
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Abu Dhabi Police, in cooperation with the Monitoring and Control Centre, has released a new awareness video highlighting a number of traffic accidents caused by sudden swerving and motorists' failure to comply with mandatory lane
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The landscape of the Black Sea coast has changed forever. In a major partnership never seen before in the region, three industry giants have come together to launch a stunning three-tower development of massive scale
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French-Algerian DJ and producer, DJ Snake, has released a new music video inspired by Cairo’s streets and Egypt’s mahraganat music scene, a genre that emerged in the capital’s working-class neighbourhoods and blends electronic music, hip-hop,
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The founder of India's satirical online "Cockroach People's Party" said he was flying back to New Delhi on Friday, to take the viral social media campaign to the streets.Abhijeet Dipke, the 30-year-old Boston University graduate
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Last month's drone attack on the UAE's Barakah nuclear plant was a "serious compromise of nuclear safety, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Friday, adding any such attack "is unacceptable, a no-go, taboo." The May 17 attack hit an electricity facility at the plant, risking potentially shutting it down, and IAEA chief Rafael Grossi warned that "attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes are unacceptable". "The strike caused a fire in an electrical generator located outside the inner site perimeter of the NPP (nuclear power plant), prompting the need for emergency generators to provide power," Grossi told an IAEA board meeting in Vienna. The meeting was held at the request of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. During a visit to the plant last Tuesday Grossi said the attack could have interrupted the external power supply. On Friday he hailed the "professionalism and alertness" of the IAEA-trained on-duty team at the site who he said were able to "respond promptly and effectively to the unthinkable: a direct impact caused by a drone with an explosive payload." He said the IAEA would closely support the plant to ensure its safety, having during his visit said that the plant had been the victim of a "very carefully targeted operation" by attackers seeking to cause a major incident. In any case, "the incident was a serious compromise of nuclear safety and undermined several of the IAEA's seven indispensable pillars for ensuring nuclear safety and security during an armed conflict," Grossi said.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested a personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the more than four-year-long conflict.In an open letter carried by Ukrinform, Zelenskyy said the proposal to end the war "must be done honestly, with dignity, and with guarantees that the war will not be reignited". Zelensky said the proposed meeting could take place in a third country that traditionally served as a venue for international negotiations, suggesting Switzerland, Turkiye, or countries of the Arab world. He added that his country was ready to implement a full ceasefire for the duration of the negotiation process, noting that international partners, including the United States, could help monitor compliance with a truce.Yet, Zelenskyy stressed Kyiv would pursue fighting for its existence if Russia rejected the proposal. "If you do not personally come to the conclusion that it is time to end this war, Ukraine will continue fighting for its existence." In response, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia welcomed the idea of a meeting and stated that Zelenskyy could travel to Moscow at any time. However, Peskov noted that President Putin had not yet reviewed the open letter and would be briefed on it soon.The exchange comes as diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict remain stalled. Putin has previously reiterated Moscow's position that any long-term settlement must address what it describes as the "root causes" of the war, including Russia's security concerns.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested a personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the more than four-year-long conflict.In an open letter carried by Ukrinform, Zelenskyy said the proposal to end the war "must be done honestly, with dignity, and with guarantees that the war will not be reignited". Zelensky said the proposed meeting could take place in a third country that traditionally served as a venue for international negotiations, suggesting Switzerland, Turkiye, or countries of the Arab world. He added that his country was ready to implement a full ceasefire for the duration of the negotiation process, noting that international partners, including the United States, could help monitor compliance with a truce. Yet, Zelenskyy stressed Kyiv would pursue fighting for its existence if Russia rejected the proposal. "If you do not personally come to the conclusion that it is time to end this war, Ukraine will continue fighting for its existence." In response, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia welcomed the idea of a meeting and stated that Zelenskyy could travel to Moscow at any time. However, Peskov noted that President Putin had not yet reviewed the open letter and would be briefed on it soon.The exchange comes as diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict remain stalled. Putin has previously reiterated Moscow's position that any long-term settlement must address what it describes as the "root causes" of the war, including Russia's security concerns.
