By Steve Sweeney US President Joe Biden’s so-called Summit of the Americas has been branded “a neoliberal failure” after some regional leaders refused to attend over his exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. The leaders of Bolivia, Honduras and Guatemala are boycotting the week-long event, which opened in Los Angeles on Monday. Some are sending […]
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By K Raveendran The Narendra Modi government might in all probability be able to bring the friendly Arab governments round to softening their initial response to what they consider to be the most sacrilegious remark by BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammed. The government has already intensified the firefighting, with special efforts being made to explain […]
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A Kuwaiti supermarket pulled Indian products from its shelves even as Iran became the latest Middle Eastern country to summon the Indian ambassador as a row grew on Monday over a BJP official’s remarks about the Prophet Mohammed. Workers at the Al-Ardiya Co-Operative Society store piled Indian tea and other products into trolleys in a […]
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Delhi Police has registered a case on a complaint by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in which she has alleged that she is receiving death threats over her remark on Prophet Muhammad. Ms Sharma was yesterday suspended by the BJP after her remarks during a TV show sparked a row and drew a massive backlash […]
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By Sushil Kutty Finally, much to the delight of millions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not the Invincible! Little Qatar in the Gulf brought the Modi Government to its knees even as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and Iran weighed in. Modi’s ‘Arabian Nights’ stands curtailed because Modi is no Xi Jinping. Also, the BJP’s ‘Naya […]
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Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia have condemned remarks on Prophet Muhammad made by two BJP leaders that were described as “Islamophobic”. The controversy erupted amid Vice President Venkaiah Naidu tour of Qatar in a bid to bolster trade. Saudi Arabia described BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s comments as “insulting” and called for “respect for beliefs and […]
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Under the Sponsorship of Abu Dhabi Police, Aramco & Saudi Electricity Company Two Strategic partnership agreements were signed with Emirates Health Services (EHS) and The Kurdistan Agency for Normalization DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – African Media Agency – 1 June 2022 – EFQM concluded the first edition of its Middle East Summit “ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST THROUGH TRANSFORMATION.” at the Grand Hyatt hotel […]
By K Raveendran The world believes that the success of western sanctions against Putin’s Russia depends on just two countries: India and China. On the face of it, it would appear to be a straightforward positioning. For, much of the Russian oil that has been made redundant by the sanctions is expected to flow to […]
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By James M Dorsey For now, Ukraine is the far from my bed show for most Middle Eastern nations. The question is not if but when Ukraine will arrive on their doorstep. Two centrifugal forces threaten to push Middle Eastern nations off the tightrope: an increasingly bifurcated world populated by a multitude of civilisationalist leaders […]
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The United Arab Emirates is an Islamic country in the Islamic Arabian Peninsula and neighbour to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the very birthplace of Islam. However, it has a polyglot, multi-faith population of 200 nationalities. Try going to Yas Island, the adventure and leisure park in the UAE’s capital city of Abu Dhabi, and you’ll see Bangladeshis, Indians, Nepalese, and British people, among others, peacefully working […]
By Nitya Chakraborty The announcement made in Tokyo on Monday by the United States President Joe Biden about the formation of a new economic block named Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) has signalled the arrival of a new economic arrangement in the India-Pacific region to counter growing influence of China. This block of 13 […]
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Jeddah: Following the re-outbreak of Covid-19 and the rapid surge in the number of daily Covid infections over the past few weeks, Saudi Arabia has banned its citizens from traveling to sixteen countries, including India. The sixteen countries where the citizens of Saudi Arabia are banned to travel apart from India include Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, […]
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UAE is aggressively amplifying its Digital Transformation, by incorporating a fruitful, long-term Digital Landscape, fostering technology growth, across the region. Not only that, the consumers in UAE have adapted to the Digital Landscape to an extent that their main Payment Mechanism, is through Digital Payment Gateways. Digital Payment ways are now the go-to in the region, and there’s no going back, given how much the Fintech Sector […]
James M Dorsey Amid speculation about a reduced US military commitment to security in the Middle East, Turkey has spotlighted the region’s ability to act as a disruptive force if its interests are neglected. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set off alarm bells this week, declaring that he was not “positive” about possible Finnish and […]
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Arabian Post Staff S&P Global Ratings believes GCC banks’ exposure to cyber risk is manageable, assuming they continue to invest in cyber security and proactively manage risk, taking into consideration the evolving nature of threats. It notes that GCC banks have reported only a handful of digital breaches and cyberattacks over the past decade. While some might have gone unreported, it is likely these were minor incidents […]
