On live television, heavily armed Israeli soldiers raided Al Jazeera’s occupied West Bank bureau in Ramallah and handed the bureau head, Walid al-Omari, a notice to shut it down. The soldiers ordered everyone working the overnight shift at the bureau to leave, telling them they could take only their personal belongings. What happened and why?…
Egypt’s reported purchase of Chinese fighter jets is a sign of Beijing’s increasing leverage in the Middle East as the region tries to diversify its military procurement to rely less on the United States, analysts have said. According to Bulgarian defence news portal Bulgarian Military, the Egyptian defence ministry reportedly placed its first order for…
Published on Sep 21, 2024 09:46 PM IST US Ambassador to the United Nations, Robert Wood emphasised that a wider conflict in the Middle East is neither inevitable nor desirable, urging all parties to avoid actions that could spark a “devastating war.” He distanced the US from recent incidents in Lebanon, calling for restraint and…
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Lebanon’s leadership warned that the risk of further violence and escalation is extremely high following two days of attacks involving exploding communications devices across the country. The next 48 hours, ministers told CNBC Thursday, will be particularly dangerous. On Tuesday and Wednesday, thousands of communications devices — including pagers and two-way radios — used by…
Hong Kong is zeroing in on rich Middle Eastern investors as it looks for new pools of capital to boost its status as a wealth-management hub. Interest groups in the city have invited more and more guests from the Gulf’s ultra-wealthy clans and family-linked entities over the past two years at a pace unseen before…
Hong Kong must provide a “clear direction” for how it wants to develop its Islamic finance sector before Malaysia can provide the expertise needed to tap into the Middle East market, the country’s envoy to the financial centre has said. In an exclusive interview with the Post, Consul General Muzambli Markam also said Hong Kong…