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Battle lines drawn over coal at UN climate talks

BONN - Emirats Voice

A score of mostly wealthy nations banded together at UN climate talks Thursday to swear off coal-fired power, a key driver of global warming and air pollution. To cap global warming at "well under" two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) -- the planet-saving target in the 196-nation Paris Agreement -- coal must be phased out in developed countries by 2030,Read more

Dubai salesmen illegally avail Dh463,000 telecom services

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

A Pakistani man, currently on the run, was working at a company that was in a contractual agreement with a telecom provider, when he allegedly abused his post and fraudulently availed for himself and for others Dh188,720 worth of services. The ex-employee has been charged in absentia for wrongfully using his privilege access to the e-system to forge as manyRead more

Deal reached over Turkish forces’

Baghdad - Arab Today

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi said on Saturday an agreement had been reached with Turkey over an Iraqi demand that Turkish forces withdraw from a town near Mosul in the north of the country, Iraqi state TV reported. Abadi met his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim in Baghdad. State television did not provide further details about the agreement over the townRead more

Kuwait and Egypt sign Judicial Cooperation Agreement

Cairo - Arab Today

Kuwait and Egypt yesterday signed a Legal and Judicial Cooperation Agreement, which includes several civil and commercial materials, personal status materials, and the transfer of sentenced persons in a deprivation of liberty sanctions. According to the Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, the agreement was signed by Dr. Faleh Al-Azb, Kuwait's Minister of Justice and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs,Read more

UN special envoy to Yemen arrives in Aden

Aden - Arab Today

The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrived in the temporary capital Aden, where he will meet with President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. Cheikh Ahmed will receive an answer from the government on his roadmap. The UN envoy said earlier that he will visit Riyadh and Kuwait to discuss a new tour to start a roundRead more

Court upholds ruling invalidating Tiran & Sanafir islands deal

Cairo - Arab Today

The State Council's Administrative Court upheld on Tuesday a court ruling that was issued in June to annul a maritime demarcation deal that transfers the sovereignty of Tiran and Sanafir islands from Egypt to Saudi Arabia. The agreement was signed by Egypt and Saudi Arabia in April. The court, under Counselor Bakhit Ismail, rejected an appeal filed by the StateRead more

Egypt imports 75,000 tons of Indian rice

Cairo - MENA

The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) on Thursday entered into an agreement to import 75,000 tons of Indian rice. GASC, in its capacity as an affiliate of the Ministry Of Supply and Internal Trading, concluded the agreement after holding an international purchase tender.Read more

Administrative court to reach verdict in Tiran, Sanafir case Nov. 8

Cairo - Arab Today

The administrative court has set for November 8 the ruling session in a lawsuit challenging the implementation of a previous verdict annulling the demarcation of maritime borders between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Signed in April, the demarcation agreement had stipulated that Tiran and Sanafir islands were under the Saudi sovereignty. Lawyer Khaled Aly and others have been pressing for theRead more

OIC Rejects Houthis, Saleh's Allies Agreement to Form Political Council in Yemen

Jeddah - Arab Today

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its rejection of the Agreement reached between the Houthis and the allies of Ali Abdullah Saleh to form a political council in the Republic of Yemen. This agreement is considered as a violation of Security Council Resolution No. 2216 and conflicts with the regional and international efforts to achieve a political solution toRead more