The National Development Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French company Bureau Veritas.The signing took place on the sideli...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Ageela Saleh, called today on members of the House to attend an official session.The session will b...

Trump drew parallels to the US's present-day war against Iran, while figures like Abdul El-Sayed called for inclusivity.

Houthis were already able to disrupt shipping - their advance consolidates that power, and exposes government weakness.

The six will face wire fraud and money-laundry charges in the US, South African police say.

Officials say there was a stampede as they fled a fire that engulfed two schools in the eastern rebel-held city of Bukavu.

The Iran-backed Houthis are also reported to have seized Perim - a strategic island on the major shipping route.

The powerful blast registered as the equivalent of a magnitude 4.1 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey.

Israel will not give Greece the source code for air-defence system: Report Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 09/11/2026 - 19:45 After statement from head of missile defence, Israel says it will create a 'Greek source-code' for the billion-dollar system This picture shows a battery of Israel's Iron Dome air defence system deployed near Jerusalem on 15 April 2024 (Menahem Kahana/AFP) Off Israel will not give Greece access to the source code for the command-and-control system of the $3.5bn layered air-defence system it is building for its Mediterranean partner, the head of Israel's Missile Defence Organisation said. Israel’s decision to withhold the code would compromise Greek autonomy over its own air defence system and could raise questions for other customers of Israeli technology, like Gulf states. Greece agreed in August to buy a $3.5bn air defence system from Israel. The agreement is Israel's largest arms export deal.  A current US official told Middle East Eye that Israel plans to “scale up” exports of air-defence systems, with the UAE as its desired buyer. Air defence systems comprise many moving parts, including command-and-control systems, sensors, radar, interceptors, and launchers. The tiered air defence system that Israel has designed is intended to address a variety of threats, from drones to long- and short-range missiles. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Accessing the command-and-control system would allow Greek engineers and technicians to upgrade and maintain the system without relying on Israeli know-how. When the director of the Israeli Missile Defence Organisation, Moshe Patel, was asked by Greek newspaper Kathimerini whether Greece would have access to the code, he said: "No. Because the 'source code' was not included in the licence to use the agreement.” Israel-Greece air defence deal to be 'scaled up' with UAE as contender, sources say Read More » Following that statement, Israel’s defence ministry said it would work with Greece to develop a “Greek source code”, allowing Athens to access the command and control for the various air defence systems. “The Greek source code developed under the programme, together with any modifications and additions to it, will remain under exclusive Greek control and be tailored to Greek operational requirements,” the defence ministry said. But Israel’s reluctance, expressed by the Missile Defence Organisation, is likely to raise questions about the level of Israeli control over the system. In general, countries exporting sophisticated military hardware have kept a technological edge over their systems. For example, the US is widely believed to have a so-called “kill switch” over its fifth-generation F-35 warplane. While the Department of War denies this, the F-35 is grounded in sophisticated American software, data and programmes. Israel’s defence ministry said this is the first time in history it will “supply a complete defence array against a wide range of threats - from ballistic missiles and aerial threats to hostile unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)”. Arms Trade News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

No military solution to conflict in Yemen, Eritrean foreign minister says There is no military solution to the conflict in Yemen, and foreign powers will not be able to “subdue” the Yemeni people, senior officials in Eritrea, the East African country whose waters border Yemen’s in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, told Middle East Eye. “There is no military option in Yemen, which must be given a chance to be peaceful,” Osman Saleh, the foreign minister of Eritrea, told MEE in an exclusive interview from Asmara, Eritrea’s capital. Saleh also told MEE that littoral states must decide how to manage the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, but this was complicated by the fact that Yemen is not united under a cohesive government.  “Yemen is non-existent. The official government has no control. There is no 'Yemen',” he told MEE. Read more: No military solution to conflict in Yemen, Eritrean foreign minister says Eritrean Minister of Foreign Affairs Osman Saleh after the end of the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, on 18 February 2023 (Amanuel Sileshi/AFP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday urged US President Donald Trump to impose new sanctions on Russia over deadly strikes on Ukraine, as Kyiv and Moscow step up attacks and US-led efforts to end the war remain deadlocked. 

In a week that marks 25 years since 9/11, Americans paused to pay tribute. Six bells tolled to signify six fatal moments in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, with a seventh bell rung this year to commemorate those who later died from 9/11-related illnesses.

A 15-year-old boy was rescued by a fishing vessel after surviving for days on a capsized boat in Alaska’s Bering Sea. His brother and cousin, who were also on the boat, did not survive.

NEW YORK CITY: More than 40 countries — spanning the Arab world, Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America — stood with Syria at the UN on Friday as its envoy accused Israel of violating its sovereignty by dispatching top government officials to the summit of Mount Hermon this week. Ibrahim Olabi, Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, warned that continuing Israeli incursions threatened to unravel the country’s fragile, post-war recovery. On Sept. 9, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netan

As violence in South Africa continues against immigrants, the Nigerian National Assembly has announced it is banning all official visits to the country.

Almost 1 billion Africans still rely on wood, charcoal and other fuels that produce harmful smoke, according to the International Energy Agency. But across continent, cleaner cooking stoves are being brought into homes by cutting the price of electric and efficient biomass models