Masdar and UAE partners move to deliver round-the-clock renewable energy for Uzbekistan A major step toward always-on clean electricity is taking shape in Central Asia. Masdar, alongside UAE partners, has signed a new agreement with Uzbekistan Ministry of Energy to explore a gigascale, round-the-clock renewable energy project that could transform
WASHINGTON — What began as a modest United Nations mechanism to stabilize Gaza has been transformed into one of the most audacious experiments in global diplomacy in decades. President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace is now less about postwar reconstruction and more about who gets to define the future
Oman floating factory operations have formally begun with the launch of a high-tech vessel designed to catch, process, and freeze fish directly at sea, marking a shift in how the Sultanate develops its fisheries sector under Oman Vision 2040. The project, led by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water
LONDON — The global effort to put a price on maritime emissions has run aground once again. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) voted to delay by one year a decision on a carbon pricing mechanism for shipping, following sustained pressure from the United States and Saudi Arabia and support from
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, for one final year before beginning a phased withdrawal. The decision, which gives the Lebanese government until the end of 2026 to assume full security control,
Sanaa, August 31, 2025 — A humanitarian crisis deepened in Yemen this weekend as armed forces raided the offices of several United Nations agencies in the capital, detaining at least eleven aid workers. The staff, drawn from agencies including the World Food Programme and UNICEF, were taken from their posts
