This disputed police statements that officers on the Abu Akleh family's behalf prevented rioters from forcibly parading the coffin through the streets of Jerusalem.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Jerusalem clergy: Israeli police 'violently intruded' Abu Akleh's funeral
Egypt to sell off key state companies amid hope of IMF deal
By 2025, Egypt government hopes to see the..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Egypt to sell off key state companies amid hope of IMF deal
Family of Briton Jim Fitton hopeful of his return to UK
The retired geologist, 66, is due before an Iraqi judge accused over artefacts he took as souvenirs..
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Full Article: Family of Briton Jim Fitton hopeful of his return to UK
UAE embarks on new path ‘full of achievements, hopes’: FM Sheikh Abdullah
The United Arab Emirates is embarking on a new path “full of achievements and hopes” under the new leadership of the new President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, said the Gulf country’s foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The foreign minister congratulated Sheikh Mohamed on his appointment in a tweet on Saturday which read: “Nations are built and flourished by the hands of men… My brother, my leader, my master, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, President of UAE... My guardian, we pledge allegiance to you and pledge to listen and obey completely.“Under your leadership, we embark on a new historical path full of achievements and hopes,” he added.On Saturday, the UAE’s Federal Supreme Council elected Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed as President of the UAE, making him the country’s third-ever president.His succession comes after the late President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed passed away on May 13.The UAE has been observing a 40-day mourning period which began on Friday to mark the second president’s death.Read more:UAE President to continue implementing ambitious economic vision for Centennial 2071Biden congratulates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed on being elected UAE presidentSaudi Arabia’s King, Crown Prince congratulate Sheikh Mohamed on UAE Presidency
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: UAE embarks on new path ‘full of achievements, hopes’: FM Sheikh Abdullah
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed meets France’s Macron as world leaders pay respects
The United Arab Emirates' new president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held talks Sunday with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron as world leaders streamed in to Abu Dhabi to pay tribute to his predecessor.Macron, who was re-elected this month, expressed his condolences to Sheikh Mohamed following the death of his half-brother Sheikh Khalifa, who died on Friday following a long illness.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US Vice President Kamala Harris, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog are also expected to arrive in Abu Dhabi, capital of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, on Sunday and Monday.Sheikh Mohamed, Abu Dhabi's long time Crown Prince, was chosen to lead the desert state in a unanimous vote by leaders of the country’s seven emirates on Saturday.The Crown Prince took a leading role after Sheikh Khalifa retreated from public view in 2014, when he had surgery after a stroke. The cause of his death was not announced.Presidents and monarchs from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Oman and Tunisia, and Sudan’s de facto leader, were among a long line of dignitaries to offer their condolences on Saturday.Close ally Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, called to congratulate the new president and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to commend his “dynamic and visionary leadership.”Both Macron and Johnson are making their second visits to Abu Dhabi in recent months. Johnson’s visit in March failed to convince the UAE and Saudi Arabia to pump more oil after Russia's war in Ukraine sent markets into turmoil.The UAE signed a 14-billion-euro contract for 80 Rafale warplanes during Macron’s previous visit in December.UAE relations with the United States have become strained under President Joe Biden, with the two sides at odds over Abu Dhabi’s close ties with Russia and Washington’s reopening of nuclear talks with Iran, long accused by Gulf states of creating regional chaos.The wealthy UAE has emerged as a leader of a reshaped Middle East, forging ties with Israel and joining a war with Saudi Arabia against the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen.Read more:UAE elects Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed as PresidentUAE President to continue implementing ambitious economic vision for Centennial 2071UAE embarks on new path ‘full of achievements, hopes’: FM Sheikh Abdullah
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed meets France’s Macron as world leaders pay respects
Saudi April consumer price index up 2.3 percent: Govt data
Saudi Arabia’s consumer price index rose 2.3 percent from a year earlier in April, fueled by higher prices of transport, and food and beverages, government data showed on Sunday.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Transport prices increased by 4.6 percent, while food and beverages prices rose 4.3 percent, the data showed.Compared to March 2022, consumer prices increased by 0.4 percent, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Statistics said in a statement. Read more: Saudi Arabia executes three men guilty of terrorism chargesSaudi Arabia’s King, Crown Prince congratulate Sheikh Mohamed on UAE PresidencySaudi Arabia’s King, Crown Prince mourn death of UAE’s Sheikh Khalifa
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Saudi April consumer price index up 2.3 percent: Govt data
UN rights chief criticizes Israeli attack on mourners during Abu Akleh’s funeral
The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, in a statement criticized the Israeli police attack against mourners during the funeral of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday.“I am following with deep distress events in the occupied West Bank, including in East Jerusalem. Footage of Israeli police attacking mourners at the funeral procession of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in East Jerusalem on Friday 13 May was shocking. Reports indicate that at least 33 people were injured,” she said.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Israeli forces stormed a Jerusalem hospital grounds Friday as the coffin containing the body of a Abu Akleh emerged ahead of burial, with police saying they acted against people “disrupting the public order,” AFP reported. TV images showed the Al Jazeera reporter’s coffin nearly falling to the ground as police grabbed Palestinian flags from the crowd around the procession outside Saint Joseph’s hospital in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.Bachelet deemed the Israeli police’s use of force at the time unnecessary and called for a transparent and prompt investigation into the matter.“The Israeli use of force, which was being filmed and broadcast live, appeared to be unnecessary and must be promptly and transparently investigated,” the UN rights chief said.“There must be accountability for the terrible killing not just of Shireen Abu Akleh but for all the killings and serious injuries in the occupied Palestinian territory,” she adding, highlighting that international law required a “prompt, transparent, independent, and impartial investigation” into the use of force that results in injury or death. “As I have called for many times before, there must be appropriate investigations into the actions of Israeli security forces. Anyone found responsible should be held to account with penal and disciplinary sanctions commensurate to the gravity of the violation,” said Bachelet.“This culture of impunity must end now.”Since the beginning of 2022, around 48 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli security forces, she explained, and commemorated the death of Walid al-Sharif, a young Palestinian man who succumbed to the serious injuries he sustained at the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound at the hands of Israeli forces.Read more:Violence erupts as Shireen Abu Akleh’s coffin emerges from Jerusalem hospitalIsrael police to investigate conduct at journalist funeralUS Sec Blinken offers support to family of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: UN rights chief criticizes Israeli attack on mourners during Abu Akleh’s funeral
Three children, three soldiers killed in Pakistan suicide blast
A suicide bomber killed three children and three soldiers in an attack on a military vehicle in Pakistan’s restive northwestern region bordering Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The mountainous frontier separating Pakistan and Afghanistan has long been a hive of militant activity, with fighters using the porous border to escape state security forces.On Saturday evening a suicide bomber detonated in a small market near Miran Shah in North Waziristan, just 26 kilometers (16 miles) southeast of Afghanistan.Pakistan’s army said three children aged between four and 11 years-old were killed in the “suicide blast” alongside three soldiers in the heavily militarized area.“The bomber came by foot and blew himself up when a vehicle of security forces passed by,” a local government official told AFP on condition of anonymity.Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said that “murderers of innocent children are enemies of humanity and Islam”.“We will not sit in peace until we hunt down these barbarians and those who patronize them,” he added in a statement.The attack has not yet been claimed by any militant groups.The Pakistani Taliban -- Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) -- has a long history of plotting strikes in the region.The group is responsible for some of the bloodiest chapters of recent Pakistani history.But after a brutal massacre of nearly 150 schoolchildren in Peshawar, a 2014 military offensive crushed the movement and drove its remaining members over the border into Afghanistan.Since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in Kabul, Islamabad has increasingly complained that it is offering safe haven to militants staging attacks on its side of the border.However, Saturday’s blast came in the midst of a ceasefire to facilitate peace talks.In a letter, TTP leadership had warned fighters “not to violate the decision taken by the central command.”Separately on Sunday, police said that two Sikh shopkeepers were shot dead by two gunmen riding a motorbike in the northwestern city of Peshawar, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the Afghan border.Local police chief Muhammad Ijaz Khan told AFP that “both the men died on the spot and the gunmen escaped from the scene.”Read more: Kuwait seeks to invest $750 million in Pakistan projectsSaudi to extend oil loan to Pakistan, discussing dollar depositsNewly-elected Pakistan PM praises Saudi Arabia ahead of official visit
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Three children, three soldiers killed in Pakistan suicide blast
Africa’s Stolen Art Debate Is Frozen in Time
Europe’s arguments against restitution have ignored the legitimate claims of African scholars and governments for 50 years..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Africa’s Stolen Art Debate Is Frozen in Time
Qatar's Amir meets with top officials in diplomatic tour
Iran's foreign minister delivered a plaque of honour for the late Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh to his Qatari counterpart, to give to her family members in Palestine..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Qatar's Amir meets with top officials in diplomatic tour