Middle East Experience

Dubai Ruler and Prime Minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Deputy Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum have led congratulations to Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan after he was named the new President of the UAE on Saturday.The official announcement was made following a meeting in Abu Dhabi of the Rulers of the seven emirates, making Sheikh Mohamed the country’s third-ever president following the death of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.In a tweet, Sheikh Mohammed said: “Today, the Federal Supreme Council elected my brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as the President of the State.“We congratulate him, and we pledge allegiance to him, and our people pledge allegiance to him.”Deputy Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum also sent his congratulations, posting on Twitter: “We congratulate the UAE on electing...His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as Head of State, and we ask God for his success."He is the best successor to the best predecessor, and we pledge his loyalty to the nation and its president, and to do and be sincere in the service of the Uae and its people under his rule and leadership.”The late UAE President Sheikh Khalifa was laid to rest in al-Bateen cemetery in Abu Dhabi, state news agency (WAM) reported on Friday.Prior to his burial, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and members of the Al Nahyan family performed funeral prayers at Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed the First Mosque in Abu Dhabi.Read more:UAE elects Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed as PresidentFrench President Macron to visit UAE to mourn death of Sheikh Khalifa‘His legacy will live on,’ world leaders pay tribute to UAE’s Sheikh Khalifa
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: UAE leaders congratulate Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed as new president

World leaders and foreign diplomats have announced plans to visit the UAE to pay in-person tributes to the UAE’s late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.The second-ever President of the UAE died on Friday, with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan announced as his successor on Saturday.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.French President Emmanuel Macron is among those to have announced a trip to the United Arab Emirates to display his support for the ruling family, with whom France holds business and military ties.Macron will travel to the UAE on Sunday, his administration said in a statement, to pay tribute to Sheikh Khalifa, who died on Friday, and “express his support to his brother Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and the rest of the family, and the entire Emirian people.”Jordan's King Abdullah II, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and other regional leaders are travelling to the UAE to offer their condolences on the death of the President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed.Jordan's Petra news agency said King Abdullah II, who was on a working visit to the United States, left Washington for the UAE on Friday after the death of Sheikh Khalifa was announced.Abdel Fattah El Sisi left Cairo for the UAE on Saturday, spokesman Bassam Rady said on the Egyptian Presidency's Facebook page.Tunisian President Kais Saeed also left Carthage Airport in the capital, Tunis, on Saturday for the Emirates to offer his condolences.Pakistan’s Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday will visit the UAE to express his sympathies to the ruling family, according to the country’s local media.In an official statement, Maldivian’s President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has announced he will travel to the UAE on Sunday to convey his condolences and sympathies.The Maldives is along the countries which are observing a three-day mourning following the death of the late president.Other leaders are also expected in Abu Dhabi to express their condolences over the passing of Sheikh Khalifa, who was laid to rest on Friday evening in the UAE capital.Sheikh Khalifa, who served as the president of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi since November 3, 2004, died at the age of 73.Read more:Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed: UAE ‘lost its righteous son’ following Sheikh Khalifa deathFrom childhood in Al Ain to revered leader: Sheikh Khalifa’s path to UAE presidencyLate UAE president laid to rest in Abu Dhabi cemetery
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: World leaders to visit UAE to pay tribute to the late Sheikh Khalifa

Television footage showed pallbearers struggling to stop Abu Akleh’s casket from falling to the ground as baton-wielding police charged towards them..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Outcry after Israel police beat pallbearers at journalist funeral

Sheikh Mohamed was elected by the Federal Supreme Council, becoming the ruler of the country founded by his father in 1971..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: UAE federal council elects Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed as president

Egypt FM , who also serves as COP27 president, called on all countries to submit their new targets and urged stronger action to stop climate change..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Egypt to issue new climate targets ahead of UN summit

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman congratulated Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed on his election as the President of the UAE, Al Arabiya reported on Saturday.The Saudi leadership said they look forward to stregthening ties and boosting the relationship between the two countries, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The UAE’s Federal Supreme Council has elected Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the President of the UAE, the Emirates News Agency WAM reported on Saturday.It makes 61-year-old Sheikh Mohamed the third President of the UAE.It comes after the late President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan died Friday.The UAE is observing a 40-day mourning period which will see businesses shut across the country and entertainment halted in the late President’s honor. Flags are flying at half mast.Read more:World leaders to visit UAE to pay tribute to the late Sheikh KhalifaUAE leaders congratulate Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed as new presidentUAE elects Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed as President
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Saudi Arabia’s King, Crown Prince congratulate Sheikh Mohamed on UAE Presidency

There were scattered protests in a number of cities, in which crowds chanted slogans against soaring prices and some shops were set on fire..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Soaring prices spark unprecedented anger in Iran

It was not clear if President Joe Biden would be among world leaders heading to Abu Dhabi to offer condolences following Sheikh Khalifa's death.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed named new president

‘Shababnikim’ stars, known as ‘The New Black,’ dish about making the hit show.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Stars of ‘Shababnikim’: The haredi heartthrob and hilarious headmaster

The Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer is one of the big names at this year’s Writers Festival.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Joshua Cohen takes on ‘The Netanyahus’ in Pulitzer-winning work