Middle East Experience

Abu Dhabi Chamber reports 17 percent rise in German business membership as UAE-Germany trade tops $13.8bn
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Abu Dhabi Chamber reports 17% rise in German business membership as UAE-Germany trade tops .8bn

UAE launches AI-powered HR Assistant to serve 50,000 federal employees, automating 80 per cent of services and saving 170,000 work hours annually
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: UAE rolls out AI-powered HR Assistant to serve 50,000 federal employees

By Michael HoldenLONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry's foundation is to donate $500,000 to projects including the World Health Organisation to help develop prosthetics and provide other support for children from Gaza and Ukraine, his office said on Wednesday. The announcement came on the third day of the prince's visit to Britain as Harry visited the Centre for Injury Studies (CIS), part of Imperial College London, to learn more about its work, especially its focus on injuries suffered by children and those sustained in natural disasters.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Prince Harry donates 0,000 to help wounded children in Ukraine and Gaza

By Andrew Mills, Rachna Uppal and Yousef SabaDOHA (Reuters) -Israel's strikes targeting Hamas in Doha, hot on the heels of an Iranian hit on a U.S. base in the Gulf nation in June, could shake Qatar's image as a stable business hub as it seeks to balance commercial goals with global diplomatic ambitions.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Qatar, in the firing line again, tries to balance diplomatic and business ambitions

Israeli air strikes on Huthi-held Yemen killed nine people and wounded more than 100 on Wednesday, the Iran-backed rebels said, days after their prime minister and half the cabinet died in a major attack.The Huthi armed forces' media operation in Sanaa, the rebel-held capital, was hit in the attacks, along with a Huthi complex in Jawf province, the group said.Israel has launched repeated attacks on Huthi targets during the Gaza war, as the Iran-backed rebels fire missiles and drones at Israel and Red Sea shipping, claiming solidarity with the Palestinian cause.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Nine dead in Israeli strikes on rebel-held Yemen

By Andrew MacAskill and William JamesLONDON (Reuters) -Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived for talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Downing Street on Wednesday in what is likely to be a tense meeting, with both leaders planning to criticise each other country's recent behaviour. The meeting comes a day after Israel expanded its attacks on Hamas by launching an airstrike aimed at killing the Islamist group's political leaders in Qatar, a British ally in the Middle East, which Starmer condemned.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: UK PM Starmer hosts Israeli president for tense talks over Gaza and Qatar attack

By David LjunggrenOTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada is evaluating its relationship with Israel after the attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, foreign minister Anita Anand said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of unhappiness with the Israeli government.Anand reiterated that Canada considered the attack to be unacceptable, especially given Qatari attempts to facilitate peace in the Middle East.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Canada is evaluating ties with Israel after Qatar attack, foreign minister says

Lapid discussed the need to create a new organization of "democratic nations", while he pointed out the bias that exists towards Israel currently in the UN.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Lapid calls UN's treatment of Israel a 'diplomatic equivalent of a psychotic episode'

Herzog's office warned that recognizing a Palestinian state at this time would "constitute a reward for terror" and undermine efforts to release the hostages and end the war in Gaza. 
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Herzog to meet UK's Starmer, warns Britain against Palestinian statehood recognition

Harry and Meghan announced $500K in grants to help child amputees in Gaza and Ukraine, funding WHO evacuations, prosthetics research, and humanitarian aid.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Prince Harry donates 0,000 to help wounded children in Ukraine and Gaza