Middle East Experience

European diplomats said on Tuesday they could now get down to business in negotiations on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran but they still did not know if Tehran would resume the talks where they left off in June, when a draft accord was 70-80 percent complete.After a five-month hiatus, diplomats on Monday resumed talks on reviving the pact, which then-US President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018 in a move that infuriated Iran and dismaying the other powers involved - Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Senior British, French and German diplomats, a group known as the E3, told reporters at a briefing there was urgency in reaching a conclusion on reviving the pact but they did not want to impose artificial deadlines.Under the agreement, Iran limited its uranium enrichment program, a process that can yield fissile material for bombs, in return for relief from US, EU and UN economic sanctions.Iran says its nuclear program is for solely peaceful purposes.Whether Iran agrees to resume talks from where they left off in June, with the election of anti-Western hardliner Ebrahim Raisi as Iran’s president, is key because if they are starting from a blank page the talks will presumably take longer.Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani took an ambiguous stance, suggesting that everything negotiated during the six rounds of talks between April and June remained open for discussion.“What was discussed at the six previous rounds of talks in Vienna resulted in a draft and not an agreement. And a draft is subject to negotiations,” Bagheri Kani told reporters.“Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. So all the issues concluded in the previous rounds of talks can be negotiated and it was agreed by all parties to the deal.”Read more: Macron urges Iran’s Raisi to respect nuclear obligations ‘without delay’
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: European diplomats unsure if Iran talks to resume where ended in June

10Bis did a survey of falafel in cities around the world and compile a top-10 list.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Where to eat the best falafel in the world

There was a prior Knesset law authorizing Shin Bet tracking of the coronavirus, but it expired this past July.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Gov’t privacy authority questions need for Shin Bet to track Omicron

A senior Emirati official said on Tuesday the United Arab Emirates would soon send a delegation to Iran as part of efforts to improve ties with rival Tehran and that Abu Dhabi was keeping its Gulf allies in the loop.“The sooner the better,” Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, told reporters when asked when a UAE delegation would hold talks in Tehran.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“There is a recognition by the Iranians to rebuild bridges with the Gulf. We are picking that up positively,” he said, adding that Abu Dhabi still shared concerns about Iran’s regional activities.Read more: Iran chief negotiator meets senior officials in UAE: WAM
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: UAE to send delegation to Iran soon, says senior Emirati official

Having diversified its economy over the decades, the UAE relies less and less on hydrocarbons, with these revenues now making up only 30 percent of its GDP..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Fifty years after its founding, UAE looks beyond oil

In a trial held in Germany, the man was sentenced to life in prison for the death of the Yazidi girl, whom he allowed to die of thirst in Falluja, Iraq..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: ISIS Fighter Convicted in Death of Enslaved 5-Year-Old Girl

The opening ceremony was held ahead of the Qatar versus Bahrain match on Tuesday..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Qatar kicks off first-ever FIFA Arab Cup with spectacular ceremony at World Cup stadium – Doha News | Qatar

Puren said it was too early to say whether Omicron was displacing Delta in South Africa, since local scientists have only produced 87 sequences of Omicron so far.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Omicron variant could outcompete Delta, disease expert says

Lebanon has no reliable opinion polling but should the election take place, Geagea’s party is widely expected to make gains..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Geagea warns vote delay could condemn Lebanon to ‘slow death’

Ahead of tomorrow’s debate in the Polish parliament on a “stop abortion” bill that seeks to legally equate accessing or providing abortion services with killing under law, Esther Major, Amnesty International’s Senior Research Adviser for Europe, said “The bill seeking to equate abortion with killing is the latest in a wave of cruel and discriminatory ..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Poland: Attempt to equate abortion with killing must be rejected