Middle East Experience

Emirates SkyCargo customers in the UAE can now process payments through credit card or direct debit
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: PayCargo launches new digital payment platform in UAE with Emirates SkyCargo partnership

Acquired by IQ-EQ on Wednesday, Gordion has assets under management of $17bn, with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Asia’s largest institutional fund platform Gordian Capital plans move to Dubai

The new signature sound forms part of the Qatar Airways' evolving brand identity
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Qatar Airways partners with Hans Zimmer to create new airline sonic identity

Iraq agreed to move Iranian Kurdish groups farther from the border in 2023, but some clashes have occurred since then.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: 2 Iranian border guards killed in Kurdistan province: What to know

By Julien PretotDIEULEFIT, France (Reuters) -Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists waved flags and unfurled banners on Wednesday as the Tour de France peloton rode through Dieulefit, a southeastern French town honoured as a "Town of the Just" for sheltering Jewish people during World War Two.A house was draped with Palestinian flags and protesters waved dozens more by the roadside. Cries of "Free Palestine" echoed through the town, as the riders cycled through. One banner read "Affamer c’est tuer", meaning "Starving is killing".
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Cycling-Activists protest over Gaza during Tour de France, call for Israeli team to be barred

(Reuters) -Israel's President Isaac Herzog visited the Gaza strip on Wednesday and told soldiers that there were "intensive negotiations" about returning the hostages in Gaza, adding that he hopes that they will soon "hear good news", a statement from the president's spokesperson reported. (Reporting by Charlotte Greenfield, writing by Yomna Ehab, Editing by William Maclean)
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israeli president visits Gaza, speaks of 'intensive' talks on hostages

Sitting near a poster of Che Guevara inside his French prison cell before his release this week, pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah said the "struggle" kept him going during his four decades behind bars.A court last week ordered the 74-year-old -- who was jailed over the 1982 killings of two foreign diplomats in Paris -- be released from the Lannemezan prison in southern France on Friday.Abdallah is one of the longest-serving prisoners in France, where most convicts with life sentences are freed after less than 30 years.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Lebanese militant says 'struggle' helped him endure French prison

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's delegation for a third round of peace talks with Russia has arrived in Istanbul, Ukraine's public broadcaster Suspilne reported on Wednesday, citing the foreign ministry spokesperson. (Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, writing by Max Hunder, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Ukraine's delegation arrives in Istanbul for talks, broadcaster reports

"It is clear that everything you do is aimed at protecting the citizens of Israel, protecting the communities in the Gaza envelope, and protecting the entire country," Herzog said.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: President Herzog makes inaugural visit to reservists in Gaza

Bismuth's designation as the new chairman for the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee sparked a heated reaction from the opposition, who called it a "back stab to the IDF troops and reservists".
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 'A stab in the back to IDF troops': Opposition decries Bismuth appt