Pavilion will showcase country’s vast opportunities in tourism, commerce and investment sectors..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Expo 2020 Dubai: Pakistan pavilion to showcase world’s 1st recorded civilisation
Lebanon sliding into abyss as Bassil hammers Berri's initiative
With top leaders not talking to each other and with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s Cabinet initiative dealt a heavy blow Sunday from MP Gebran Bassil, Lebanon risked descending into the abyss as a result of a political stalemate that has defied local, regional and foreign mediation efforts to break it in a country facing total economic collapse..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Lebanon sliding into abyss as Bassil hammers Berri's initiative
Bipartisan Senate bill seek to establish US-Israel AI research center
Senator Blackburn said that “countering China’s increasing Artificial Intelligence advancement and destabilizing presence is essential for global security.”
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Bipartisan Senate bill seek to establish US-Israel AI research center
Decision to investigate Meron tragedy took too long – editorial
Men and boys found themselves compressed into this tiny space with more people filing into the walkway from the rear, unaware of what was happening further down and trapping those already inside.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Decision to investigate Meron tragedy took too long - editorial
Bennett: Iran ‘regime of executioners’ can’t get the bomb
“A regime of executioners cannot have weapons of mass destruction,” the prime minister stated.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Bennett: Iran ‘regime of executioners’ can’t get the bomb
Michaeli says public transport on Shabbat part of broader vision
Ultra-Orthodox MKs pan idea, describing it as ‘desecration’ of the day of rest.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Michaeli says public transport on Shabbat part of broader vision
Health Ministry waffles on isolation for vaccinated people in contact with COVID carrier at event
Daily cases highest in a month • At least a dozen teachers at a special-needs school have tested positive, including 10 who were vaccinated, ‘Post’ learns
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Health Ministry waffles on isolation for vaccinated people in contact with COVID carrier at event
Participation in Israeli coalition government opens new chapter for Arab parties
Muslim Ra’am under Mansour Abbas made history June 13, becoming the first Arab party ever to be part of the coalition and government.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Participation in Israeli coalition government opens new chapter for Arab parties
Iran reaches broad agreement with US over lifting of energy sanctions
Iran said it has reached a broad agreement with the US over the lifting of sanctions on its industrial sectors, including energy, but warned there was “very little” time left for world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, didn’t give more detail on the potential easing of trade restrictions, which have all but prevented the Islamic Republic from exporting oil and battered its economy. The landmark accord was being delayed because there are still sticking points, he told reporters in Tehran on Monday.Oil markets are closely watching the negotiations, which are taking place in Vienna, for any clues as to when the OPEC member will be able to resume crude sales and how quickly Washington will allow it to ramp up production.“Some minute technical, political, legal and practical issues remain,” Khatibzadeh said. “No task was impossible for negotiators and there’s no impasse,” he said.Brent crude rose 1 percent to $73.43 a barrel at 8:50 a.m. in London, extending its gain this year to 42 percent. Traders have pushed back their estimates for Iran’s oil comeback as the talks drag on.World powers are trying to revive the 2015 agreement that the US abandoned three years ago. It restricted Tehran’s atomic activities in return for sanctions relief.On Saturday, Iran’s lead envoy in Vienna, Abbas Araghchi, said a deal was unlikely before presidential elections in his country this Friday.President Hassan Rouhani -- who negotiated the original deal in 2015 -- is due to leave office in August after serving two terms. He is widely expected to be replaced by Ebrahim Raisi, a cleric generally seen as hostile to engaging with the US.Still, a government spokesman said last week that the decision to try to resuscitate the accord was made by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and won’t be affected by Rouhani’s departure.Read more:US drops sanctions on Iranian oil executives in ‘routine step’What does the West want from the Middle East?Iran candidate warns against ultraconservative election
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Iran reaches broad agreement with US over lifting of energy sanctions
Egypt, Sudan increase pressure on Ethiopia over Nile dam crisis
Egypt has written to the UN Security Council denouncing Ethiopia’s plan to move ahead with the second filling of its controversial dam on the Blue Nile, as international diplomacy builds to resume negotiations to solve the decadelong dispute between the Nile Basin countries.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt, Sudan increase pressure on Ethiopia over Nile dam crisis