An oil tanker wanted by the United States for allegedly evading sanctions against Iran was hijacked on July 5 off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a seafarers’ organization said on Wednesday. Satellite photos showed the ship in Iranian waters on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear what happened …
Read More »High court of the UN backs Qatar in a row of air blockade with neighbors | News
The International Court of Justice, tThe highest UN court has backed Qatar in a dispute with four neighbors that imposed an air blockade on Doha more than three years ago. The Hague-based ICJ on Tuesday rejected the appeal by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) against …
Read More »UAE targets Mars with ambitious mission “Hope”: the first of 3 Mars launches scheduled for this month
The first of three internationals missions to Mars It launches on Tuesday when a Japanese H-2A rocket powers a UAE spacecraft known as “Hope” in space for a seven-month trip to the red planet. It will be the first interplanetary mission ever attempted by an Arab nation. A little more …
Read More »Here we come with a fleet of spaceships
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth – in a big way. Three countries, the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates, are sending unmanned spacecraft to the red planet in rapid succession starting this week, in the largest effort yet to …
Read More »German prosecutors arrest Wirecard’s Dubai unit chief
BERLIN / FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German prosecutors said on Monday they had arrested the head of a Dubai-based Wirecard subsidiary, widening the circle of suspects in a multi-million dollar fraud investigation into the collapse of the payment company. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of outsourcing …
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