ABU DHABI / WAM HH Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, attended the latest Majlis Mohamed bin Zayed lecture, titled ‘Navigating the Future: How to Meet the Challenges of Today and Tomorrow’ and delivered by Dr Muhammad Al-Duwaini, Undersecretary of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif. The lecture, which took place at the Sheikh ...

BLOOMBERG Russian President Vladimir Putin said relations between the US and Russia are “experiencing a deep crisis,” as he sought to blame Washington for his invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. American encouragement of “colour revolutions” led to the war in Ukraine, Putin said at a Kremlin ceremony to receive the credentials of 17 new foreign ambassadors including US envoy Lynne Tracy ...

BLOOMBERG Finland selected Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd to provide an air-defense system that will plug a hole in the weaponry of Nato’s newest member at the cost of €316 million ($346 million). A neighbour to Russia with a 1,300-kilometre (800-mile) border, the Nordic country is currently missing high-altitude interception capability after decommissioning the BUK system acquired decades ago from ...