Dubai / WAM The Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Tom de Bruijn, arrived in the UAE on Tuesday, leading a 50 Dutch company representatives. The minister wants to “make new partners for solving global challenges and deepen relations with existing partners in the UAE and broader Gulf region,” a press release by the Consulate General of the ...

Two and a half months since the fall of Kabul, the international community has yet to figure out how to stop Afghanistan’s new masters from imposing harsh restrictions on women’s freedoms. Yet one shift in the way negotiators handle their dealings with the Taliban would go a long way toward holding the regime accountable. Having promised to make the Taliban ...

“I don’t even know what is going on,” President Vladimir Putin complained to ministers last month, exasperated that even “well-educated people, with higher degrees” continue to refuse Russia’s Covid-19 vaccination. “Why wait for the disease and its severe consequences?” For an administration obsessed with demographics, scientific reputation and global status, the blow has been devastating. With far too few citizens ...