Day: July 12, 2022

Russia seeks Iran drones after losses in Ukraine: White House

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Washington (AFP) – A senior US official said Tuesday that Russia’s plan to acquire hundreds of combat drones from Iran shows its urgent need to reinforce due to heavy losses four months after invading Ukraine. John Kirby, a spokesman for the national security council, said the deal, revealed by the White House on Monday, also shows Iran’s willingness to support Moscow’s war on Ukraine. But he said supply the drones would not necessarily affect US ongoing attempts to negotiate a return to the 2015 six-party deal to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons. “We continue to want to see a nu…

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Saudi opposition demands investigation into al-Yami’s murder

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A Saudi opposition group, the National Assembly Party (NAAS), has called for an independent investigation into the murder of its founder, Manea al-Yami, who was killed in his home in Beirut on Sunday. The Lebanese authorities have been mostly silent about details surrounding the murder of al-Yami, but have said his two brothers stabbed him to death following a custody dispute. Al-Yami was reportedly married to the ex-wife of one of his brothers. “We are calling for a transparent, independent investigation into his death,” Abdullah Alaoudh, the Secretary-General of NAAS and director for the Gul…

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RAJANT AND EPIROC ANNOUNCE VALIDATION FOR SEMI-AUTONOMOUS AND AUTONOMOUS SURFACE DRILLING GLOBALLY

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Enablement of M2M Wireless Connectivity and Mobility With Rajant Kinetic Mesh Malvern, Pennsylvania (USA), July 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, and Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, announce successful validation for both semi-autonomous and autonomous drilling. As part of the […]

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Torture in the UAE ‘widespread and often unpunished’

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Survivors of torture at the hands of UAE security forces gave gut-wrenching and chilling personal accounts at a press conference in Geneva on Monday, ahead of the latest session for the UN Committee Against Torture. The press conference, held online and at the Geneva Press Club, followed a report jointly authored by MENA Rights Group and the Emirates Detainees Advocacy Center (EDAC), published late last month and submitted to the UN committee, which found that “torture is widespread in the country and often goes unpunished”. At its session in Geneva taking place from 12-29 July, the UN Committ…

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What to expect from Biden’s trip to the Middle East

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While the global public is closely watching how US President Joe Biden’s Middle East visit will shape and define his administration’s policies in the region, his domestic political position ahead of the US midterm elections is weakening. After meeting with Israeli and Palestinian officials, the US president will travel to the Saudi city of Jeddah this week, where he will attend the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit. While his ambitious agenda includes bringing down sky-rocketing oil prices and pushing forward normalisation ties with Israel, he will also have to reckon with a broken Israeli…

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