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☆ UAE eyes ‘different architecture’ for a Middle East embroiled in conflict as it strengthens ties with the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The UAE president’s visit to the US “was mostly and almost exclusively about the future,” Gargash said. One of the US’ closest allies in the Middle East and a major recipient of US arms, it hosts 5,000 US military personnel. Wary of being deprived of US technology, the UAE has since abandoned closer cooperation with China in the field of AI and semiconductors in favor of the US. Earlier this year, Abu Dhabi’s state-backed technology firm G42 announced it had agreed not to engage with Chinese companies for advanced technology. He said the two pillars of the UAE’s policy are stability and prosperity.

Persons: Biden, Kamala Harris, Jake Sullivan, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, –, ” Biden, ” Sheikh Mohammed, ” Anwar Gargash, CNN’s Becky Anderson, ” Gargash, Abu, Donald Trump, Abu Dhabi’s, ”, Sheikh Mohamed, Gargash, Abu Dhabi Organizations: Abu Dhabi CNN, United, White, National, USA, UAE, Abu Dhabi, US Air Force, CNN, Biden, Huawei Technologies, Financial Times, NVIDIA, Blackrock, Microsoft, MGX Locations: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Gaza, Lebanon, UAE, trailblazers, United States, Israel, China, Washington, Abu

Ismail Al-Ghoul and his cameraman, Rami Al-Rifi, who lived in the besieged enclave, were killed in an airstrike on their car in the al Shati refugee camp, according to the Qatar-based network. Al-Ghoul was wearing a press flak vest when he was killed, according to his colleague. Israel must stop killing journalists.”Khader Al-Za’anoun of Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, recalled his friendship with the Al Jazeera journalist. Al Jazeera reporters Yousef Al Saudi and Anas Al Sharif could be seen breaking down as they held Al-Ghoul’s bloodied flak jacket. “Our colleague Ismail was wearing this blood-stained vest,” fellow Al Jazeera journalist Yousef Al Saudi said, as he removed the “PRESS” sign from the jacket.

Persons: Al, Ismail Al, Ghoul, Rami Al, Rifi, Ismail Haniyeh, Zeina, ”, “ Zeina, …, ” Al Jazeera, Mohamed Moawad, Ismail, Al Jazeera, Rami, Ayman Abed, Israel, ‘, “, Jodie Ginsberg, ” Khader, Yousef Al Saudi, Anas Al Sharif, Al Sharif, Wadi, “ Ismail Organizations: CNN, ” CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Protect Journalists, Al, Ministry of Health, “ Journalists, International Federation of Journalists, Ahli Baptist, Hospital Locations: Al, Gaza, Qatar, Tehran, Israel, Egypt, ‘ Israel, Wafa, Al Jazeera, Ahli, Gaza City

☆ The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanish
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Raymond Zhong | Jason Gulley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +26 min

The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanish Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. They found that over the past few decades, the islands’ edges had wobbled this way and that, eroding here, building there. No, to understand what really beguiles them about these islands, you need to take a dive into the surrounding sea. Coral reefs Indian Ocean Islands HUVADHOO ATOLL 5 miles Dhigulaabadhoo Coral reefs Indian Ocean Islands HUVADHOO ATOLL 5 miles Dhigulaabadhoo Islands HUVADHOO ATOLL Islands HUVADHOO ATOLL HUVADHOO ATOLL HUVADHOO ATOLL HUVADHOO ATOLL HUVADHOO ATOLL HUVADHOO ATOLL HUVADHOO ATOLL HUVADHOO ATOLL Kandahalagalaa Dhigulaabadhoo HUVADHOO ATOLL Kandahalagalaa Dhigulaabadhoo A map of the Huvadhoo Atoll, a gourd-shaped ring of 241 islands in the southern Maldives. Huvadhoo Atoll is a gourd-shaped ring of 241 islands in the southern Maldives.

Persons: ” Charles Darwin, Darwin, bode, Arthur Webb, Paul Kench, “ I’m, Kench, Webb, Kench’s, Mohamed Aslam, Paul S, Aitana Gea Neuhaus, Gea Neuhaus, ” Ms, “, ” Paul Kench, Gerd Masselink, Peter Ganderton, Curt Storlazzi, Tim Scott, Dr, Scott, ”, it’s, “ They’ve, munch, Storlazzi, Thoriq Ibrahim, Malé, Hariyya Ibrahim, Hariyya, Adam Shakir, Adam, Farhath Ibrahim, Mohamed Muizzu, Hussain Rasheed, Rakeedhoo, Ashiya, Ashiya’s Organizations: Graphics, University of Plymouth, National University of Singapore, Nature Communications, Airbus, Google, United States Geological Survey Locations: Maldives, INDIA, MALDIVES, Polynesia, Micronesia, Indian, Malé, Himandhoo, Huvadhoo, ”, England, Dhigulaabadhoo, Wade, Plymouth, grinned, Hulhumalé, New City, Sand, City, Towers City, Himandhoo’s, Rakeedhoo

☆ Modi is sworn in for a rare third term as India’s prime minister
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he arrives at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2024. NEW DELHI — Narendra Modi was sworn in Sunday for a rare third consecutive term as India's prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his party failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome. The 73-year-old popular but polarizing leader is only the second Indian prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to retain power for a third five-year term. An avowed Hindu nationalist, the prime minister is considered a champion of the country's Hindu majority, who make up 80% of India's 1.4 billion population. Several South Asian leaders attended the swearing-in ceremony Sunday, including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Modi, Droupadi Murmu, Jawaharlal Nehru, he's, Sheikh Hasina, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Mohamed Muizzu, Muizzu Organizations: Indian, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, NEW, Modi's National Democratic Alliance, Modi's BJP, Telugu Desam Party, Janata Dal, INDIA, Bangladesh Locations: New Delhi, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Sri, Maldives, China

☆ Maldives to ban Israelis from entering country amid war in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Sahar Akbarzai | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The Maldives has announced it will ban Israeli passport holders from entering the country amid its war on Hamas in Gaza. The presidential office of the Indian Ocean island nation, known for its luxurious resorts and endless white sand beaches, made the announcement in a press release Sunday. Maldivian President Dr Mohamed Muizzu resolved to impose the ban following a recommendation from the cabinet, the release said. The country’s laws will be amended, and a cabinet subcommittee will be established to oversee the efforts, the president’s office said. “Together with the government and people of Maldives, I call for an immediate ceasefire, an end to violence and unhindered humanitarian access,” the president posted on X last week.

Persons: Dr Mohamed Muizzu, Mohamed Muizzu, Karim Sahib, Muizzu Organizations: CNN, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United, Getty, UNRWA Locations: Maldives, Gaza, ” Maldives, United Nations, Dubai, AFP, Palestine ”, Solidarity, Palestine, Rafah

☆ How Should the Stories of Migrants Be Told?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Dinaw Mengestu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

THE SILENCE OF THE CHOIR, by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s second novel, “The Silence of the Choir,” opens with the arrival of 72 migrants in a fictional Sicilian village called Altino, an ideal narrative framework to test a novel’s empathetic capacity. The migrants may be the newcomers, but Sarr is too interesting and thoughtful a writer to simply answer the inevitable question: Will the good people of Altino learn to care about these men? His interest, rather, is in finding what kind of narrative form, if any, is best suited to such a task. Traoré’s story is so hard to tell that Sarr interrupts the narration halfway through and turns it into a play.

Persons: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Alison Anderson, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s, ”, Mount, Sarr, Jogoy, Fousseyni Organizations: Choir Locations: Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Mount Etna, Sicily, Malian

☆ CNBC's Inside India newsletter: A $270 billion gamble on green?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Solar panels stand at the Welspun Energy solar power plant in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh, India. One sector in particular — electrical power transmission — will see $270 billion in financial benefits, according to Goldman Sachs. While utilities like the Power Grid Corporation of India may be perceived as unsexy, compared to growth stocks like Tesla, India plans to promote renewable energy without the taxpayer spending a single rupee. The country has added about 70 gigawatts of solar power capacity over the past decade without piling on further costs by simply maximizing the grid's usage. Currently, state governments in India levy surcharges and taxes on every unit of carbon-intensive energy transmitted through the grid.

Persons: Vivek Prakash, Elon Musk, Narendra Modi, Goldman Sachs, It's, Vinay Dwivedi, India Anna Dravida, Vinay, Modi, Mohamed Muizzu's, Jamie Dimon, Modi's Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, U.S, Power Grid Corporation of India, Goldman, Companies, Reliance Industries, Adani Enterprises, Tamil Nadu —, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, CNBC, Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, Vodafone Idea, Vodafone, West, Economic, of New, JPMorgan, CNBC Pro, we'll Locations: Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh, India, Tamil Nadu, Dravida, New Delhi, Maldives, China, Beijing, West Indies, Pakistan, U.S, of New York

☆ Pro-China party reportedly wins big in the Maldives, likely accelerating its shift away from India
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Maldives' President Mohamed Muizzu casts his ballot during the country's parliamentary election, in Male on April 21, 2024. The Maldives votes in a parliamentary election likely to test Muizzu's tilt towards China and away from India, the luxury tourism hotspot's traditional benefactor. Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's ruling pro-China party cemented its grip on power in a landslide election victory, according to preliminary results reported by local media. The outcome is widely expected to accelerate the Indian Ocean archipelago's shift toward China and away from its traditional ally of India. Muizzu's People's National Congress won 65 out of 93 parliamentary seats in Sunday's vote, Reuters reported, citing media projections and preliminary results from the Maldives Elections Commission.

Persons: Mohamed Muizzu, Mohamed Muizzu's, Muizzu's Organizations: Muizzu's People's National Congress, Reuters, Maldives Elections, Maldivian Democratic Party, MDP Locations: Maldives, Male, China, India, Muizzu's People's

☆ EU to Bolster Egypt Ties With Billions in Funding
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( March | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

The agreement is designed to enhance cooperation in areas including renewable energy, trade, and security while delivering grants, loans and other funding over the next three years to support Egypt's faltering economy. War in Israel and Gaza View All 222 ImagesInflation has been running close to record highs and many Egyptians say they struggle to get by. Of that, funding from the European Union is expected to total $5-6 billion, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait told Asharq Business. Egyptian officials say Egypt deserves recognition for hosting an estimated nine million foreign residents and largely shutting off irregular migration from its north coast since 2016. CROSSINGS VIA LIBYABut there has been a surge in Egyptians trying to cross to Europe via Libya, and the European Union is already providing funding aimed at reducing those flows.

Persons: Ursula von der, Mohamed Maait, Abdel Fattah al, Egypt's, Patrick Werr, Philip Blenkinsop, Renee Maltezou, Aidan Lewis, Nick Zieminski Organizations: IMF, Diplomats, Cypriot, European, Asharq Business, Rights Watch Locations: CAIRO, Egypt, Cairo, Israel, Gaza, Sudan, Qatar, United States, European Union, LIBYA, Europe, Libya, Crete, Gavdos, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Tunisia, Mauritania, U.S

☆ Libyan leaders agree to form new unified government
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Reuters —Three key Libyan leaders said on Sunday they had agreed on the “necessity” of forming a new unified government that would supervise long-delayed elections. The leaders are the president of the Presidential Council (PC) Mohamed Menfi, the head of High State Council (HSC) Mohamed Takala, who are both based in Tripoli, and Aguila Saleh, speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) in Benghazi. In a joint statement, the three leaders also called on the UN Mission in Libya and the international community to support their proposals. Dbeibah has vowed not to cede power to a new government without national elections. Last week, Central Bank governor Sadiq Kabir wrote to parliament asking it to approve a new unified government and a national budget over GNU extent spending.

Persons: Mohamed Menfi, Mohamed Takala, Aguila Saleh, ”, General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, ” Menfi, Menfi, Abdulhamid, Dbeibah, Sadiq Kabir Organizations: Reuters, Presidential Council, High State, UN, Arab League, Government of National Unity, GNU, Central Bank Locations: Libya, Tripoli, Benghazi, Cairo, UN, NATO

☆ Maldives signs China military pact in further shift away from India
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

In January, Muizzu set a deadline of March 15 for the complete withdrawal of Indian military personnel stationed in the archipelago nation, according to the president’s office. India has also given Maldives two helicopters and a Dornier aircraft, which are mainly used for marine surveillance, search and rescue operations and medical evacuations, Reuters reported. The new deal with China marks a significant shift in Maldives’ foreign policy from Muizzu’s pro-India predecessor, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. But Maldives has long found itself in the middle of a geopolitical tussle with both India and China vying for influence. China has increasingly expanded its footprint in Maldives, most visibly through large-scale infrastructure projects such as the $200 million China-Maldives Friendship Bridge.

Persons: Mohamed Muizzu, Muizzu, “, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, ”, Mao Ning Organizations: CNN, Ocean, Maldivian Defense Ministry, Beijing, Reuters, Dornier, Maldives ’, Analysts, Foreign Locations: Maldives, China, India, Delhi, Beijing

☆ Fraudster who peddled fake pre-IPO Airbnb stock falsely claimed to represent Egypt's Mansour family
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The family office is not named in the complaint, but details from court filings and online records match those of Man Capital, the family office of the Mansour family. Man Capital was started in 2010 by billionaire Mohamed Mansour, one of three brothers behind Egypt's second largest company, and his son, Loutfy Mansour. Rafiq had no connection to Man Capital or parent company Mansour Group. A spokesman for Man Capital declined to comment to CNBC, as did the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office, which is prosecuting Rafiq. In the summer of that year, Rafiq allegedly created created fake domain names and email addresses masquerading as a senior executive at the family office.

Persons: Shamoon Rafiq, Mansour, Mohamed Mansour, Loutfy Mansour, Rafiq Organizations: Nasdaq, Man, Man Capital, Group, General Motors, Caterpillar, CNBC, Manhattan U.S, Attorney's Locations: New York, Manhattan, U.S, Singapore

☆ Turkey's Erdogan on First Egypt Visit in Decade With Gaza in Focus
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

CAIRO/ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan made his first visit to Egypt since 2012 on Wednesday to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, taking a big step toward rebuilding ties between the regional powers. Erdogan has said discussions would focus on Israel's Gaza offensive. The visit caps diplomatic efforts in recent years to thaw the nations' frosty relations. They mutually appointed ambassadors last year, and this month Turkey said it would provide Egypt with armed drones. (Reporting by Nayera Abdallah and Tala Ramadan in Dubai, Ece Toksabay in Ankara, Writing by Jonathan Spicer; Editing by Andrew Heavens)Photos You Should See View All 22 Images

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Abdel Fattah al, Erdogan, Egypt's, Sisi, Mohamed Mursi, Nayera Abdallah, Tala, Jonathan Spicer, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Muslim, Ece Toksabay Locations: CAIRO, ANKARA, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Gaza, Ankara, Cairo, Dubai

☆ Somali pirates are back on the attack at a level not seen in years, adding to global shipping threats
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Piracy off the coast of Somalia had been on the decline in recent years after peaking in 2011 when Somali pirates launched 212 attacks. A 2013 World Bank study, still widelt cited today, estimated that piracy cost the global economy around $18 billion annually. The pirates have also been attacking fishing vessels, mostly Iranian, as well as many other small boats such as skiffs. Ocean piracy is rising across the worldData from 2023 shows that by many key measures, piracy is on the rise in key global shipping lanes. There were 120 incidents of maritime piracy and armed robbery against ships reported in 2023, compared to 115 in 2022, according to the annual Piracy and Armed Robbery Report of the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB).

Persons: Abuukar Mohamed Muhidin, Dan Mueller Organizations: Puntland Maritime Police Forces, Getty Images, Royal United Services Institute, United Nations Security Council, European Union Naval Force, UNSC, Eastern, Chamber of Shipping, ICC International Maritime Bureau, International Maritime Organization, CNBC Locations: PUNTLAND, SOMALIA, Puntland, Somalia, Anadolu, Africa, Horn of Africa, U.S, Eastern Region, Djibouti

☆ India to Replace Troops in Maldives With Civilians by May
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

The roughly 80 soldiers stationed in the Indian Ocean archipelago will be replaced by civilians, officials from both countries said. As global powers jostle for influence in the Indo-Pacific region, India and China have wooed the Maldives, which has traditionally been close to neighbour India. New Delhi's ties with Male have under strain since Mohamed Muizzu was elected president of the Maldives last year, pledging to end the country's "India First" policy. The Indian troops manage those operations. The next bilateral meeting will be in Male in the last week of February, the Maldives foreign ministry said.

Persons: Krishn Kaushik, Mohamed Junayd NEW, Mohamed Muizzu, Mohamed Junayd, William Mallard Organizations: May, Maldivian Foreign Ministry, Dornier Locations: Mohamed Junayd NEW DELHI, India, Maldives, China, New Delhi, Delhi

MALE, Maldives (AP) — The Maldives government says it has asked for clarification of why Indian coast guard personnel boarded three Maldivian fishing vessels operating within its economic zone earlier this week without consultation. The Maldives military also found that Indian coast guard personnel had boarded two more boats, the statement said without explaining what they did on the boats . Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu was part of an “India Out” campaign as an opposition politician, demanding the removal of Indian military personnel stationed in some islands. The largest number of tourists visiting the Maldives come from India, making up 11% of the total last year. It is said there are at least 75 Indian military personnel in the Maldives and their known activities include transporting patients from remote islands and rescuing people at sea.

Persons: Mohamed Muizzu, Muizzu, Narendra Modi, Modi Organizations: —, Indian, Maldives ., Maldives Locations: Maldives, India, Maldivian, Dhivehi, China, Lakshadweep, New Delhi

The Maldives foreign ministry confirmed local media reports that research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 3 was headed to the Maldives. The ship arrives amid a diplomatic dispute between the Maldives and its giant neighbor India. Pro-China Muizzu was elected to office in November on a platform to evict Indian military personnel stationed in the Maldives. At least 75 Indian military personnel are said to be stationed in the Maldives, and Muizzu had accused his predecessor of compromising national sovereignty by allowing Indian personnel on Maldivian islands. The known activities of the Indian military include operating aircraft and assisting in the rescue of people stranded or faced with calamities at sea.

Persons: Xiang Yang Hong, Narendra Modi, Modi, Mohamed Muizzu, Muizzu, China Muizzu Organizations: —, Indian Locations: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Maldives, India, China, Male, “, Lakshadweep, Asia, Africa, Europe, Maldivian

☆ India agrees to withdraw soldiers from Maldives - President Muizzu
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mohamed Muizzu, the newly elected president of Maldives speaks during his inauguration ceremony in Male, Maldives November 17, 2023. REUTERS/Nishan Ali/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - India's government has agreed to withdraw its soldiers from the Maldives, the Indian Ocean archipelago's President Mohamed Muizzu said on Sunday. "In the discussions we had, the Indian government has agreed to remove Indian soldiers," Muizzu told reporters. India provides certain military equipment to the Maldives, assists in disaster response and has been helping build a naval dockyard there. Most of the Indian military personnel were in the Maldives to operate and manage two helicopters and a Dornier aircraft given to the Maldives by India.

Persons: Mohamed Muizzu, Nishan Ali, Muizzu, India's, Kiren, Mohamed Junayd, Krishn Kaushik, Aditya Kalra, Bernadette Baum, Sharon Singleton Organizations: REUTERS, DELHI, Indian, Dornier, Thomson Locations: Maldives, Male, India, New Delhi, China

☆ Fact Check: 2013 Egypt hospital attack video shared as Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Video showing chaos with audible gunfire inside the Rabaa al-Adawiya hospital in Cairo, Egypt in August 2013, has been falsely shared online as showing Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) inside the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza in 2023. The miscaptioned video circulated online after Israeli troops entered the Al Shifa hospital on Nov. 15 after a days-long siege. Israeli forces say that the hospital covers tunnels used by the Islamist group Hamas, a claim that has been denied by the group, Reuters reported. “Israeli forces shooting inside al shifa hospital” read posts sharing the old video on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter (archived). The video, however, was uploaded to YouTube (archived) by Egyptian news outlet Rassd News Network (RNN) in mid-August 2013 and depicts shooting inside the Rabaa hospital.

Persons: Al, ”, Mohamed Mursi, Read Organizations: Israeli Defense Forces, Al, Hamas, Reuters, Facebook, YouTube, Rassd News, The Atlantic, The Washington, Thomson Locations: Cairo, Egypt, Gaza

☆ Maldives new president asks India to withdraw its military
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mohamed Muizzu, Maldives presidential candidate of the opposition party, People's National Congress speaks with the media personnel during the second round of a presidential election in Male, Maldives September 30, 2023. REUTERS/Dhahau Naseem /File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMALE, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Maldives new President Mohamed Muizzu, who campaigned on altering the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago's "India first" policy, has requested India withdraw its military from the country. Muizzu won the presidential election in September, ousting Ibrahim Solih in a runoff after promising to remove a small Indian military presence of some 75 personnel. At his inauguration on Friday, Muizzu said, "I will ensure that this country has no foreign military presence on its soil." Muizzu made the request to Kiren Rijiju, India's minister for earth sciences, who was representing India at the president's inauguration, it said.

Persons: Mohamed Muizzu, Dhahau Naseem, Muizzu, Ibrahim Solih, Kiren, Krishn Kaushik, Mohamed Junayd, Munsif Vengattil, William Mallard Organizations: People's, REUTERS, Indian, Thomson Locations: Maldives, Male, India, China, New Delhi

☆ Maldives New President Asks India to Withdraw Its Military
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MALE (Reuters) - Maldives new President Mohamed Muizzu, who campaigned on altering the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago's "India first" policy, has requested India withdraw its military from the country. Muizzu won the presidential election in September, ousting Ibrahim Solih in a runoff after promising to remove a small Indian military presence of some 75 personnel. At his inauguration on Friday, Muizzu said, "I will ensure that this country has no foreign military presence on its soil." Muizzu made the request to Kiren Rijiju, India's minister for earth sciences, who was representing India at the president's inauguration, it said. (Reporting by Krishn Kaushik in New Delhi and Mohamed Junayd in Male; Writing by Munsif Vengattil; Editing by William Mallard)

Persons: Mohamed Muizzu, Muizzu, Ibrahim Solih, Kiren, Krishn Kaushik, Mohamed Junayd, Munsif Vengattil, William Mallard Organizations: Indian Locations: Maldives, India, China, New Delhi

☆ Exclusive: UAE plans to maintain ties with Israel despite Gaza outcry, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Alexander Cornwell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Abu Dhabi became the most prominent Arab nation to establish diplomatic ties with Israel in 30 years under the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords in 2020. "The indiscriminate damage visited upon the people of Gaza in pursuit of Israel's security risks extinguishing that hope," she said. Israel and the UAE have developed close economic and security ties in the three years since normalisation, including defence cooperation. None of four sources ruled out that the UAE could downgrade or sever its ties if the crisis escalated. While criticising Israel's conduct of the war, Abu Dhabi has also condemned Hamas for its attack.

Persons: Ronen, Abu Dhabi, Israel ABU, Abraham, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Benjamin Netanyahu, Sheikh Mohamed, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Israel, Washington, Anwar Gargash, Lana Nusseibeh, Abu, Jordan, James Dorsey, Netanyahu, Israel's, Abdel Fattah al, Mohammed Mursi, Omar Hassan al, Bashir, Alexander Cornwell, Dan Williams, Steven Scheers, Maha El Dahan, Michael Georgy, Daniel Flynn Organizations: REUTERS, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Israel, U.S, Abraham Accords, Israeli, Qatari, UN Security Council, Reuters, West Bank, Gaza, National University of Singapore, European Union, Egypt's, Thomson Locations: Petah Tikva, Israel, UAE, Gaza, Israel ABU DHABI, Abu, Palestinian, Arab, United States, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, reining, East Jerusalem, Israeli, Iran, Yemen, OPEC, Al Aqsa, Islam, Egypt, Jerusalem

☆ UAE warns against risk of regional spillover from Gaza war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Alexander Cornwell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Israeli soldiers drive in military vehicles by Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, October 10, 2023. "The risk of regional spillover and further escalation is real, as well as the risk that extremist groups will take advantage of the situation to advance ideologies that will keep us locked in cycles of violence." The UAE supported Egypt's current leader, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, when he toppled President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013. The UAE has said it planned to treat 1,000 Palestinian children from Gaza, but did not clarify how they would leave the besieged enclave. The latest war in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict began when Hamas militants broke through the border on Oct. 7 and went on a rampage.

Persons: Ronen, Abraham, ABU, Al Kaabi, Abdel Fattah al, Mohamed Mursi, Kaabi, Alexander Cornwell, Maha El, Raju Gopalakrishnan, Jason Neely Organizations: REUTERS, UAE, Abraham Accords, United, Emirates, Brotherhood, Hamas, U.S . Fifth, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, East, UAE, ABU DHABI, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Manama, Gulf

☆ Fact Check: Video of covered bodies is from Egypt 2013, not Israel-Hamas war in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Video showing live people lying on the ground simulating corpses at a protest in 2013 in Cairo, Egypt, has been falsely linked online to the Israel-Hamas war in 2023 to suggest that Palestinian casualties reported in the war are fake. The video circulating online shows people fidgeting while lying on the ground covered in white sheets with messages written on them in Arabic. Reuters has previously addressed claims based on mislabeled footage that casualties are being faked during the 2023 Hamas-Israel war. The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist organization established in Egypt in the 1920s, founded Hamas in 1987 during the first Palestinian Intifada, or uprising. Video shows a protest at an Egyptian university in 2013, not staged bodies in the Israel-Hamas war in 2023.

Persons: “, “ Al Jazeera, Mohamed Mursi, Joe Biden, Read Organizations: “ Al, Facebook, YouTube, Azhar University, Al, Palestinian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Cairo, Egypt, Israel, Gaza, Al

☆ Maldives will return Indian military as soon as possible, says incoming president
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Uditha Jayasinghe | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Mohamed Muizzu, Maldives presidential candidate of the opposition party, People's National Congress speaks with the media personnel during the second round of a presidential election in Male, Maldives September 30, 2023. REUTERS/Dhahau Naseem/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCOLOMBO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Maldives will work to return Indian military personnel from its shores "as soon as possible," President-elect Mohamed Muizzu told Reuters on Sunday, insisting it was the top foreign policy priority for the tiny Indian Ocean island chain. Muizzu won Maldives' presidential election last month, beating incumbent President Ibrahim Solih in a second-round runoff. Solih had followed an "India first" policy but Muizzu in his election campaign promised to remove a small Indian military presence of some 75 personnel in Maldives. "The focus is not on the actual number of military personnel here, it is on not having any at all in the Maldives.

Persons: Mohamed Muizzu, Dhahau Naseem, Muizzu, Ibrahim Solih, Solih, I’m, Uditha, Swati Bhat, Susan Fenton Organizations: People's, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Maldives ., Thomson Locations: Maldives, Male, India, China

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