• Reuters

    UAE-Iran joint economic commission convenes for first time in 10 years

    A rare United Arab Emirates-Iran joint economic commission will convene in Abu Dhabi from Tuesday to Wednesday, the Iranian Labour News Agency reported, as Tehran seeks to bolster economic ties with Gulf states amid mounting U.S. pressure. This is the first meeting in 10 years for the bilateral joint economic cooperation commission, with Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehdi Barzpash and Emirati Minister of Economy Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri in attendance. The UAE downgraded its diplomatic ties with Iran after Riyadh severed its ties with Tehran in 2016 following the storming of the Saudi embassy in the Islamic Republic by hardline protesters over Riyadh's execution of a prominent Shi'ite cleric.

  • PA Media: UK News

    Families hail ‘important day’ as Covid-19 Inquiry begins hearing in Belfast

    A number of bereaved family members gathered outside the Clayton Hotel in Belfast holding photographs of their loved ones ahead of the first hearing.

  • The Daily Beast

    Meet the New Breed of Real-Life Warrior Princesses

    Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty Images/InstagramFemale royal fighters have always been powerful totems in art and history.Be it the woad-stained Boadicea, the dragon-taming Daenerys Targaryen, or Elizabeth I donning armor to rally the troops when the Spanish Armada threatened the English coast in 1588, the combat-ready queen or princess is an icon redolent with powerful symbolism.Now, however, a new generation of “warrior princesses” are emerging in a European continen