Yemen top military official assassinatedTwo suspected Islamist militants shot dead a provincial military intelligence chief in Yemen on Saturday, a security official said, the latest in a series of assassinations in the impoverished state's lawless south and east. T More… |
IPSA appoints senior consultant for MideastIPSA International, an investigative consulting and risk advisory firm, has appointed Gerald R Cummings to the position of senior consultant as the firm takes steps to get established in the Middle East. Cummings brings over forty More… |
Raytheon wins $600m Saudi defence contractRaytheon Company, a major American defence contractor and industrial corporation, has clinched a contract worth over $600 million for delivery of a command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) system to Saudi Arabia. More… |
Bahrain seals key UK defence dealBahrain said it has signed a major defence co-operation agreement with the UK, which as a strategic ally has been playing a pivotal role in consolidating security in the Gulf. The deal crowns His Majesty King Hamad's successfu More… |
Iran nuclear threat not imminent says US reportThe United States, European allies and even Israel generally agree on three things about Iran's nuclear program: Tehran does not have a bomb, has not decided to build one, and is probably years away from having a deliverable nuclear warhead. More… |
Iran says US behind scientist's killingIranian state television said on Saturday Tehran had evidence Washington was behind the latest assassination of one of its nuclear scientists. In the fifth attack of its kind in two years, a magnetic bomb was attached to the More… |
Saudi unaware of US intelligence on plotSaudi Arabia had no information about the threat that prompted the US embassy in Riyadh to issue a warning that a terrorist group may be planning to abduct Westerners in the capital, a Saudi government adviser said on Thursday. 'We hav More… |
Documents show CIA, Libya spy unit linksDocuments found in Tripoli detail close ties between the CIA and Libya's intelligence service and suggest the US sent terrorism suspects for questioning in Libya despite that country's reputation for torture, the New York Times reported on Saturda More… |
Du seminar highlights cultural intelligenceDu, a leading telecom services provider in the UAE, recently organised a seminar which discussed the importance of emotional and cultural intelligence in the workplace. The event, designed and executed by graduate trainees from du’s Masar More… |
UK, US ‘blew up Iraq WMD threat’Britain and the US did not believe Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) posed a "substantial threat" before they launched military action, a former British diplomat said yesterday. Carne Ross told the inquiry into the 2003 invasion th More… |








