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UAE launches push to clean up diesel-burning UN peace missions
World body needs to replace diesel generators with solar panels to meet its clean energy targets
Netanyahu applauds 'warm peace' with UAE
Peace accord changed the region in a positive way, Israel’s Prime Minister told Davos forum
Russia seeks Arab help in Palestine-Israel peace revival
Moscow says the prospects are brighter now Trump has left the White House
UN: Italy could have stopped 200 deaths in 2013 boat tragedy
An Italian rescue official told increasingly desperate migrants to call Malta as vessel took in water
Two thirds of people in Arab bloc say climate change is ‘emergency’
UN survey shows shifting attitudes to global warming in a hydrocarbon-dependent region
Biden administration to ‘renew’ relations with Palestinians
US envoy Richard Mills said Washington will reverse Trump moves to cut funding for Palestinians and take tougher line on Israeli settlements
UN criticises Israel over ‘harassment and intimidation’ of Palestinian campaigner
Activist Issa Amro has campaigned against Israeli settlements in the West Bank for more than a decade
Trumpism tested as Sarah Huckabee Sanders runs for Arkansas governor
The former press secretary is the first significant Trump administration official to run for office since the ex-president’s defeat
UN foresees sluggish post-Covid economic rebound for Middle East
The region depends on energy and tourism, which are not set to recover until after 2022
WHO Covid vaccine programme cuts 40 million-dose deal with Pfizer and BioNTech
Wider agreement could send 190 million vaccine doses to people in the developing world
Middle East religious and humanitarian leaders push Biden to end 'collective punishment' of Syria sanctions
Regional VIPs say US measures scare off aid groups and developers from rebuilding the country
UN: dozen people murdered at Syria’s ISIS lock-up
Spate of killings at camp that is hotbed for religious radicalism
Pope Francis and UN chief talk up long-shot nuclear treaty
A global agreement effectively banning nuclear weapons came into force on Friday
Biden calls for national healing at Covid-19 vigil
President-elect speaks soon after the US passes grim milestone of 400,000 coronavirus deaths
UN confirms Jan Kubis as Libya peace envoy
Slovakian diplomat Jan Kubis is tasked with making Libya’s recent ceasefire deal stick
