Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv have finalized a free trade agreement that will drop most customs tariffs Israel and the United Arab Emirates have concluded five months of negotiations by signing a free trade agreement, following up on the 2020 Abraham Accords that formally established relations between the two nations.

The head of the Federation of German Industries has advised against an embargo on Russian gas The backbone of the German economy – its industry – would “collapse” should Berlin decide to impose an embargo on Russian gas, the president of the country’s industry association has warned.

Moscow accused the organization’s monitoring mission of a “selective approach to facts” The Russian Foreign Ministry has called on the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretariat “to immediately launch measures for winding down” its Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine.