Brussels / AFP Under-fire Belgian authorities hunted a fugitive bomber on Tuesday, a week after the attacks on the heart of Europe, as the city’s airport warned it could take months to fully reopen despite holding a drill for a partial restart. As Brussels struggled to get back on its feet, criticism of Belgium’s handling of the case mounted after ...

SEOUL / AP North Korea fired a short-range projectile from an area near its eastern coast on Tuesday, South Korean officials said, in what appears to be another weapons test seen as a response to ongoing military drills between Washington and Seoul. The projectile was fired near the North Korean port city of Wonsan and flew about 200 kilometers (125 ...

Israel / AFP An Israeli soldier caught on video shooting a wounded Palestinian assailant in the head as he lay on the ground appeared in a military court Tuesday as dozens of his supporters protested outside. Prosecutors were seeking to extend the remand of the soldier until April 7 in a case that has gripped the country and sparked political ...

Makhmur / AFP A hijacker seized an Egyptian airliner and forced it to land in Cyprus on Tuesday, but nearly all of the passengers were quickly released and officials said the incident was not linked to terrorism. A government source said the hijacker had demanded to see a Cypriot woman, his estranged lover who lives on the island. The EgyptAir ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump is signalling that he’s not taking any delegates for granted as he tries to gather the 1,237 required to clinch his party’s presidential nomination. The billionaire Republican front-runner’s campaign saidit was planning to file a formal complaint with the Republican National Committee contesting how Louisiana will allocate its delegates. In a further sign of the possible battles ...

The Hague / AFP UN war crimes judges will deliver another landmark verdict on Thursday, this time against firebrand radical Serb leader Vojislav Seselj—but in the absence of the defiant defendant, who has refused to return to The Hague. Exactly a week after former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was sentenced to 40 years in jail for genocide and nine ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, discussed economic and trade cooperation with Egypt and Czech Republic, and ways to strengthen the bilateral relationship for greater mutual benefit. This came during Al Mansouri’s separate meetings with Wael Jad, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt and Alexander Sporish, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to ...

DP World Chairman and CEO and Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) Sultan bin Sulayem commented on these figures, saying, “Dubai has once again demonstrated its great capacity to cope with and make the best of the ups and downs of global trade, focusing on the thriving sectors of ICT products and smart devices.” “The foreign trade ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM A delegation from Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) will participate in the upcoming Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX) 2016, which begins in Doha, Qatar. ADNEC’s participation is part of its strategy to promote the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2017) and the Naval Defence Exhibition and Conference, NAVDEX 2017, to specialised ...

DUBAI / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), has attended a session of the Government Innovation Lab focused on discussing the Smart City initiatives. The event, also attended by a host of CEOs and Directors concerned with the Smart City initiatives at the RTA, was held by ...