Dubai / Emirates Business Key sectors are providing a big boost for the Middle East’s professional audio visual and entertainment market, with the world’s leading suppliers of event technology and related equipment lining up to take part in the region’s specialist industry trade show in Dubai this year. Research gathered by Messe Frankfurt Middle East, the organiser of Prolight ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is set to showcase its latest technical achievements and innovative services during the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition, GITEX 2016, which will be held from October 16-20 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. “Through our participation in GITEX 2016, we are keen to ensure the implementation of the directives of Vice President ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) launched an online form to help students pursue training courses in the private sector. The free electronic form, which is available on the ministry’s website and its smartphone app, “Wajjehni”, is in line with Decree No. 713 of 2016, issued by Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, Minister of Human Resources ...

  Dubai / WAM Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) merged and standardised all its data sharing with Expo Centre Sharjah. The chamber’s Information Technology Management Department implemented the project in an effort to maximise speed and efficiency in the way business is conducted between the two entities. SCCI’s move is part of its continuous interest in developing operations, and ...

  Dubai / WAM Abu Dhabi Police (ADP)in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior (MoI) have foiled an attempt by two Arab men to smuggle one million Captagon pills into Saudi Arabia. Authorities said the attempt to smuggle the narcotics via the UAE was intercepted following intelligence shared by security agencies in the Kingdom, which quickly prompted local forces to monitor ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business ADNOC Distribution on Saturday announced the re-opening of Al Saada service station, located on Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street in Abu Dhabi. The service station had been temporarily closed to complete the replacement of ground fuel tanks, carry out routine maintenance work, and install the new ADNOC SMART service technologies. Prior to ...

  Beirut / AFP Islamists and rebels captured strategic military positions on the edges of Syria’s second city Aleppo on Saturday, turning the tables on Russian-backed regime forces besieging the city. To the northeast, a Western-backed alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters scored a major victory against the IS group in the town of Manbij after a fierce two-month battle. ...

  Tokyo / AFP Japan on Saturday marked 71 years since the city of Hiroshima was destroyed by a US atomic bomb, as its mayor urged the world to unite in abolishing nuclear weapons. The annual ceremony came just months after Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to visit the western Japanese city, paying moving tribute to victims ...

  United Nations / AFP UN peacekeepers abandoned their posts and questioned an order to use force to repel heavily armed soldiers who stormed their base in South Sudan six months ago, according to the findings of a UN board of inquiry. The board set up by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon found that the mission “failed to manage the crisis ...

Montreal / AFP Organizers of the World Social Forum set for next week in Montreal said that Canadian authorities have denied travel visas to more than 200 delegates invited to the anti-globalization event. Others are still waiting for a word from Canada’s immigration ministry, which issues travel documents. The summit is set to open on Tuesday.Currently “234 guests were refused ...