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Ankara / AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday threatened to send the millions of refugees in Turkey to European Union (EU) member states, as NATO agreed to deploy ships to the Aegean Sea to ease the migrant crisis. In a speech in Ankara, Erdogan stepped up his denunciations of Western policy in the refugee crisis, confirming he had ...

MOSCOW / AFP Russia’s defence ministry on Thursday accused the United States of bombing the Syrian city of Aleppo after the Pentagon said Moscow’s air strikes had destroyed two hospitals in the city. Moscow furiously denied the US claim, charging in return that Washington had sent ground-attack planes to bombard Aleppo, an allegation the US said was a “fabrication”. “Just ...

Bloomberg If David Cameron leaves next week’s European Union summit with a deal to overhaul the terms of Britain’s membership, many of his counterparts will breathe a sigh of relief —and dig out their own wishlists. As populist and anti-EU forces surge across the region, the prime minister’s ultimately successful strategy of issuing demands for change and threatening to leave ...

Berlin / AFP Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi urged Kurdistan on Thursday to drop any plans for independence, criticising a proposed statehood referendum and warning the autonomous region would not prosper on its own. Abadi also highlighted the economic crisis Iraq faces, saying that oil revenues had fallen by 85 percent compared to two years before—a major challenge made ...

Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel is embarking on an election campaign that will test whether Germans back her management of the country’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II. Merkel will hold her first rally of the month-long push on Thursday ahead of three state elections on March 13. With the votes looming, her approval rating is at the lowest in ...

NEW DELHI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, was welcomed to India on Thursday morning with a state visit arrival ceremony at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed is in India on a three-day official visit, ...

NEW DELHI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, met in New Delhi on Thursday with Pranab Mukherjee, the President of the Republic of India. The Indian President received His Highness Sheikh Mohamed at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Presidential Palace. Sheikh Mohamed is on ...

NEW DELHI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, met in New Delhi On Thursday with Pranab Mukherjee, the President of the Republic of India. The Indian President received His Highness Sheikh Mohamed at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Presidential Palace. Sheikh Mohamed is on ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Technology adds tempo to life. One of the major sectors that is reaping benefits out of the technology marvels is education. E-classrooms have started dominating the traditional form of learning, providing countless online resources for students. Draft a roadmap for the future, leading global technology stalwarts are converging in GESS Dubai next month (March 1-3). ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As part of its concerted development strategy to strengthen its programming during 2016, OSN has signed a six-year exclusive partnership with Gulf Film. This pact will facilitate the region’s leading pay-TV network to access nearly 1,000 brand-new films distributed by Gulf Film in Arabic and English through 2021. This landmark deal will ensure that movie-lovers ...