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Beirut / AFP Despite major setbacks including the loss of access to the Syria-Turkey border and the assassination of several top leaders, the IS group remains a potent force, analysts warn. The increasing pressure on IS, including Turkey’s decision to launch an operation against it in northern Syria, has seen the organisation lose ground at an unprecedented pace. But the extremist ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Mental health and ergonomics will be among the key sessions at an Abu Dhabi worker health protection conference this month, as Middle East occupational hygiene professionals obtain fresh insights into a shifting regional dynamic of workplace hazards. The 3rd BOHS Worker Health Protection Conference, co-organised by The Chartered Society for Worker Health Protection (BOHS) ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business After the extraordinary success of its landmark 40th edition, the region’s most popular watch and jewellery show is once again set to cast its magic on jewellery lovers. The 41st MidEast Watch & Jewellery Show will bring global spotlight on the regional jewellery market and its celebrated passion for gold and diamond creations from September ...

  Bloomberg Metallurgical coal contracts are set for the longest run of gains since quarterly deals were introduced in 2010 as China cuts output and raises steel production. Spot prices for hard coking coal have gained more than 80 percent since the start of June to more than $150 a metric ton, surging above the third-quarter contract price of $92.50. ...

  Bloomberg India’s top iron ore miner is feeling the squeeze despite a global rally in the price of the steel-making material. NMDC Ltd. has cut prices about 6 percent in 2016 even as iron ore climbed 36 percent internationally. Challenges include record domestic supplies, moderating local steel demand and transport costs on India’s clogged railway. “Transport costs are prohibitive,” ...

  Vientiane / AFP President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to dramatically increase US efforts to clear millions of bombs secretly dropped on tiny Laos by American planes a generation ago, saying the clean-up was a “moral obligation”. Laos became the world’s most-bombed country per capita from 1964 to 1973 as Washington launched a secret CIA-led war to cut supplies flowing ...

  Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said that the UAE has become a focal point for a cultural movement in the Arab region, thanks to the spread of world-class cultural, artistic and creative centres in the state that provides good environment for talented people. He ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business DAMAC Properties on Monday announced it had launched ten major projects so far in 2016 with a combined value in excess of AED 13 billion. The announcement coincided with the first day of Cityscape Global 2016 taking place from September 6 – 8 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The new range of projects announced ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced its participation at Cityscape Global 2016, and will provide the visitors with the opportunity to live the real estate experience. During this event that is taking place on September 06-08 at Dubai World Trade Centre, visitors are getting to know more about the latest DLD’s services on its platform number ...

  Damascus / AFP A string of bomb attacks hit across mostly government-controlled areas of Syria on Monday, killing several dozen people including at least 35 in President Bashar Al-Assad’s coastal stronghold of Tartus, state media said. At least 48 people died in the multiple blasts, with dozens also wounded in the double bombing outside of Tartus city, which is home ...