Rabat / WAM A proposal from the UAE to develop innovative plans to help other Arab countries in addressing current economic and financial problems, while boosting economic development, was presented to Arab finance ministers at the eighth ordinary session of the Council of Arab Ministers of Finance, being held in Rabat, Morocco. The proposal can help achieve significant progress in …

  Dubai / WAM The first branch of the UAE Foodbank opened on Wednesday in the Al Quoz area in Dubai. During the opening ceremony, HH Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, Chairperson of the UAE Foodbank Board of Trustees said, “I am extremely proud to see the first branch open only three months after the announcement of the …

  ISTANBUL / AP Turkey’s electoral board on Wednesday rejected petitions by opposition parties to annul the outcome of a recent referendum on expanding presidential powers because of voting irregularities. The High Electoral Board announced in a written statement its decision to reject three requests by the opposition following a 10-1 vote. Mehmet Hadimi Yakupoglu, the main opposition Republican People’s …