Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways is launching a third daily flight on the Abu Dhabi – Bengaluru route, effective March 26. The triple daily schedule will provide greater choice to local passengers travelling between the two cities, and improved connectivity to destinations across the GCC, North America and Europe via the airline’s Abu Dhabi hub. The capacity …

  WASHINGTON / AP In an extraordinary public showdown, President Donald Trump fired the acting attorney general of the United States after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of his refugee and immigration ban and refused to defend it in court. The clash Monday night between Trump and Sally Yates, a career prosecutor and Democratic appointee, laid bare the growing discord and …

  CAIRO / AP The local affiliate of the IS group in Egypt’s restive northern Sinai Peninsula says its fighters have killed and wounded 20 Egyptian soldiers in four days of fighting south of the city of el-Arish. In a statement released early Tuesday and posted on a pro-IS group website, the group said the fighting also resulted in the …