Bloomberg Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the US arrest of Russian Maria Butina on suspicion of trying to infiltrate Republican circles and acting as an unregistered foreign agent was unacceptable. In a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, the top Russian diplomat said the charges against Butina were fabricated and called for her prompt release, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Infrastructure Development and the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), have signed a cooperation agreement to support the application of sustainability best practices. The agreement was signed by Hassan Mohammed Jumaa Al Mansouri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, and Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, CEO of Masdar, in the presence of Abdullah ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has opened the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan paediatric hospital in Mary province, Turkmenistan, at a cost of AED110 million ($30 million). Construction of the hospital is in line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin ...