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RTA to launch 11 bus routes, improve 13 others

  Dubai / WAM The Public Transport Agency, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), is set to broaden and improve its bus network in Dubai by opening 11 new bus routes including 10 metro feeder service, and improve 13 other routes starting from April 15. The move is intended to bring more happiness to public transport users in general and bus riders ...

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US, Russia jab over Syria before diplomatic talks in Moscow

  MOSCOW / AP US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Moscow on Tuesday with an ultimatum for Russia: Side with the US and likeminded countries on Syria, or embrace Iran, militant group Hezbollah and embattled Syrian leader Bashar Assad. It wasn’t clear what the punishment would be for a Russian government that has used its military might to ...

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Philippine troops, militants clash; 9 dead

  MANILA / AP At least nine people were killed on Tuesday in a gunbattle between Philippine forces and suspected Abu Sayyaf militants on a central resort island, far from the extremists’ southern jungle bases and in a region where the U.S. government has warned that the gunmen may be plotting kidnappings, officials said. Military officials said at least five ...

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