An off-duty Turkish cop killed Andrey Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Ankara. If this killing had happened few months back, the repercussion would have been unimaginable. The murder of Andrey Karlov, the first Moscow envoy to be killed in his post in almost 90 years, was an open provocation aimed at derailing the normalisation of Russian-Turkish relations and Syria peace ...

  Dubai / WAM In his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, Vice President, Prime Minister, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum approved the Government of Dubai’s Budget Law No. (17) for the year 2016 for the emirate’s 2017 general budget, with AED47.3 billion expenditure, according to the new budget classification. Issued earlier this year, the Financial Regulations for the ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, on Wednesday announced that it has been named The Banker’s ‘Bank of the Year – UAE 2016’. The awards, considered among the most prestigious by the global banking community, recognise Emirates NBD’s strong financials and pioneering approach to the digitalisation of banking. In awarding the top UAE title to ...