AMMAN / WAM The Palestinian cause is still an issue that is central to the UAE’s foreign policy, said Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC). Ghobash made the remarks while addressing the 30th extraordinary meeting of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (APU), in the Jordanian capital Amman on Saturday to discuss means of supporting the Palestinian brethren in ...

Bloomberg An attacker using military-style weapons killed at least 17 people in Thailand and appeared to livestream the assault on Facebook. Many others were injured in the incident on Saturday and the assailant remains at large. The shooting took place in Korat in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Bangkok. The attacker targeted Korat’s city center, including the Terminal 21 shopping mall, ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, on Saturday announced that a giant gas turbine, the biggest in the UAE, has been moved by road from DP World’s Jebel Ali port and installed at EGA’s Jebel Ali site in a carefully-planned overnight operation. The Siemens H-class gas ...