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DXB passenger traffic reaches 8.2mn in July

DUBAI / WAM Dubai International Airport (DXB) has recorded its second busiest month ever surpassing the eight million passenger mark in July, according to monthly traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports. The airport clocked monthly traffic exceeding 8 million passengers on thr-ee other occasions last year —in January 8.03 million, July 8.06 million, and August 8.23 million. Passenger numbers ...

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US-Canada Nafta trade talks resume with focus on dairy

Bloomberg Talks to update the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) will resume in Washington with a focus on dairy as the US pressures Canada to strike a deal by Friday, a US official familiar with the negotiations said. Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to visit the Washington office of US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. This week’s Nafta ...

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Arab Coalition Forces kill scores of Houthi commanders in Yemen

HODEIDAH / WAM The Saudi-led Arab Coalition Forces have targeted a meeting of Houthi commanders in Beit Al Faqih, Hodeidah, killing scores of the coup perpetrators. The strike, which followed the typical rules of combat engagement, came after the Coalition had received confirmed intelligence reports on a terror attack being plotted by the Iran-aligned militias. Field reports confirm that the ...

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