RAS AL-KHAIMAH / WAM The real estate sector in Ras al-Khaimah has expanded considerably, increasing from AED3.401 billion in 2011 to AED4.947 billion in 2015, a total percentage of growth of 45 percent, according to a study by the RAK Chamber of Commerce. The annual growth of the real estate sector amounted to 15 percent per annum over the ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, announced its partnership with Samsung to provide early access to Samsung Pay, for the bank’s customers. Samsung Pay is a secure, fast and convenient mobile payment service that can be used to make contactless purchases with select Samsung devices* almost everywhere a card is accepted. The launch ...

  BEIRUT / AP A suspected chemical attack in a town in Syria’s rebel-held northern Idlib province killed dozens of people on Tuesday, opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country’s six-year civil war. Hours later, a small field hospital in the region was struck and destroyed, according to a civil defense worker in the ...