Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the Environment Agency- Abu Dhabi, on Saturday has launched the “Our Generations” initiative and the “Sustainable Schools” initiative as its execution arm. The launch was announced at a press conference in Festival Arena, Dubai in the presence of ...

  Istanbul / AFP Iraq’s parliament on Saturday voted to accord full legal status to government-sanctioned Shiite militias as a “back-up and reserve” force for the military and police and empower them to “deter” security and terror threats facing the country, like the IS group. The legislation, supported by 208 of the chamber’s 327 members, was promptly rejected by Sunni ...

  Istanbul / AP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned the European Union that Turkey could extend by at least another three months a state of emergency that has been in place since the failed July coup. In a a speech in Istanbul, Erdogan launched another stinging attack on the EU after the European Parliament voted on Thursday to back ...