Ukraine / AP Freezing and nerve-shattered residents of an eastern Ukraine town battered by an upsurge in fighting between troops and Russia-backed rebels flocked to a humanitarian aid center on Wednesday to receive food and warm up. Heavy shelling of government-held Avdiivka, just north of the rebel stronghold city of Donetsk, began over the weekend and persisted into early …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s non-oil foreign trade stood at AED1.172 trillion during the first nine months of 2016 (January-September), compared to AED1.170 trillion in the same period in 2015, showing a 0.1 percent growth. Preliminary data of the Federal Customs Authority (FCA) indicated that the share of imports in the UAE’s total non-oil trade amounted to AED721.2 billion, …

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) honoured top performing SME exporters. The companies were recognised for demonstrating outstanding export performance during the last nine months of 2016 in the following categories: company with the highest export value, company with the highest number of export markets, company with the highest number of Certificates of Origin issued, and …