Dubai / WAM Emirates Airline and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Tourism Administration on Thursday held a route launch presentation, focused on educating key travel trade partners in the UAE and Middle East region about Yinchuan, one of Emirates Airline’s upcoming two gateways into Mainland China. The presentation comes just six weeks ahead of the launch of direct air services to ...

Geneva / AFP Talks to end Syria’s brutal five-year conflict were rattled on Thursday by uncertainty surrounding the arrival of a second opposition group and the declaration by Syria’s Kurds of an autonomous region. UN mediator Staffan de Mistura met for the first time late Wednesday with an umbrella delegation including the so-called Moscow Group, which is demanding an equal ...

Jerusalem / AFP Israel on Thursday ended an eight-month standoff with Brazil over its bid to appoint a controversial former settlement leader as its ambassador to the country. In a dispute that soured relations, Brazil refused to accept the nomination of Danny Dayan, made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last August. Israel’s government initially dug in its heels, refusing to ...