Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business DarkMatter, an international cyber security firm headquartered in the UAE, through the endorsement and support of the Emirates Authority for Standardisation & Metrology (ESMA), and the UAE’s National Electronic Security Authority (NESA), is set to host the next scheduled meeting of the global Information Technology (IT) security standards body, the International Organisation for Standardisation …

  Aleppo / AFP Hundreds of wounded civilians were stranded in rebel-held areas of Syria’s Aleppo on Saturday after the UN said security concerns had prevented evacuation convoys even as Russia extended a ceasefire into a third day. The unilateral “humanitarian pause” in the Syrian army’s devastating Russian-backed assault on the opposition-controlled east of the city has largely held since it …

  Ankara / AFP Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim warned the EU on Saturday not to forget that Turkey has alternatives to the bloc, whose ties with Ankara have become increasingly strained.He did not say what the alternatives were could be but closer relations between Russia and Ankara has caused concern in the West. “Turkey always has alternatives. Europe should …