Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business ADNOC Distribution on Saturday announced the re-opening of Al Saada service station, located on Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street in Abu Dhabi. The service station had been temporarily closed to complete the replacement of ground fuel tanks, carry out routine maintenance work, and install the new ADNOC SMART service technologies. Prior to …

  Beirut / AFP Islamists and rebels captured strategic military positions on the edges of Syria’s second city Aleppo on Saturday, turning the tables on Russian-backed regime forces besieging the city. To the northeast, a Western-backed alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters scored a major victory against the IS group in the town of Manbij after a fierce two-month battle. …

  Tokyo / AFP Japan on Saturday marked 71 years since the city of Hiroshima was destroyed by a US atomic bomb, as its mayor urged the world to unite in abolishing nuclear weapons. The annual ceremony came just months after Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to visit the western Japanese city, paying moving tribute to victims …