Sharjah / WAM Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier, has celebrated 15 years of successful operations which transformed the air travel industry in the wider Mena region by unveiling a new brand identity that is reflective of its innovative forward-looking and international approach. The unveiling took place during a launch ceremony at the ...

ADEN / WAM Food assistance from the UAE reached 448,000 underprivileged Yemenis last month, including 320,000 children and 65,000 women, as part of the UAE’s ongoing humanitarian and relief efforts to ease the suffering of the Yemeni people caused by the Iran-backed Houthi militias. Aid workers from the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), distributed over 64,000 food baskets in nine governorates, ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE Government has launched the ‘Customer Councils’ initiative, to improve the quality of government services by engaging customers in creating innovative experiences based on their insights. The move aim to align the government’s services with the customers’ aspirations and needs, and to improve the relationship with them. This, in turn, will assist easier access to the ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading financial hub in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (Measa) region, has concluded the first edition of its ‘Finance for Youth’ programme, which gathered over 45 select Emirati finance and business students and fresh graduates for five days of insightful talks and conversations at The Academy. The Programme featured ...

Dubai / WAM The Board of Directors of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme has approved the names of 252 citizens who are eligible for housing support, valued at AED190 million, as part of the third and final group of 800 housing support decisions that were announced at the start of the month, on the occasion of World Population Day. The ...

Al Ain / WAM Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, and Mariam Hareb Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security, have attended the official opening of the Al Dahra BayWa Greenhouse in Al Ain. The event also welcomed Khadim Al Derai, Vice President of Al Dahra Agricultural Company; Saeed Albahri Alameri, Director-General of Abu Dhabi ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has issued Federal Decree-Law No. 14 of 2018 regarding the ‘Central Bank and Organisation of Financial Institutions and Activities’. The provisions of this law does not apply to the Financial Free Zones in the State and the financial institutions regulated by the authorities of those zones. On ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Registration Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB), of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (DED), to support strategic industrial projects, expands the region’s industrial sector, and promote economic diversification. The agreement was signed by Khalifa bin Salem Al Mansouri, Under-Secretary ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump condemned “all forms of evil,” including anti-Semitism, after a mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh left 11 people dead in what’s being investigated as a hate crime. “We mourn for the unthinkable loss of life that took place today,” the president told a gathering of young farmers in Indianapolis, pledging the full resources of his administration ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump plans to hold campaign rallies in eight states next week in a final push ahead of November elections that will determine whether Republicans retain control of Congress, a White House official said. Trump will travel to Missouri, West Virginia, Montana, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida in the final days before the November 6 vote, the ...