Dubai / WAM Asahi Yukizai Corporation held an opening ceremony for its Middle East operations at Dubai Airport Freezone (Dafza). The new office will play a key role in expanding the company’s business across the Middle East and North Africa region. The opening ceremony was hosted by Nasser Al Madani, Assistant Director-General at Dafza, Akima Umezawa Ph.D, Consul-General of Japan ...

Dhala / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), again restored the National Cultural Library in Dhala Governorate, Yemen, after several years of closure, as part of its ongoing efforts to support and restore vital sectors in the country’s liberated governorates, coinciding with the Year of Zayed. Major General Ali Muqbel Saleh, Governor of Dhala, inaugurated the library, in the presence ...

Dubai / WAM Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are reshaping the global Islamic banking sector, and leading sharia-compliant banks are using disruptive technologies to create new financial products, according to industry experts who will gather in Dubai for the fourth edition of the Global Islamic Economy Summit (GIES), on October 30-31 . Being held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed ...

Dubai / WAM Dr Abdullah bin Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Chairman of the Federal Transport Authority-Land and Maritime (FTA), chaired the UAE delegation participating in the three-day fair for maritime navigation and ports in Ireland. The delegation includes representatives of the FTA, Abu Dhabi Ports, the Ports Authority in Sharjah, the Transport Department in Abu ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), has called on interested investors to review its recently released Healthcare Capacity Master Plan (HCMP), and get acquainted with available investment opportunities in the healthcare sector. The announcement is part of DoH’s ongoing efforts to spur investment opportunities for the further development and expansion of the healthcare capacity and ...

Dubai / WAM Visitors from around the world will be wowed by the German Pavilion that will take them on a unique and exciting educational journey through a ‘world of sustainability’ at Expo 2020 Dubai. The design of the pavilion and its theme, ‘Campus Germany’, were revealed on Wednesday at an event in Dubai, attended by Ernst Peter Fischer, Ambassador ...

Bloomberg Kim Jong-un looks like he did just enough on Wednesday to get stalled talks with US President Donald Trump back on track, without coming close to giving up North Korea’s nuclear weapons. During a second day of meetings with Moon Jae-in, the first South Korean leader to visit Pyongyang in 11 years, Kim agreed to dismantle a key missile ...

Bloomberg A Pakistani High Court suspended former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s 10-year jail sentence on Wednesday, a judgement that may revive his political career after his party was ousted from power in July’s national election. The two-member panel of judges, including Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, also suspended graft convictions against Sharif’s daughter, Maryam, and her spouse ...

Bloomberg Malaysia’s former premier Najib Razak will face new charges in a case linked to troubled state fund 1MDB, following earlier allegations of money laundering and corruption. The expected allegations against Najib are part of a case linked to 2.6 billion ringgit of funds transferred to his personal account, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said in a statement, after detaining him ...

Bloomberg The UK and the European Union signalled their readiness to work to break the deadlock in Brexit talks as Prime Minister Theresa May prepared for a crucial summit aiming to persuade EU leaders to back her plans. The bloc’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, repeated his offer to re-write his blueprint for avoiding a hard border between the UK ...