Bloomberg A South Sudanese army offensive on a rebel stronghold has forced about 5,000 civilians to seek shelter in neighboring Ethiopia, adding to the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis, a United Nations official said. The people have fled their homes since about July 2 as troops advance toward Pagak town in the country’s northeastern Upper Nile region, David Shearer, head of ...

Bloomberg Turkish police killed five alleged IS suspects in a raid on a safe house and detained more than 70 others across a nation which has been drawn into the war with the extremists in neighboring Syria. Police seized AK-47 rifles, a gun and a large quantity of ammunition after the shootout in the central city of Konya on Wednesday, ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s credibility took a sharp blow after his son released emails that directly contradict months of assertions that investigations of possible campaign collusion with Russia were nothing more than a partisan “witch hunt.” Just 173 days in office, Trump already has seen his political clout depleted by a stymied agenda in Congress and approval ratings consistently under ...

YEKATERINBURG / WAM UAE Minister of Economy, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, joined Zayed Bin Rashid Alzayani, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and Abdul Karim Taqi Abdul Karim, General Manager of Public Authority for Industry in Kuwait during a meeting with Russian representatives ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai SME, the agency of Dubai Economy mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Souq.com to launch an e-commerce initiative for SMEs. Under the MoU, the two sides will work together to provide Dubai SME members with integrated e-commerce solutions comprising online product display, e-payment, ...

Al Ain / WAM Community projects worth over AED17 million have been launched for private sector investors and developers in Al Ain City to meet growing population needs for diverse commercial services as part of Abu Dhabi Government’s comprehensive sustainable development strategy. The projects launched by Al Ain City Municipality covers design, construction and operation of a community market project ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Festival Arena by InterContinental at Dubai Festival City has already seen the number of events booked at the venue double from 2016 to 2017, as the venue becomes the go-to events space in the region. In the first two quarters of 2017 it has hosted eight events including concerts, exhibitions and awards ceremonies, with a ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced that the construction progress of Sustainability, the 132/11 kilovolt (kV) main substation at Expo 2020 Dubai, with conversion capacity of 150 megavolt-amperes (MVA), is 77 percent complete and is expected to be operational by October 31. The total cost of project was AED103mn, including AED83.4 million for the plant and ...

Bloomberg India wants $300 billion in investments over the next 10 years to satisfy accelerating demand in the world’s fastest-growing oil market. The South Asian nation needs investments to boost the production of natural gas and crude oil, and to refine, transport and distribute the fuel to households, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in an interview in Istanbul. He is ...

Bloomberg Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and other oil majors could see their credit ratings slashed again if they fail to cut costs and reduce their growing debt loads in the next year, according to an S&P Global Ratings report. The world’s largest drillers failed to take advantage of high prices during the boom years before 2014 to repay debt, ...