LONDON / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero of the UK. During the meeting, which took place as part of HH Sheikh Abdullah’s working visit to London, the two sides discussed the friendly relations and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has issued a Resolution appointing Dr Noura Khamis Al Ghaithi as Undersecretary of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH).

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (Diez) welcomed a high-level delegation from Curaçao Island within the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the Dubai Airport Free Zone (Dafz) to discuss future bilateral cooperation and investment opportunities. Amna Lootah, Director-General of Dubai Airport Freezone (Dafz), and Dr Juma Al Matrooshi, Director-General of Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), welcomed the delegation, which ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (Khalifa Fund) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Wio Bank PJSC — the region’s first platform bank — to support Khalifa Fund members with access to fast, flexible, and secure banking and financial services from Wio Business, the SME-tailored business banking application from Wio Bank. Through the partnership, the two ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Presidential Court, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mubadala Investment Company, chaired the meeting of the company’s board held in Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. HH Sheikh Mansour opened the meeting by lauding the company’s performance ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) has signed an agreement with Airbus, to support the development and growth of the global sustainable aviation fuel market. The signing ceremony was held in the presence of Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Chairman of Masdar and COP28 President-Designate, Guillaume Faury, Chief Executive Officer, ...

LATAKIA / WAM Operation Gallant Knight 2, launched by the Joint Operations Command of the Ministry of Defence, has completed 100 days of continuous support and assistance to Syria following the earthquake on February 06. During this period, 181 aircraft carrying 5,727 tonnes of essential food supplies, medicines and  medical equipment and three ships carrying 5,429 tonnes were dispatched, totalling ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) imposed administrative sanctions on eight banks operating in the UAE, pursuant to Article 137 of the Decretal Federal Law No (14) of 2018 Regarding the Central Bank & Organisation of Financial Institutions and Activities, and the Central Bank notices regarding the beneficiaries of the Nationals Defaulted Debts Settlement Fund ...

DUBAI / WAM The highly anticipated Seatrade Maritime Logistics Middle East, the leading shipping and maritime supply chain event in the region, commenced on Tuesday at the Dubai World Trade Centre under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MOEI UAE). As an integral part of the UAE Maritime Week, the conference and exhibition attracted renowned industry ...

BLOOMBERG Since his ouster as prime minister in 2022, Imran Khan has played a high-stakes game of challenging Pakistan’s powerful military. Now it’s reaching a breaking point. Khan’s dramatic arrest by dozens of paramilitary rangers for graft triggered protests that left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured, risking more spasms of violence in a nation struggling to pull ...