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June 26, 2016 Local News
Abu Dhabi /Â WAM Abu Dhabi General Services Company, Musanada, said that it has completed all the works related to the headquarters of the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) at Shakhbout City, as part of its efforts to realise the vision of His Highness President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and to implement the directions of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed ...
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June 26, 2016 Local News
RAS AL KHAIMAH / Emirates Business Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah, the UAE Chemical Society will host the 18th International Conference of the Union of Arab Chemists from March 26-28 at Jazirat Al Hamra, with Arab and international participation. The UAE Chemical Society won the ...
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June 26, 2016 Local News
ABU DHABI /Â WAM Abu Dhabi Airports Company on Sunday said it has geared up for the summer season with innovative passenger processing systems, reading libraries and moonlight check-in at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) to keep travelers comfortable and make their journeys more enjoyable. Acting COO of Abu Dhabi Airports, Mohammed Al Katheeri, said Abu Dhabi International Airport remains ...
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June 26, 2016 Politics, Uncategorized
BAGHDAD /Â AP A senior Iraqi commander declared that the city of Fallujah was “fully liberated” from IS group militants on Sunday, after a more than monthlong military operation. Iraqi troops have entered the northwestern Al Julan neighborhood, the last area of Fallujah to remain under IS control, the head of the counterterrorism forces in the operation, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab ...
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June 26, 2016 Politics
SANAA / AP Yemeni security and health officials say two days of fierce fighting between Shiite rebels and forces loyal to the internationally recognized government has killed at least 55 people from both sides. The officials said Sunday that 70 people were wounded in the fighting over the past 48 hours in the provinces of Taiz, Bayda and Marib. ...
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June 26, 2016 Politics
BEIRUT / AFP At least 82 people including 58 civilians were killed in Russian and regime air strikes on an IS group-held area of eastern Syria, a monitor said Sunday in a new toll. “Three Russian and Syrian regime air raids on the region of Al-Quriyah, southeast of Deir Ezzor city, killed 58 civilians,” the Syrian Observatory for Human ...
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June 26, 2016 Politics
Tehran / AFP Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said it killed five armed rebels in recent clashes along its border with Iraqi Kurdistan, state media reported. A statement from the Guards, published late Saturday by official news agency IRNA, said “five armed rebels linked to counter-revolutionary groups” were killed on Friday night. It did not give the name of the rebel ...
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June 26, 2016 Politics
Bloomberg Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said her government started work on legislation for a new referendum on independence after the UK. as a whole decided to quit the European Union while Scotland voted to remain. Speaking after an emergency meeting of her cabinet in Edinburgh on Saturday, Sturgeon said she will also be seeking talks with European leaders ...
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June 26, 2016 Politics
NEW DELHI / AP India expressed disappointment on Sunday with China for raising procedural hurdles to the South Asian country joining the 48-nation group controlling access to sensitive nuclear technology. Its membership application was not approved at the Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting last week in Seoul, South Korea, and External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup said that from India’s ...
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June 26, 2016 Politics
Gaza City / AFP In her modest home in the Gaza Strip, Sahar Sherif’s family watches as she ladles out a broth of meat and vegetables for a rare heart-warming meal. For just a month of the year, a soup kitchen in the Palestinian enclave is offering struggling families like Sherif’s a welcome break from daily worries about where ...
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