Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As the region’s 2015/2016 cruise season has come to a close, Abu Dhabi Ports, (ADP) the master developer, operator and manager of ports and the Khalifa Industrial Zone in the Emirate, released its best ever Cruise Terminal performance figures. With an increase of 16% in passengers and 20% increase in vessel calls, the state-of-the-art Abu ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Gulf Islamic Investments LLC (‘GII’), a UAE based Islamic financial services company, on Monday announced that it advised/ acquired on behalf of its Investors, a Class A Commercial Building ‘3501 Corporate Parkway’ situated in Center Valley (Allentown) Pennsylvania, United States of America. The building was constructed in 2006, on approximately 60,000 square feet plot ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Ramadan is known as the holy month of giving – a fact echoed by 69% of UAE expatriates who spend more on charitable acts during the month. The results come from a GCC survey conducted on expatriate behaviour and spending habits during Ramadan by Xpress Money, one of the most dependable money transfer brands in ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Commercial Compliance & Consumer Protection (CCCP) sector in the Department of Economic Development has announced an initiative to establish Consumer Protection Counters within hypermarkets, car showrooms, electronics shops and department stores across Dubai. The counter will serve as the first point of contact for consumers who wish to register complaints regarding their purchases. Mohammed ...

  Kabul / AFP A busload of Nepali security guards were among 23 people killed in a string of bombings across Afghanistan on Monday, days after Washington expanded the US military’s authority to strike the insurgents. The Taliban claimed the first attack which killed 14 Nepali security guards working for the Canadian Embassy in Kabul in a massive blast that left ...

ISLAMABAD / AP Pakistan and Afghanistan held talks on Monday in Islamabad on last week’s deadly border clashes that killed two Afghan border guards and a Pakistani officer. A statement after the meeting said both nations emphasized the need to create a mechanism for consulting one another on border issues. The two neighbors last week traded several bouts of deadly ...

  Kenya / AFP Five Kenyan policemen were killed on Monday when suspected radical Shabaab fighters attacked their convoy in the far northeast of the country, the local governor said. The police vehicle exploded into flames after it was hit by a suspected rocket-propelled grenade as it provided security for a bus near the remote Kenyan town of Elwak, on ...

  Jakarta / AFP Indonesia on Monday defended opening fire on Chinese sailors as an action aimed at stopping illegal fishing, after the latest confrontation between the nations in the South China Sea. Beijing has protested strongly over clash near Indonesia’s Natuna Islands, saying one Chinese fisherman was injured. The Indonesian navy said that seven sailors and a Chinese-flagged vessel ...

  Geneva / AFP Widespread and ongoing violations against Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority, including denial of citizenship, forced labour and sexual violence, could amount to crimes against humanity, the United Nations warned on Monday. In a report on the human rights situation for minorities in Myanmar, the UN human rights office said it had found “a pattern of gross violations ...

  Cambodia / AFP Cambodia said on Monday it would deport 13 Taiwanese nationals arrested on fraud charges to mainland China, as Taipei said its emissaries had been prevented from meeting with the suspects. The imminent deportations come at a time of increased tensions between Taiwan and mainland China, with Taipei accusing Beijing of “abducting” citizens from countries that do ...