March, 2017

• 8 March

  Etihad Rail showcases at Middle East Rail 2017

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Rail been participating in the region’s largest rail exhibition and conference, Middle East Rail (MER), held at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre over the March, 7-8. During the two-day event, the national rail network has showcased an Etihad Rail Virtual Reality experience, planned network maps and an insight into the future passenger ...

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• 8 March

  Tadweer launches series of awareness lectures

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Tadweer (The Center of Waste Management – Abu Dhabi) launched a series of awareness lectures at a number of Abu Dhabi Majlises. The first lecture titled “From Waste to Resources” was held at Majlis Al Bateen, and was attended by His Excellency Jaber Mohammed Ghanem Al Suwaidi, the General Director of the Crown Prince ...

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• 8 March

  Healthcare leaders pledge to close gender gap in workplace

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business On International Women’s Day, healthcare leaders from across the region pledged to take action in closing the workplace gender gap while attending the 3rd MENA MedTech Forum in Dubai. The commitment comes following local survey results which revealed very few women in senior leadership roles within the corporate healthcare environment in MENA, mirroring global numbers ...

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• 8 March

  IS gunmen in white lab coats kill 30 in Kabul hospital

  

    KABUL / AP Gunmen wearing white lab coats stormed a military hospital in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens in an attack claimed by the IS group. The attack on the 400-bed military facility, located near two civilian hospitals in Kabul’s heavily-guarded diplomatic quarter, set off clashes with security forces that lasted several ...

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• 8 March

  NATO, US warn Kosovo against move to form army

    BRUSSELS / AP NATO and the United States warned Wednesday they could scale back cooperation with Kosovo’s security services if the government goes ahead with plans to transform its lightly-armed security force into an army without the required constitutional changes. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he told Kosovo’s leaders by telephone “that unilateral steps such as these are ...

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• 8 March

  US-based aid group helping Syrians shut down in Turkey

    ANKARA / AP Turkey’s government has revoked the registration of a US-based aid group, forcing it to shut down operations that provided assistance to conflict-stricken Syrians from Turkey, the group announced on Wednesday. The Portland, Oregon-based Mercy Corps said it was “seeking a dialogue” with Turkish authorities to resume operations that constitute one of the largest humanitarian operations for ...

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• 8 March

  Iran disputes US allegations about encounter at sea

    TEHRAN / AP Iran says a vessel from a joint US and British naval fleet approached Revolutionary Guard boats in the Strait of Hormuz in an “unprofessional” manner aimed at escalating tensions in the region. Revolutionary Guard Cpt. Mahdi Hashemi disputed allegations made earlier this week by a US Navy official, who said a US ship was forced to ...

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• 8 March

  Libya’s eastern parliament calls for elections next year

    BENGHAZI / AP Libya’s eastern-based parliament has called for elections to be held early next year, after it backed out of a United Nations-brokered peace deal with rival authorities in the capital, Tripoli. The widening split has stoked concerns that violence could escalate in the fractured country. In an open letter to the country’s electoral commission released late Tuesday, ...

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• 8 March

  Johnson says Britain still backs 2-state solution in Mideast

  

    RAMALLAH / AP Britain’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that his country remains “absolutely” committed to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and that obstacles to a deal, including accelerated Israeli settlement building, must be removed. Boris Johnson said he believes it’s still possible to set up a state of Palestine alongside Israel and that the leadership change ...

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• 8 March

  Germany hopeful relations with Turkey can normalize

  

    BERLIN / AP Germany’s foreign minister expressed cautious optimism on Wednesday that Berlin and Ankara may begin to slowly reel diplomatic relations back to normal, following an escalation of tensions that culminated with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accusing Germany of “Nazi practices.” Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said talks at a Berlin hotel over breakfast with Turkish Foreign Minister ...

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