June, 2016

• 21 June

  Digital innovation drives UAE firms

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business GE (NYSE: GE) on Tuesday unveiled the UAE results of its 2016 Global Innovation Barometer, which explores how business leaders and members of the public perceive the opportunities for and barriers to innovation in a changing complex global environment. Now in its fifth year, the research surveyed 2,748 senior business executives and 1,346 informed publics ...

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• 21 June

  SDO holds meet on transformation of Dubai to become happiest city on earth

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business The board of directors of Smart Dubai Office (SDO) held its 5th meeting, which was presided over by H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, chairman of the board, as part of its action to fulfil the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler ...

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• 21 June

  Global Village engages 200 children for Arab Reading Challenge

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business Global Village, the region’s leading family destination for cultural entertainment and shopping, held an entertaining and educational activation for more than 200 orphan children at Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation Headquarters in Dubai on June 20. The activation comes under Global Village’s continuous engagement with the Arab Reading Challenge as well as its diverse range ...

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• 21 June

  RTA marks World Environment Day

    Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has marked World Environment Day by holding an array of environmental events. The RTA’s Energy and Green Economy Team held several awareness workshops to highlight the concept of green economy and energy saving. During the events, several departments and teams were congratulated for their excellent performance in implementing RTA environmental policies ...

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• 21 June

  Car bomb kills 6 Jordan soldiers near Syria border refugee camp

  

    Amman / AFP A car bomb outside a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan killed six soldiers on Tuesday in a remote desert area where hundreds have been held for screening for suspected links to the IS group. There was no immediate claim for the bombing but Jordan is a leading member of the US-led coalition fighting IS in neighbouring Syria ...

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• 21 June

  Malaysian opposition politician gunned down

    Kuala Lumpur / AFP A Malaysian opposition politician who worked on native land rights issues was shot dead on Tuesday six weeks after a failed run for a local assembly seat. Bill Kayong, 43, was gunned down in his pickup truck while stopped at a traffic light in the small city of Miri in Sarawak state, police said. Kayong ...

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• 21 June

  IS regains control of areas it lost to Syrian regime

    BEIRUT / AP The IS group has launched a counteroffensive in Syria’s northern province of Raqqa, retaking wide areas the militants recently lost to government troops. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday that the government forces have lost all territories they gained in Raqqa province since launching their offensive in early June. The IS-linked Aamaq ...

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• 21 June

  2,500 IS militants killed in Fallujah operation

    BAGHDAD / AP A senior Iraqi military commander says about 2,500 IS militants have been killed during a month-long offensive to recapture the city of Fallujah. The counterterrorism forces’ chief in the operation, Lt. General Abdul-Wahab Al Saadi, told the local al-Sumaria TV late on Monday that the number of IS fighters inside Fallujah ranged between 3,500 to 4,000 ...

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• 21 June

  Iran: Bahrain ‘will pay price’ for Shiites crackdown

  

    Dubai / AFP Iran has warned Bahrain that it is fanning armed rebellion and “will pay the price” after an escalating crackdown on the country’s Shiite majority saw a top cleric stripped of citizenship. Washington and the United Nations have also raised concerns about moves by the Sunni-ruled kingdom against Shiites, who account for some 70 percent of the ...

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• 21 June

  Taliban kidnaps two dozen people in Helmand province

    Kandahar / AFP Taliban on Tuesday kidnapped around two dozen people after pulling them off buses in southern Afghanistan, officials said, the latest in series of abductions on the country’s increasingly dangerous highways. The pre-dawn incident in Washer district of Helmand province comes a day after militants killed more than 20 people, including 14 Nepali security guards, in a ...

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