May, 2016

• 12 May

  Ways to bolster pvt investments reviewed

  

    Hanoi / WAM HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. During the meeting, HH Sheikh Abdullah conveyed the greetings of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness ...

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• 12 May

  Abdullah appreciates role of Vietnamese workers

    Hanoi / WAM HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met Pham Binh Minh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi. During the meeting, they discussed ways to strengthen and develop bilateral relations between the two countries in the areas of trade, investment ...

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• 12 May

  SAIF Zone holds seminars to attract Portuguese investors

  

    Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (SAIF Zone) organized seminars in Lisbon and Porto cities in Portugal recently. The delegation, which was led by Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director of SAIF Zone and Hamriyah Free Zone, also consisted of Raed Bukhatir, Deputy Commercial Director and Wafa Balsawad, Marketing Manager. SAIF Zone team presented a summary of ...

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• 12 May

  Truce ends in Syria’s Aleppo as aid heads for besieged town

  

  Aleppo, Syria / AFP The truce in Syria’s battleground city Aleppo expired on Thursday with no new last-minute extension, as a besieged town near the capital prepared to receive its first humanitarian aid in four years. World powers are to meet in Vienna next week to try to push faltering peace talks towards ending a five-year conflict that has killed ...

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• 12 May

  Suicide attacks near Baghdad kill 5 cops

    Badhdad / AP A twin suicide bombing hit a police station in Baghdad’s westernmost suburb on Thursday, killing at least five policemen a day after a wave of attacks by the IS group killed nearly a hundred people in the Iraqi capital. The IS-claimed bombings were the deadliest in Baghdad this year, coming at a time of turmoil and deadlock ...

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• 12 May

  IS releases video of ‘citizen executions’ in Iraq

    Badhdad / AFP The IS group has released a video showing five alleged “spies” being shot dead in Iraq by young men from a crowd assembled for the execution. The 12-minute video released on social media on Wednesday mimics a participatory television show, in which members of the public are interviewed and invited to take part. Produced by the group’s ...

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• 12 May

  Yemen foes discuss military pullouts, arms handovers

  

    Kuwait City / AFP Yemen’s government and Iran-backed rebels have discussed the crucial issues of military withdrawals, the handover of weapons and the restoration of state institutions during peace talks, the UN said on Thursday. Negotiators on Wednesday also debated the logistical details of a release of prisoners and detainees announced a day earlier, UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed ...

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• 12 May

  Bottleneck of ‘misery’ for migrants at Hungary fence

  

    Röszke, Hungary / AFP On the Serbian side of Hungary’s razor-topped border fence, the smell of burning rubbish hangs in the air, clothes hang on trees and the wait to get into the European Union goes on. “We go to those trees over there,” said Amir, 17, one of a seven-strong Afghan family including two children and an exhausted ...

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• 12 May

  Turkey recalls B’desh envoy after hardliner leader hanged

    Ankara, Turkey / AFP Turkey on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Bangladesh for consultations after strongly protesting the execution in the country of a top extremist leader, the state-run Anatolia news agency said. Motiur Rahman Nizami, leader of the Jamaat-E-Islami party, was hanged at a Dhaka jail late Tuesday for the massacre of intellectuals during the 1971 independence war with ...

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• 12 May

  Yes, Americans can work longer

  

  Can Americans work longer? Or, are we so broken down by our 60s that extending work life would be cruel? These questions stalk the debate over Social Security and Medicare. Critics of current policy, including me, have long urged that eligibility ages slowly rise to reflect longer life expectancy. Not so fast, counter others. Just because people live longer doesn’t ...

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