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  Abu Dhabi / emirates business Tadweer (The Center of Waste Management – Abu Dhabi) launched on Tuesday its policies, procedures and systems project at the Grand Millennium Al Wahda, Abu Dhabi. The event was attended by HE Eisa Saif Al Qubaisi, General Manager of Tadweer, departments’ directors and heads, Tadweer employees and media representatives. HE Eisa Saif Al Qubaisi, ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Under the patronage of HH Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, and in collaboration with the Arab League Secretary General, the Arab Thought Foundation (ATF) will hold its annual FIKR15 conference in Abu Dhabi. The event will take place at St Regis Saadiyat on December 12 – 14. Coinciding with the ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business IMG Worlds, Dubai-based owner and operator of the world’s largest indoor theme park, IMG Worlds of Adventure, announces the launch of its latest project, IMG Worlds of Legends. With nine unique zones spread across over 2 million square feet, IMG Worlds of Legends will feature some of the most exciting and popular brands in the ...

Aleppo / AFP Syrian regime forces were on the verge on Tuesday of seizing a major rebel district of Aleppo as Moscow and Washington traded barbs over stalled efforts to end fighting in the battle-worn city. After retaking control of about two-thirds of east Aleppo in recent days, forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad were advancing Tuesday on the large residential ...

  Damascus / AFP Syria’s government on Tuesday said it would not agree to a ceasefire in Aleppo unless it guarantees a full withdrawal of rebel factions from the city. “Syria will not leave its citizens in east Aleppo to be held hostage by terrorists, and will exert every effort to liberate them,” said a foreign ministry statement carried by ...

  Aden / AFP Yemeni authorities have arrested eight suspected IS group extremists implicated in a spate of attacks targeting security personnel in second city Aden this year, police said. Police in the southern port city, headquarters of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, also seized silenced pistols and letters from IS leaders in Iraq and Syria, a statement said late on ...

  Chennai / AFP Tens of thousands of mourners filed past the coffin of the Indian politician Jayalalithaa Jayaram on Tuesday in an emotional farewell to the former movie star who enjoyed almost god-like status in the state of Tamil Nadu. The 68-year-old Jayalalithaa, described by her party as the Iron Lady of India, died late Monday after suffering a massive ...

  Ankara/ AFP Turkish police on Tuesday detained a former advisor to the main opposition party leader over alleged links to the group led by the US-based Islamic preacher blamed for the July failed coup, state media reported. Fatih Gursul was a former science, technology and communications advisor to the secular main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, ...

Brussels /AFP South Korea’s scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye said on Tuesday she would accept the result of a looming and possibly lengthy impeachment process, but defied pressure to resign immediately. An opposition-sponsored impeachment motion is almost certain to be adopted by the national assembly on Friday, with some 30 rebel MPs from Park’s Saenuri party saying they will vote in ...

Dhaka / AFP More than 20,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh in recent weeks to escape a bloody crackdown by the army in neighbouring Myanmar, humanitarian officials said on Tuesday. Bangladesh has stepped up patrols on the border to try to stem the tide of refugees since an eruption of unrest in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine in early October. ...