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  Dubai / WAM Emirati companies and business talent took the limelight at the 2016 Middle East HR Excellence Awards, the region’s most prestigious celebration of HR and talent development professionals, at the InterContinental Hotel. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi took home the Nationalisation Initiative of the Year award for their efforts in attracting and retaining Emirati talent. “We consider the recruitment ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Art 2016 will continue to present a variety of offerings to the public at Manarat Al Saadiyat, inspiring visitors with intellectual discussions and live performances as part of a diverse arts programme taking place from November 16-19. Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of ...

  Aleppo / AFP Syrian government and Russian warplanes pounded rebel-held parts of northern Syria on Wednesday, including battered second city Aleppo, where food aid rations were all-but-exhausted after months of regime siege. The renewed bombardment has killed at least 20 people, including nine children, in Aleppo alone in the last 24 hours, and sparked anger from the United States and ...

  Islamabad / AFP Pakistan has ordered the deportation of 130 teachers affiliated with the alleged mastermind of an attempted coup in Turkey, officials said on Wednesday, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to arrive for a visit. The teachers from the private PakTurk International Schools and Colleges, backed by US-based Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen’s Hizmet group, will have ...

  Islamabad / AFP Pakistan’s top foreign affairs official has said he plans to visit India next month for a regional conference, the first high-profile visit since tensions spiralled between the arch-rivals after a deadly attack on an Indian army base. Sartaj Aziz, adviser to Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz Sharif and de facto foreign minister, said he will attend the Heart ...

  Beirut / AFP Internet cafes closed down, travel bans and new checkpoints: residents say extremists are trying to tighten their grip on power in Raqa as US-backed forces near the IS group’s Syrian bastion. A Kurdish-Arab alliance called the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began an operation to recapture the northern city on November 5. Since then, residents say IS ...

  Kabul / AFP A suicide bomber on foot struck a government vehicle in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding 10 others, officials said, in an attack claimed by the IS group. The latest bombing to hit the Afghan capital came during the morning rush hour, as militants intensify nationwide attacks on the Western-backed government. “A suicide ...

  Jerusalem / AFP The Israeli parliament gave initial approval on Wednesday to a bill to legalise thousands of West Bank settler homes, a measure drawing international anger and posing the government’s biggest test since 2015 polls. The measure, which would apply to an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 Jewish homes in the occupied West Bank, requires three more full parliamentary ...

  Marrakesh / AFP Morocco is to host an African summit later on Wednesday as the kingdom presses a bid to rejoin the continental bloc 32 years after walking out in protest at its position on the Western Sahara. Some 30 leaders are due to take part, including those of English-speaking states like Kenya and Nigeria as well as Morocco’s ...

Athens/ AFP Globalisation has brought many economic benefits to the world but needs a “course correction” to address growing inequality, US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday on his European farewell tour. Obama spoke during a visit originally planned as a valedictory lap, but which has become focused on reassuring jittery allies after the shock election victory by Donald Trump, a ...