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  Abu Dhabi / WAM   The UAE has been founded on the deeply grounded principles based on mutual respect and co-operation, and values of tolerance and co-existence, said Dr. Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of Federal National Council, FNC, in a statement on the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance. “The UAE community is well characterised by its authentic ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Tolerance is a key value of the UAE and a significant part of the country’s societal structure, Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, said here today in a statement as the UAE celebrates the International Day of Tolerance. The late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, founding father of the UAE, had ...

  Athens / AFP US President Barack Obama flew into Athens on Tuesday on his final foreign trip to Europe, seeking to calm the nerves of allies concerned by Donald Trump’s shock presidential election victory. With Europeans worried by Trump’s downplaying of the importance of the NATO military alliance, Obama pointedly told Greek daily Kathimerini before his visit that Washington had ...

  New York / AFP President-elect Donald Trump meets with running mate Mike Pence in New York on Tuesday to discuss cabinet appointments amid reports of intense infighting over choice posts. One source described to CNN the fierce lobbying as a “knife fight.” Trump and Pence will “be reviewing a number of names” for cabinet positions, Jason Miller, a transition ...

  Ankara/ AFP Germany’s foreign minister on Tuesday said it was up to Turkey to decide whether to advance its bid on joining the European Union, reaffirming Berlin’s “serious concern” at the crackdown after the failed July 15 coup. The purge that has seen over 35,000 people arrested and journalists as well as some MPs put in jail had raised questions ...

  Brussels / AFP NATO head Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said he was sure Donald Trump would live up to all US commitments to the alliance, just days after urging the president-elect not to go it alone. “President-elect Donald Trump stated during the election campaign that he is a big fan of NATO,” Stoltenberg said in Brussels as he arrived ...

  Moscow / AFP Russian authorities said on on Tuesday they have charged Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev with bribe-taking after he was detained on suspicion of taking a two-million-dollar payoff over a deal involving state oil giant Rosneft. The Investigative Committee, the country’s main federal investigative body, said in a statement it had charged the minister with “receiving bribes” after he ...

  Marrakesh / AFP UN chief Ban Ki-moon voiced hope on Tuesday that Donald Trump will “vary” his stance denying climate change as world leaders gathered in Morocco to keep a planetary rescue plan on track. A week after the election to the White House of Trump, who has called global warming a “hoax” and has threatened to “cancel” the ...

  Hong Kong / AFP A Hong Kong court on Tuesday ruled to disqualify two pro-independence lawmakers from parliament, a week after Beijing said it would not allow the pair to be sworn into office as fears grow of the city’s liberties coming under threat. Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching deliberately misread their oaths of office, inserted expletives and draped ...

  AP India’s government said on Tuesday it will use indelible ink to mark the fingers of people swapping scrapped currency notes at banks as authorities struggle to deal with the bedlam caused by the sudden demonetizing of the country’s highest-denomination bills. India announced a week ago that it was withdrawing 500 and 1,000 rupee notes as legal tender to ...