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  Dubai / WAM The Emirates Airline requested the authorities to take strong measures and impose penalties to discourage future occurrences of unauthorised drone activity, and also consider implementing drone detectors at the Dubai airport. The appeal was made by Adel Al Redha, Emirates’ Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, who said, “Flight diversions and extensive holding are costly. Financial ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, du, on Tuesday published its financial results for the third quarter of 2016, showing a 2.9% rise in revenue to AED3.14 billion. Net profit before royalty rose 2.4% to AED 995.1 million. Commenting on the results, Osman Sultan, du’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “Our consistent focus on improving the entire customer experience, while providing ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai-based Emirates Islamic Bank donated AED300,000 to the Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services to support services for people with disability across the UAE. The donation was announced by the bank officials during a tour to the City to learn about its activities and services. General Manager of Operational Quality and Processes at the Emirates Islamic Bank Awatif ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), an agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED), recently concluded a successful mission to three cities in Italy, interacting with businesses across varied sectors looking at Dubai as a gateway to high-growth markets. Overall, the Dubai FDI delegation met with representatives of 21 companies across the cities of ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Under patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, the Dubai Maritime Summit will be launched on Wednesday, to discuss the present and future of world maritime navigation, with a special focus on best practices in maritime innovation, arbitration and human capital ...

  Arbil / AFP Elite Iraqi forces battled the IS group on the eastern edge of Mosul on Tuesday, with a top commander saying the “true liberation” of the extremist-held city had begun. Amid heavy fighting on the eastern front over the past two days, forces from Iraq’s US-trained Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) had advanced into Gogjali, a village separated from Mosul ...

  Moscow / AFP Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday accused the US-led coalition in Syria of failing to rein in hardline rebels, and said the chance of a political settlement was now remote. He said the coalition was “putting spokes in the wheel” of Russia’s military operation in the country and failing to “act in unison”. “As a ...

  Islamabad / AFP Amnesty International has called on Pakistan to release hundreds of opposition activists detained before a planned mass protest, as police used tear gas and rubber bullets overnight to prevent demonstrators from entering Islamabad. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is under growing pressure from opposition parties, mainly Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), over corruption. It plans to lock ...

  Seoul / AFP South Korean prosecutors on Monday questioned the woman at the centre of a political scandal that has shattered public confidence in President Park Geun-Hye, with allegations of fraud and meddling in state affairs. In the wake of mass street protests in Seoul and other cities to demand Park’s resignation, Choi Soon-Sil—who has denied any criminal wrongdoing—submitted to ...

  Yangon / AFP Myanmar police said on Tuesday they have brought charges punishable by a long jail term against the captain of an overloaded river ferry that sank last month, killing dozens of people. A total of 73 people, including scores of teachers and university students, died when the boat capsized on the Chindwin River on its way to the ...