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    Dubai / Emirates Business The Smart Dubai Government Establishment’s (SDG) call centre was recognised as the ‘Best Government Call Centre in the Middle East’ during the 2016 INSIGHTS Middle East Call Centre Awards held recently on the side lines of the Middle East Call Centre Conference 2016 (MECC’16). INSIGHTS is a leading organization with over 20 years of ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The holy month of Ramadan is a special time to embrace the spirit of giving and make a difference in the community. The month is also an ideal time for business leaders to reflect on the importance of corporate philanthropy. Encouraging this very concept of corporate social responsibility, Al Noor Training Centre is back with ...

  Manama / Tribune news service Residents of 1,300 rundown homes in the Muharraq Governorate are refusing to renovate their homes according to heritage specifications and threatening to knock them down themselves. Homes in the historic Muharraq, Hidd and Arad neighbourhoods are under a banned list, which means that the Muharraq Municipality can’t grant their owners permission to bulldoze and ...

  Reuters Bankers are expecting to be notified soon about the line up to lead Saudi Arabia’s debut international bond transaction after pitches took place in Riyadh. The Kingdom is likely to hire from the list of banks that underwrote a US$10bn loan in May, which was coordinated by JP Morgan, HSBC and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, though a number of ...

Reuters Importers in Iran have bought at least 250,000 tonnes of Brazilian raw sugar in the first purchases since international sanctions were lifted on Tehran in January, trade sources said. One source said the purchases were between 250,000 and 300,000 tonnes for May to June shipment, while another said the quantity was probably bigger than that. “Buyers in Iran have ...

  Manama / Tribune news service Old and outdated systems running the oil and gas sector in the Gulf are vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to a security expert. Hackers keep exploiting this weakness which is reflected in the sharp rise in the number of attempts reported by a global cyber security watchdog monitoring the situation. “The underlying technology that ...

  WASHINGTON / AP Far from ending the two wars he inherited from the Bush administration, Barack Obama is wrestling with an expanded set of conflicts in the final months of his presidency, from Iraq and Afghanistan to Libya and Syria, with no end in sight. In Afghanistan, where a Taliban resurgence has upset Washington’s “exit strategy,” Obama is giving the ...

  LONDON / AFP A group of 13 Nobel laureates have urged UK voters to remain in the European Union, warning that Britain will lose funding, global influence and access to expertise if the nation votes to leave the 28-nation bloc. The scientists wrote an open letter to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, expressing concern that those arguing that Britain should ...

  Rio de Janeiro / AFP President Dilma Rousseff, suspended from office pending her impeachment trial, has been called as a defense witness for a key figure in the Petrobras corruption scandal, Brazilian media reported. The case reportedly involves Marcelo Odebrecht, the former head of a family-owned construction company who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role ...

  Paris / AFP After a triumphant start to Euro 2016, France braced for more strike disruptions and hooligan violence as England face Russia in a high-risk match on Saturday. A tense France was finally able to party after winning the opening match against Romania and avoiding major hiccups as ongoing industrial unrest failed to disrupt transport to the Stade de ...