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Bird-hit Saudi plane in emergency landing
A Saudi passenger aircraft on a domestic flight made an emergency landing after hitting a bird in air, a newspaper reported on Sunday. The plane, owned by national carrier Saudia Airlines, returned to airport in the southern Jazan province 40 (...)

08 - 05 - 2016
Gold set for weekly decline
Gold was set to post its biggest weekly decline in six weeks on Friday as the US dollar firmed ahead of the US non-farm payrolls report that could provide clues about the Federal Reserve's monetary policy. A strong payrolls number could prompt the (...)

06 - 05 - 2016
Smoke alert diverts Air Arabia's Sharjah flight
Sharjah-based carrier Air Arabia flight from Sharjah to Saudi city of Taif was diverted to Riyadh after the smoke indicator was detected in the cargo compartment. The low-cost carrier said in a press statement that all passengers were evacuated (...)

17 - 03 - 2016
Oil surges 43% to hit one-year-high of $40: Is the worst over?
Benchmark oil prices jumped by almost 2 per cent on Monday morning to scale one-year highs as supply tightened. Brent crude oil prices were up 1.9 per cent to $39.49 per barrel at 9am UAE time, up almost 43 per cent on the $26.67 that the global (...)

07 - 03 - 2016
Oil prices rise on lower US rig count, but glut weighs
Oil prices recovered on Monday following steep losses in the previous session, supported by a fall in the number of US rigs in use, but analysts said general oversupply was keeping the market weak. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose (...)

22 - 02 - 2016
Iraq seeks Egyptian investors for two industrial cities
Iraq is seeking Egyptian investors to build two industrial cities as part of plans to construct such projects with the help of other countries, an Iraqi news network reported on Monday. Shafaq News said Iraqi industry and minerals minister Mohammed (...)

15 - 02 - 2016
Future of governments... 3 asap changes
The Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum has called on governments to make three "absolutely necessary changes" to prepare for the future. Delivering the main address ‘The Dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution' at the World (...)

09 - 02 - 2016
How governments can think unthinkable
Were terrorist attacks, financial crises, natural disasters, and epidemics the world faced all unforeseeable events, or merely huge failures of humankind to think the unthinkable? Speaking at the opening day of the 4th World Government Summit (WGS (...)

09 - 02 - 2016
World Government Summit will answer tomorrow's questions today: Gergawi
The Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the Fourth World Government Summit (WGS) Mohammed Al Gergawi, called on the "sound leadership" of the rulers of the country to take the UAE into the fourth industrial revolution. Addressing an audience (...)

08 - 02 - 2016
Oil price surges to $36 on hopes for production deal
Global oil prices rose to a three-week high over the weekend, surging by as much as 25 per cent from 12-year lows hit last week as speculation rose about a deal between the major oil exporters to slash production. In addition, the latest announced (...)

31 - 01 - 2016
Yemeni VP applauds UAE support
Khalid Bahah, Yemeni Vice-President, lauded the great support the UAE gave to his country and thanked the Saudi-led Arab Coalition countries for their efforts. This came during a meeting Bahah had with the UAE's special envoy to Yemen, Ali Muslih Al (...)

27 - 01 - 2016
Coalition planes strike Houthi secret meeting
Arab Coalition warplanes intensified strikes targeting a secret meeting of Houthi leaders, killing several of them, reported Al Bayan. Military sources said Houthi militia and forces loyal to ousted President Saleh are terrified by the presence of (...)

19 - 01 - 2016
Oil plummets to $29, dragging world stocks lower
Oil prices plummeted to $29 a barrel on Friday on the impending resumption of Iranian oil exports into an already flooded market as international sanctions against the country are lifted, dragging equity indexes around the world sharply lower. Crude (...)

17 - 01 - 2016
Lulu to open 10 hypermarkets in Egypt
UAE-based Lulu Group has opened its first hypermarket in Cairo, capital of Egypt and the group plans to invest $300 million in the country. MA Yousuf Ali, said the group will set up ten new hypermarkets in Egypt in the next two years, with an (...)

24 - 12 - 2015
Yemen government forces close to Sanaa
Yemeni legitimate government forces edged closer to Sanaa on Tuesday and were within just around 60 km from the capital after seizing key positions held by the Iranian-backed coup rebels, reports from Yemen said on Wednesday. After heavy clashes (...)

23 - 12 - 2015
Yemeni resistance captures 45 rebels
Yemeni national resistance fighters captured 45 Iranian-backed rebels and killed at least 30 others in an attack on their positions in North Yemen. Yemen Press news website said the attack targeted the Houthis and their allies in Shaaf area in the (...)

23 - 12 - 2015
Scores of rebels killed in army shelling in Yemen
Scores of Iranian-backed coup rebels were killed in heaving artillery shelling on their positions by the legitimate army and the resistance in the Southeastern Shabwah governorate, a Yemeni news website reported on Monday. Masdar Online quoted (...)

21 - 12 - 2015
Yemeni army seizes key rebel position in Sanaa
Yemen's national army and resistance seized a key coup rebel military camp in Sanaa governorate, the first major insurgent position to fall to the legitimacy in the conflict in the Arab country, the army said on its Facebook page. Army and (...)

21 - 12 - 2015
Russia will develop N weapons: Putin
President Vladimir Putin says Russia will continue to develop nuclear weapons but doesn't intend to use them. The Russian leader made the comment in a documentary called "World Order" that was aired on state television Sunday night. "Russia as a (...)

21 - 12 - 2015
UAE to train Yemeni resistance men for army
The UAE will train 500 Yemeni resistance fighters at military camps in the country to quality them for joining Yemen's legitimate army. Yemen's news website Masdar Online said the Yemeni army has agreed to integrate nearly 3,500 national resistance (...)

20 - 12 - 2015
Fake grenade outside US mosque
Two mosques in the city of Hawthorne were vandalised Sunday with paint and a fake grenade was left in the driveway of one of the properties, police said, adding that the FBI is helping with the investigation. The Hawthorne Police Department said it (...)

14 - 12 - 2015
12 rebels killed in clash with Yemeni resistance
Yemen's national army and resistance fighters killed 12 Houthi rebels and captured five others during heavy fighting in the Southwestern Al Dale governorate. The fighters also captured Yaees village in the governorate after clashes with the (...)

13 - 12 - 2015
Emirates NBD Named UAE's Best Bank by Euromoney
, a leading bank in the region, announced today that it had been recognised as 'Best Bank in the UAE', at the 23rd annual Euromoney Middle East Awards for Excellence 2015. The award was presented to Abdulla Qassem, Group Chief Operating Officer – (...)

29 - 11 - 2015
Taiz battle will not be affected by politics: Bahah
Arab coalition forces and their national Yemeni allies will push ahead with a crucial offensive to expel the coup rebels from the Southeastern town of Taiz despite UN proposals for peace talks, Yemen's vice-president has said. "The Taiz battle is (...)

09 - 11 - 2015
Taiz to be liberated in two weeks: Yemeni commander
The Arab coalition forces and their national Yemeni allies will be able to liberate Taiz from the coup insurgents in just two weeks, a senior Yemeni military commander was quoted on Tuesday as saying. Major-General Nassir Al Tahiri, deputy chief of (...)

03 - 11 - 2015
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