A law establishing a public institution called Safa Foundation – a new commercial body with legal personality – and full financial and administrative autonomy to pursue its goals, has been issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al...

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Malikgulyyewi Berdimuha-medow yesterday attended the signing of two MoUs. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and...

Damas International has announced changes in its top management team, bringing in Sanjay Kalsi to the position of Interim Acting Chief Executive Officer, from his previous position as Chief Financial Officer with the company. Damas, in a...

The year 2010 will see closer co-operation and alignment between the Office of the Brand of Abu Dhabi and government departments, in order to boost Abu Dhabi as a brand, locally and globally. Talking to Emirates Business Khalid Al Falasi, Head...

Kidnappers in the southern Philippines have released unharmed a Yemeni man after holding him for 10 days, authorities said on Monday. Najib al-Udaini, 30, who was seized by armed men on January 29, was turned over late on Sunday, said...

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday ordered Iran's atomic chief to begin higher uranium enrichment in two to three months if the Western powers do not agree on an enrichment deal. The statement raised the stakes in a dispute with the West...

Search teams have identified the location of main segments of the Ethiopian Airlines [ETHA.UL] plane that had crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people on board, the Lebanese transport minister said on Saturday....

The head of the international tribunal on the assassination of Lebanon’s former prime minister has sought to reassure Lebanese this week that the investigation is on track, but there are growing concerns here that work is languishing in the case....

Britain's top financial regulator said yesterday he planned to step down, surprising the markets and casting doubt over the future of the Financial Services Authority and broader banking reform. Britain's opposition Conservative Party, tipped in...

As China prepares to usher in the Year of the Tiger next week, a massive publicity drive has begun in neighbouring India, where the big cat is the national animal, to save it from extinction. Conservation group WWF-India has enlisted the support...

At least eight people are dead and 40 others injured by avalanches in a mountain pass north of Kabul that have left hundreds stranded on the roads. Gen. Abdul Rahman Sayedkhail, Parwan provincial police chief, said eight people have been...

The struggling aid effort in Haiti was hit by another setback Monday as the UN halted deliveries to some 10,000 quake survivors after discovering that fake coupons were in operation. An agitated crowd of around 100 people continued to wait...