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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, attends the “Future Dialogue” sessions on Dubai Plan 2021, where he launched the “Mohammed bin Rashid Distinguished Students Programme” to provide opportunities for outstanding Emirati students to join the best private schools in Dubai. The initiative will be implemented for the next academic year 2017-2018. Wam Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, attends […]

Iona Craig, who reported on the aftermath of the botched Navy SEAL raid in Yemen for The Intercept from Yeman, did so with the help of the Pulitzer Center. Iona Craig. Grants from the Pulitzer Center go a long way for international journalists who eke out a difficult existence covering tough stories from dangerous places. The details of her recent Yemen experience should give pause to most […]

Etihad Airways has said there is no immediate change to its policy of carrying items on board its aircraft. Reports in US media this morning have said the US government is expected to announce a temporary ban on passengers on certain flights originating in the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as well other Muslim-majority countries, from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and most other electronics in carry-on luggage. […]

(Image: file photo) NEW YORK — A lot of people woke up confused by the news this morning that the US government is banning electronics on some inbound flights from several Muslim-majority countries. They’re right. It doesn’t make sense. The simple rundown is that passengers on all airlines with direct flights from ten Middle Eastern and African airports — including in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan — […]

By David Shepardson and Kylie MacLellan | WASHINGTON/LONDON WASHINGTON/LONDON The United States and Britain on Tuesday imposed restrictions on carry-on electronic devices on planes coming from certain airports in Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa in response to unspecified security threats. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said passengers traveling from those airports could not bring devices such as tablets, portable DVD players, laptops […]

In a poorly rolled out bit of security theater, the US just banned people from carrying laptops, cameras, and tablets—but not phones—in the cabins of airliners traveling from several Middle Eastern and North African cities to the US. The regulation affects fliers from Amman, Cairo, Istanbul, Jeddah, Riyadh, Kuwait, Casablanca, Doha, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi. It’ll also affect anyone connecting through those airports. No US […]

By David Shepardson and Mark Hosenball | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Passengers travelling on certain U.S.-bound foreign airline flights will have to check electronic devices larger than a cell phone once U.S. authorities formalise a new ban in response to an unspecified terrorism threat, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday. The new rule is expected to be announced Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security, the officials said, adding […]

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Airline passengers travelling from eight Middle Eastern nations, including Jordan and Egypt, will be barred from carrying large electronic devices into the main cabin under new regulations from the Trump administration. The rules, which come into effect on Tuesday, also apply to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to a US official. Passengers from the eight countries will have to check laptop computers and other […]

The Authority marks the day with a range of internal and external initiatives to spread joy inside the Authority and beyond to the whole community 20 March 2017 Dubai, UAE – Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, the Emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, has celebrated International Happiness Day 2017 with a range of internal and external initiatives that have spread joy inside the Authority and […]

JUBA A plane belonging to a small South Sudanese airline crash-landed at the airport in the northwestern town of Wau on Monday, injuring several passengers, witnesses said. “No one died but there are a number of injured people right now,” one of the local aid workers near the scene of the crash told Reuters. Forty-four passengers were on board the plane belonging to South Supreme Airlines, officials […]

NEC, in partnership with Singapore public transport service provider SMRT Corporation, is using artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent bus accidents on the city-state’s roads. The Japanese giant is taking historical data from a bus driver’s work records, telematics data produced by each bus, and observations made by on-board data scientists to determine whether a driver is likely to cause an accident in the next three months, and […]

By Yann Le Guernigou and Gus Trompiz | PARIS PARIS Police questioned and then released relatives of a man shot dead at a Paris airport, as investigators sought clues on why he attacked an army patrol in an incident that has pushed security to the forefront of France’s election campaign. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said late on Saturday that the man, named as 39-year-old Ziyed Ben Belgacem, […]

Mansour Bin Jabr’s idea of a hard life may not resonate with everyone. “The cars, the jets, they don’t make me happy. I’m a hippie in a way. I love islands, beaches,” says the 30-year-old chief operating officer of Bin Jabr Group, having just returned from a business trip in the Maldives. “I see myself retired in the Bahamas in a resort I own with my toys. […]

Hamad International Airport (HIA) has been ranked sixth best airport in the world by the 2017 Skytrax World Airport Awards, moving up four places from last year. At a ceremony that took place during the Passenger Terminal Expo in Amsterdam, HIA was also named “Best Airport in the Middle East” for the third consecutive year and was awarded “Best Staff Service in the Middle East” for the […]

Former minist­er accuse­s the bureau of only target­ing Sindh, PPP while invest­igatin­g cases of corrup­tion PPP leader Sharjeel Memon addressing a press conference on March 19, 2017. EXPRESS NEWS SCREEN GRAB ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sharjeel Inam Memon on Sunday heavily criticised National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for its lack of “across the board” action against those named in corruption cases. The former information minister in the PPP-led […]

AL AIN // Two Emirati men have been arrested for stealing a vehicle and recklessly driving it on an Al Ain roundabout. The stunt had been filmed and police had received complaints after the videos spread on social media. Al Ain Public Prosecution said on Sunday that the men stole the vehicle and removed its licence plates, then had a sound amplifier installed and the petrol tank […]

KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police are expected to make a few more arrests, including an “important person”, in connection with the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported on Sunday. Police chief Khalid Abu Bakar declined to elaborate on details when speaking to the state media, adding that the arrests would be made at the appropriate time. “I […]

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad speaks at the Social Media Week in Kuala Lumpur, April 23, 2015. ― Picture by Choo Choy MayKUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) will not be airing the live telecast of a debate between former prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz.    Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh […]

Exciting programme of seminars includes focus on experiential travel theme, selling local experiences, and halal tourism 19 March 2017 The legacy of Expo 2020 is set to come under the spotlight on Arabian Travel Market’s Global Stage, returning for the 2017 show at Dubai World Trade Centre, from April 24 to 27. Expo 2020, between October 2020 and April 2021, will bring together more than 180 nations […]

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte shakes hands with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, in Davao City,the Philippines, on March 17, 2017. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali) MANILA, March 18 (Xinhua) — A senior Chinese official said on Saturday that China and the Philippines enjoy broad prospects of pragmatic cooperation, urging the two countries to grasp the opportunity to deepen and enlarge bilateral cooperation. “China and the Philippines are close in […]

March 18, 2017 by: Harriet Agnew in Paris and Reuters The 39-year-old Frenchman shot dead by security forces, after attacking a military patrol at Paris Orly airport on Saturday morning, was a radicalised Muslim who had said he was ready to kill and “there to die by Allah”, according to the Paris public prosecutor. Ziyed Ben Belgacem, who had previously been convicted of several robberies, attacked the […]

Via Stratfor, In his joint address to Congress, U.S. President Donald Trump touted a $1 trillion infrastructure investment plan as a means to stimulate the economy while constructing, if not rebuilding outright, crucial projects around the country. Trump later met with U.S. business leaders on March 8 seeking support from the private sector for the plan. It is key to implementing the administration’s infrastructure goals, primarily as a way […]

PARIS Flights will resume gradually from 1400 GMT at the south terminal of Paris’ Orly airport, operator ADP said, following an incident earlier on Saturday in which a man was shot dead after attacking a patrolling soldier. Flights at the airport’s west terminal resumed earlier in the afternoon, ADP said in a statement. Orly is France’s second-busiest airport. (Reporting by Gus Trompiz; Editing by Adrian Croft) ‘); […]

PARIS The man killed at Orly airport on Saturday tried to snatch a gun from a female soldier “in an extremely violent attack” on her before he was shot dead, a French army spokesman said. Benoit Brulon, a spokesman for France’s anti-terror patrol force, said of the female soldier: “She’s doing fine”. Brulon, speaking on BFMTV, said the female soldier, who was part of an air force […]

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