Photo The remains of a suicide car bombing on Monday in a bustling outdoor market in Baghdad’s eastern Sadr City district. Credit Karim Kadim/Associated Press BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber detonated a pickup truck loaded with explosives on Monday in a busy Baghdad market, killing at least 36 people hours after President François Hollande of France arrived in the Iraqi capital. The Islamic State later claimed responsibility […]
Dubai-based developer Nakheel is reportedly planning to award at least $2.7 billion worth of contracts during 2017. The company expects a 66 percent increase in contract awards over the next 12 months, The National reported. It said the developer is planning to award a number of main contracts this year including a 600,000 sq m mall on the Deira Islands project, a contract for the Jebel Ali […]
LONDON Euro zone stocks opened 2017 by climbing to their highest in more than a year on Monday after data showed manufacturers in the currency bloc ramped up activity at the fastest pace in more than five years. With all of Asia’s major markets closed for the New Year holiday – along with Britain and Switzerland in Europe – trade was thin, which could cause some volatility. […]
Nintendo‘s current flagship handheld, the 3DS, is nearly seven years old, spawning different iteration of the console within that time period, first with the bulkier original 3DS XL, followed by the non-3D 2DS, and finally, the New 3DS and New 3DS XL, packing beefier internals under the hood. Seven years old is basically a death knell for a system, but if there’s a company who knows how […]
Airbusand Boeingare bracing themselves for a challenging 2017 after struggling to reach sales targets in the past year. Later this month the two companies will reveal the final tally for last year’s orders and deliveries, but both look set to fall short of their goal of achieving a book to bill of about one — essentially replacing almost every aircraft delivery with a new order. This would […]
By Erik Kirschbaum | BERLIN BERLIN A Syrian migrant who arrived in Germany two years ago has been arrested on suspicion of seeking funds from Islamic State to drive truck bombs into a crowd, a German state prosecutor’s office said on Monday. The arrest follows an attack two weeks ago when a Tunisian whose asylum request had been rejected rammed a truck into a Berlin Christmas market, […]
Dubai-based port operator DP World is reportedly mulling plans to set up a dry port near Cairo in Egypt. DP World is also considering the establishment of other ports around Egypt, according to a report by the Daily News Egypt which quoted the country’s Minister of Industry and Trade, Tarek Kabil. According to the report, a DP World delegation will visit Egypt soon to hold talks about […]
By Alonso Soto | BRASILIA BRASILIA Around 60 people have been killed in a bloody prison riot sparked by a war between rival drug gangs in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, officials said on Monday, in some of the worst violence in years in Brazil’s overcrowded penitentiary system. The head of security for Amazonas state, Sergio Fontes, told a news conference that the death toll could […]
The UAE has moved up a global list of the best destinations for expats to enjoy a successful career while Bahrain is also in the world’s top 10 places to move to. The UAE now ranks as the fourth best destination after moving up two places on 2015 in the new data released by HSBC. Bahrain, ranked 10th, fell three places compared to last year’s list, while […]
Welcome to a new year and the pressing market issues facing investors as they look to put money to work and navigate 2017. Geopolitical surprises upended expectations last year and few predicted that 2016 would end with a global bull market in equities, while bond yields remain relatively low. Will strategists be any better at forecasting this time around? Here are the big questions that will preoccupy […]
MOGADISHU A suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint outside the main African peacekeepers (AMISOM) base in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, police said. “A suicide car bomb rammed into the checkpoint outside the AMISOM base,” Abdikadir Hussein, a police officer, told Reuters. “There are Somali security forces at the checkpoint and it is too early to know the number of casualties.” A Reuters photographer at […]
Make this the year your phone saves you time. Instead of wasting it with social media and silly games, The National staff has put together its list of the most helpful apps. Have anything to add? Send us an email at [email protected] newslide Dubai Now Dubai Now is invaluable for anyone who lives in Dubai. Every city in the world should have an app like this. It […]
BAGHDAD At least 10 people were killed and 35 wounded by a car bomb in a busy square in Baghdad’s sprawling Sadr City district on Monday, police and medical sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but Islamic State regularly targets civilian areas in the heavily fortified capital, even after losing most of the northern and western territory it seized in 2014. […]
BEIRUT: Syrian government warplanes resumed their bombardment of a rebel-held valley near Damascus on Sunday after nearly 24 hours with no air raids, a rebel official and monitors said, during the third day of a fragile cease-fire.The truce deal, brokered by Russia and Turkey which back opposing sides in the conflict and welcomed unanimously by the United Nations Security Council, has been repeatedly violated since it began, […]
BAKU An explosion has occurred at a gas pipeline near Azerbaijan’s capital Baku early on Monday, the country’s Emergencies Ministry said, the second such incident in a week. An explosion hit the Baku-Alyat pipeline at around 0700 local time (0300 GMT), causing a fire that the ministry said had been contained. It gave no reason for the accident and there were no reports of casualties. Last week, […]
DUBAI // Three accidents were reported in Dubai and near Sharjah with police continuing to warn motorists to drive safely in foggy conditions. Three vehicles were involved in an accident near the Business Bay metro station on Al Khaleej Al Tejari street, Dubai Police said. Accidents were also reported on Dubai Al Ain road near Al Abraj Road and in Sharjah on Al Wahda Street. With people […]
One baby is born in Dubai every 3.5 hours, according to Dubai Statistics Centre with the expat birth rate nearly triple that of UAE nationals. Official figures revealed that the expatriate births stood at 22,755 babies compared to 7,728 Emiratis during 2016. The statistics come amid the announcement of the opening of new headquarters in Dubai by IVI Fertility, the globally renowned centre for fertility treatment. The […]
BEIJING Heavy smog that blanketed northern China at the weekend cleared somewhat on Monday, with flights in Beijing back to normal, but it was likely only to be a brief respite with more choking smog expected to return to the wintry north within 24 hours. Weather forecasts on Monday showed the smog would return to Beijing and nearby Tianjin city from Tuesday. It was expected to persist […]
Photo Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins was sacked by Giants cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie in the first half. Credit Patrick Smith/Getty Images With four teams vying for two N.F.C. playoff spots, all eyes were on the Giants-Redskins game on Sunday. A Redskins victory could have caused movement in the seedings, with the Lions and Packers playing a win-or-go-home evening matchup. The Giants, who had already locked up the No. […]
Via StockCats.com, A couple years ago I noticed a strange phenomenon that occurs around the end of each year – and the beginning of each new year. Dozens of necktie-clad stock market experts appear on CNBC (and in other media) and proclaim they “expect the market to rise 8-10%” the following year. Since this annual ritual seemed to encompass the boiler-plate narrative amongst the highly-paid Wall Street […]
By Isabel Coles and Ali al-Rubaie | MOSUL/HILLA, Iraq MOSUL/HILLA, Iraq Islamic State attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint near the southern city of Najaf on Sunday, killing seven policemen as government forces in the north made more gains against the militants in Mosul, their last major stronghold in the country. The Najaf attack, which involved gunmen and a suicide car bomb, followed blasts a day earlier in […]
Abu Dhabi, 29 December, 2016 ADNOC Distribution has expanded its service station network in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi with the opening of a new service station ‘Barakah’ located near the Barakah nuclear power plant on the Abu Dhabi – Sila’a road. The opening ceremony was attended by Mohamed Hamad Bin Azzan Al Mazrouei, Undersecretary of the Ruler’s Representative Court in the Western Region, Abdulla Salem […]
ABU DHABI // Dealing with Iran, the conflict in Yemen and finding a viable outcome to the Syrian crisis are the main challenges the United States will face in the Middle East this year, according to a report by an American think-tank. The 2017 Global Forecast by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies found that the US will also have to work on rebuilding its partnerships […]
BEIRUT Syrian warplanes resumed their bombardment of the rebel-held Wadi Barada valley northwest of Damascus on Sunday after nearly 24 hours with no air raids, a rebel official and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. Rebels threatened on Saturday to abandon a Russian- and Turkish-backed ceasefire deal, which took effect on Friday, if the Syrian government and its allies continued to violate it. The […]
