Afghan minister pins hopes on developing $3 trillion minerals industry

Dubai: After four decades of war, Afghanistan seems finally ready to prepare for a life after conflict. With a crippled economy that is still almost entirely reliant on aid, President Ashraf Ghani has embarked on a set of ambitious reforms to wean Afghanistan off international assistance since taking office in 2014. For a country that […]

US seeks $10 bn trade finance fund for Venezuela

WASHINGTON: The United States is working with a group of countries to build a $10 billion (Dh120.29 billion) fund to help Venezuela rebuild trade once a new government is in place, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday. The United States has joined dozens of other countries in recognising Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim […]

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram still down? US tech giant apologises for massive outages that hit many users worldwide

Dubai: Facebook has apologised for the massive outages that crippled many of its platforms, including the social networking site, as well as instant messaging tool WhatsApp and photo-sharing network Instagram on Sunday. A spokesperson said the services are now back up and running, but some users are still reporting technical issues as of 9:03am Monday. […]