Trump held an Iftar dinner for ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps representing Muslim-majority nations.

Violence flared after the military council and opposition groups said they had agreed to a power structure for the country’s transition.

Washington: US prosecutors brought additional charges against Jho Low, the Malaysian national accused of looting the 1MDB wealth fund, for campaign-finance violations related to President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election effort. According to an indictment unsealed Friday in Washington, Low transferred $21.6 million (Dh79.3 million) to Pras Michel, a musician and film producer, who spread approximately […]

Tokyo: Nissan Motor Co. is opposing renewed efforts by alliance partner Renault SA to merge under a holding company because such a structure won’t help turn the Japanese carmaker around, a person with knowledge of the discussions said. Talks have been ongoing since Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard first made an informal proposal to Nissan Chief […]

OIC has also strongly condemned the sabotage of commercial vessels near UAE’s territorial waters.

Dubai: Arkan Building Materials, an Abu Dhabi-listed firm, reported on Monday a 4 per cent rise in its profits for the first quarter of 2019, reaching Dh12.2 million on the back of lower costs. The company said it was able to continue reducing its costs across the business and that it recognised income during the […]

Dubai: Dubai SME, the government agency tasked with developing the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mohammad Ali Al Hamadi Advocates, a leading local legal firm, to facilitate SME access to knowledge and support on business laws. Dubai SME is a division of the Department of Economic […]

Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached an agreement on a loan of about $6 billion designed to help the South Asian nation avert an economic crisis. The lender’s executive board will meet to approve the agreement for the 39-month loan, “subject to the timely implementation of prior actions and confirmation of international partners’ […]

San Francisco: San Francisco is on track to become the first US city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies as the technology creeps increasingly into daily life. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on broad surveillance legislation that includes the ban. Facial recognition technology is […]

The gunman killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch on March 15 while live-streaming the massacre on Facebook.