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Abu Dhabi Ports introduces 'e-Pass'Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC), the master developer of ports and industrial zones has introduced a new electronic system for processing daily and visitor passes for land and seaborne traffic into and through Abu Dhabi ports – the ‘e-Pass’. More… |
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UAE charges 30 over coup plotA UAE state security prosecutor says 30 Egyptian and UAE suspects have been charged with plotting a coup linked to a network of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. The move also deepens the UAE's crackdown on perceived threats since the Arab Spring, including 94 alleged backers o More… |
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Top court quashes UK sanctions on Iranian bankThe UK's highest court has ruled that the British government was wrong to have imposed sanctions on an Iranian bank in 2009 over alleged links to Iran's nuclear programme. The Supreme Court decision on Wednesday mirrored a January ruling by the European Union's Genera More… |
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Bahrain MPs back crackdown on nightclubsBahrain’s parliament has unanimously voted to stop building permits being issued for nightclubs and bars in the residential and commercial district of Juffair, accusing them of destroying moral values, a report said. Three MPs are spearheading the crackdown and say they are More… |
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Focus on tax compliance act in GCCAsar - Al Ruwayeh & Partners, a leading corporate law firm in Kuwait, hosted a seminar to discuss the implications of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) in the country. The event was held at the JW Marriott Hotel and was attended by representatives of various lead More… |
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UAE ministries discuss draft law for juvenilesThe UAE Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Social Affairs held a key meeting to discuss the existing draft law for juveniles and proposed certain amendments in this connection. All the articles in a draft law for juveniles affirm that sentencing them is not a freedom-blocking punishm More… |
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ADPC inks key deal with Abu Dhabi CustomsAbu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC), a master developer and regulator of ports and industrial zones in Abu Dhabi, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Abu Dhabi Customs to simplify procedures at Khalifa Port and Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad). More… |
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Bahrain parliament panel approves budgetBahrain's delayed national budget received the green light from parliament's financial and economic affairs committee yesterday (June 17), a report said. The majority of the eight-member committee, chaired by MP Latifa Al Gaoud, recommended parliament approve the budget a More… |
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Pull fighters out of Syria, Hamas tells HezbollahThe Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement on Monday urged Lebanese militant group Hezbollah to withdraw its forces from Syria, where they are battling for President Bashar al-Assad, and focus on fighting Israel instead. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, was once an Assad ally b More… |
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Yemen to receive $144m loan from AMFThe Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) will provide a $144 million loan to Yemen this year to help its financial reform programme, the fund said on Monday. Pro-democracy protests in 2011 brought Yemen, a neighbour of top oil exporter Saudi Arabia, to the brink of civil war and dealt a blow More… |
