ABU DHABI — Tens of thousands of visit visa holders and residents from other emirates and the Gulf trooped to the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec) as early as 8am on Thursday hoping to change their fate at the Tawdheef Recruitment Show. Although anticipated, the large turnout was beyond the exhibitors’ expectations who scrambled to accommodate everybody on their stand. The third and last day of the recruitment show was opened for all nationalities while the ...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, grappling with a poor economy and slumping approval ratings, faces problems on a larger stage this week at the United Nations, with challenges to his leadership in the Middle East and questions about the US role in the world.

A fresh round of violence in Yemen has fuelled fears of further unrest after more than two dozen people got killed in clashes with security forces.

Renewed protests on Sunday demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh — who is yet to return ...