US Secretary of Defense James Mattis is set to travel to Vietnam and Singapore starting October 15, the Department of Defense said in a press release on Friday.

China is looking into joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTTP), formed after the US pullout, in order to hedge against the consequences of the trade war with the United States, local media reported on Thursday, citing a source close to Beijing.

The Sharjah Islamic Centre for Economy and Finance Studies at the University of Sharjah has organised the Third International Forum on Islamic Banking Jurisprudence, which will be held on 15th October, at the University of Sharjah.

The UAE national youth under-19 football team tied 1-1 their Malaysian counterparts in their first friendly for the 40th edition of the AFC U-19 Championship to be organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia in Indonesia this month.

Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) and BMI Media, a leading student recruitment event organiser, followed up their first market research study on the priorities and preferences of transnational students in 2017 with new research entitled,

The United Kingdom, which has recently faced an impasse in Brexit talks with Brussels, has unexpectedly been emboldened by a message from Japan that has signalled its continued interest in trade ties with London, yet leaving experts doubting that Asian partners could immediately compensate the nation for the opportunities provided by the EU membership.

St. Petersburg-based JSC "UEC-Klimov" aircraft engines designer, which is a part of Russia's Rostec state corporation, and Vietnam's Helicopter Technical Service Company have signed a distributorship agreement on service maintenance of helicopter engines, which provides for the establishment of an integrated logistical support center in Vietnam, Rostec press service said in a statement on Monday.