Sharjah-headquartered Air Arabia (AIRARABI:DFM) has been named the Best Low-cost Airline in the Middle East at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards. It is the second time in three years that the carrier has won the coveted award, following its previous Skytrax award in 2013. Air Arabia is the largest low-cost carrier operator in the Middle East and North Africa ...

The Government of Sharjah was honoured at the 2015 London Sukuk Summit earlier this month where it was awarded the ‘Award of Excellence for Most Innovative Sukuk Issuance by a Sovereign Debt Issuer’. The award was given in recognition of Sharjah’s debut 10-year US dollar sukuk, which was issued at a size of US$750 million (AED 275b) in September 2014. ...

Sharjah’s plans to establish two medical research centres were unveiled this week by the Ruler of Sharjah and President of the University of Sharjah (UoS) H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi. A centre of excellence for diabetes and endocrinology research and a centre for nanomedicine, both of which will be located at the University of Sharjah. The new ...