United Arab Emirates

Turkey has moved down five places, ranking 130th among 145 countries, in the "Global Gender Gap Index" released annually by the World Economic Forum, despite a slight increase in its scores. 

The report measures gender gap by evaluating data in four areas: economic participation and opportunity, access to education, political empowerment and health and survival. 

France prepared to fall silent at noon on Nov. 16 to mourn victims of the Paris attacks after its warplanes pounded the Syrian stronghold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the jihadist group that has claimed responsibility for the slaughter.

France responded to Friday's attacks in Paris, which had claimed the lives of 129 people and left hundreds injured, by launching airstrikes on the Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Raqqa on Sunday.

According to the French Defence Ministry, ten warplanes dropped twenty guided bombs on four IS targets in Raqqa, which is the headquarters of IS in Syria.

Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlio?lu has kicked off a day-long series of meetings in Vienna on Nov. 13 in effort to maintain momentum for renewed diplomacy towards a political settlement of the conflict in Syria.

The Bulgarian men's national football team climbed 12 positions to 66th place in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, which was released on Thursday.

At present, Bulgaria has 497 points and occupies the place between the teams of Panama and the United Arab Emirates.

Informer announced on Tuesday that it will publish an article next week revealing who is financing three Serbian "anti-government" media organisations.

Dubai-based real estate developer Emaar Properties on Sunday reported a 31-percent rise in net profits during the third quarter of 2015.

Emaar - best known for building the world's highest tower, the Burj Khalifa - said it had recorded net profit of $230 million between July and September 2015, compared to $176 million during the same period last year.

The Arab coalition battling Iran-backed rebels in Yemen has provided pro-government forces in the besieged city of Taez with dozens of armoured vehicles, military sources and Emirati media reported on Nov. 2. 

Bulgaria is to have a diplomatic mission in the United Arab Emirates, and an embassy will be set up in Dubai, the government has announced.

The two countries have maintained diplomatic relations since 1991. None of the two had so far taken the step of opening a mission to the other.

Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlio?lu flew to Vienna on Oct. 22 in order to take part in a key summit on Syria on Oct. 23, which will be attended by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. 

Sinirlio?lu met with Austrian President Heinz Fischer on the first day of his visit.