State-owned Saudi media companies based in Dubai will start moving staff this month to Riyadh, as Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman pushes ahead with his plans to turn the kingdom into a regional business center. [ More … ]
Corrupt and criminal actors from around the world, including Afghan warlords, Russian mobsters, Nigerian kleptocrats, European money launderers, Iranian sanctions-busters, and East African gold smugglers, operate through or from Dubai, says a new damning report [ More … ]
The billionaire ruler of Dubai arranged the kidnapping of two of his adult daughters and forcibly returned them to the Gulf state after they attempted to flee abroad, a UK court has found. In a case described [ More … ]
Donald Trump Jr. traveled to Dubai and met a billionaire business partner in the city-state, discussing “new ideas” as the Emirati’s real estate firm still lists possible plans for future joint projects while Trump’s father [ More … ]
A government oil company in the United Arab Emirates says it has opened the country’s first solar-powered gas station in Dubai. The Dubai-owned Emirates National Oil Company said on Wednesday the service station on the [ More … ]
The UAE’s economic, political and cultural links with India, which date back to more than a century ago, are matured and multi-dimensional. The close relationship between the UAE and India was highlighted during a social [ More … ]
Chinese visitors to the UAE will now be granted visas on arrival, the Cabinet announced on Sunday, reported Gulf News “We have approved a decision to grant visas on arrival at the country’s airports to [ More … ]
9 senior officials at Dubai Municipality have been ordered to retire by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, revealed Dubai media office. The changes, are part of a move to infuse [ More … ]
Two Turkish generals suspected of having links to the July 15 coup attempt were captured in the United Arab Emirates, according to Turkish diplomatic sources on Tuesday. Major General Mehmet Cahit Bakir, Commander of the [ More … ]
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