Qatar against of using of chemical weapons in Syria
Doha: The State of Qatar has strongly condemned the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime and the ISIS group in Syria, following the…
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Sexual crime and punishment in Dubai
A carpenter was jailed for a year for molesting a nine-year-old girl. The 31-year-old Bangladeshi had denied a sex assault charge at Dubai Criminal Court…
Baku opens 42nd World Chess Olympiad
The 42th World Chess Olympiad will start today in the capital of Azerbaijan. The competition will be attended by 142 women’s and 182 men’s teams….
British Airways to resume direct flights to Iran
British Airways will resume direct flights from London to Tehran later, after suspending them four years ago. It will be the first direct flight by…
Standoff With Iran Inflames Anti-Shiite Feelings in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s intensifying standoff with Iran has inflamed anti-Shiite sentiment in the kingdom, resulting in displays of hostility toward the minority group that play into…
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister says kingdom won’t flood the oil market
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister said that the crude market is currently oversupplied and the world’s biggest oil exporter, won’t boost output to full capacity and…
25 fascinating things you probably didn’t know about AZERBAIJAN
Azerbaijan celebrates 25 years of independence this week. To mark the occasion, we’ve unearthed 25 facts about this little-known sliver of Central Asia… 1. It…
Police chief: It’s ‘natural’ to suspect Ethiopians, Arabs more than others
Israel’s police chief on Tuesday caused controversy by telling a group of lawyers that it is “natural” for his officers to be more suspicious of…
Shaikh Mohammed tours IMG Worlds of Adventure
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, inspected the IMG Worlds of Adventure,…
Cityscape Global 2016 – the best things to see
You need only look around the city to see Dubai has a bright, and indeed extremely bold, future. Already home to some of the world’s…