Heart-shaped Dubai island beckons honeymooners – PHOTOS
If you are a love bird, better still a newlywed, here’s your chance to be among the first to spend your honeymoon on an all-new,…
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Foreign Workers in Oman Face Slavery-Like Conditions
Human Rights Watch says that because of Oman’s immigrant labor laws, tying employment to a specific family’s sponsorship, many foreign employees – particularly female domestic…
Qatar National Museum shaping
The under-construction National Museum of Qatar is starting to shape up, as seen from this aerial shot taken by Ray Toh. Architect Jean Nouvel has…
Zaha Hadid-designed skyscraper planned for Qatar
Despite the death of its founder, Zaha Hadid Architects is set to stay in business for a while longer yet – as confirmed by the…
Amnesty: Hundreds abducted, tortured in Egypt
Hundreds of Egyptians have been abducted and tortured by the country’s security services as part of a clampdown on dissent since early 2015, according to…
Family law in the United Arab Emirates: overview
My husband divorced me and now three months have passed, meaning the divorce has become irrevocable. However, we have reconciled and he now wants to…
Israel releases 14-year-old Palestinian girl from prison
Fourteen-year-old Palestinian Nuran Mahmoud Al-Balboul was released from an Israeli jail yesterday after being detained for three months. Nuran was detained on 13 April at…
Al Habtoor to open luxury hotel in Autumn
Dubai-based Al Habtoor Group will open the Westin Dubai, its third hotel, in the Dh11 billion Al Haboor City on Sheikh Zayed Road in September,…
Turkish officials will hold talks with Russia on a new stage of relations – Tourism
A group of representatives from various ministries in Turkey will travel to Moscow on July 14 upon the invitation of Russian institutions to focus on…
Italian madical aid to Libya
An Italian ship loaded with medical supplies has left the port of Brindisi heading towards the Libyan port of Misrata, the Italian Ministry of Foreign…