Turkish PM does not ‘approve’ Israeli attack on Gaza
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has reacted to the Israeli rocket attack in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Sunday. In a news conference following a…
The Burj Khalifa pops up in Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time film trailer
The UAE just can’t seem to stop popping up in movies lately, and the latest appearance finds the Burj Khalifa and surrounding Downtown Dubai popping…
‘Why do they target us?’ Yemeni civilians pay the price of escalating crisis
On the first Tuesday of this month, Saddam Hussein Abdu al-Burai said goodbye to his wife, pregnant with their first child, and left home to…
Global tourism GDP resilient this year, but woes for France, Turkey
Travel and tourism will contribute less than previously forecast to the economies of France, Turkey and Brazil this year, hit by attacks, political and economic…
6 Filipinos dead in Saudi house fire
A pregnant woman, her husband and infant daughter were among six Filipinos killed in a weekend fire at their Saudi Arabian residence, the Philippines embassy…
PA accuses Israel of ‘destroying internal cohesion’
Israel is “destroying Palestinian domestic safety, security and internal social cohesion” by supporting gangs, the Anadolu reported the spokesman of the Palestinian Authority (PA) security…
Small earthquake recorded in UAE
An earthquake has been reported as having struck the land around the UAE. Coming in at 2.6 on the Richter scale, the tremors hit to…
‘Un-Islamic’ cultural heritage in jihadists’ crosshairs
From Mali to Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, Islamist fighters have regularly turned their sights on the priceless vestiges of peoples’ cultural heritage — for being…
Ara Papian: Armenia will lose Karabakh by sticking to pro-Russian orientation
The Karabakh conflict has always been and continues to be the most important issue for Armenia. According to Tert.am, the head of the analytical center…
UAE bank assets declined by 0.1 per cent
UAE banking sector assets have slightly declined by 0.1 per cent to reach 2,515.8 billion dirhams ($685.5 billion) in July compared with 2,518.5 billion dirhams…