Syria-bound relative killer of journalists at Charlie Hebdo arrested
Brother-in-law of one of the men who carried out the 2015 Paris office attack halted in Turkey while attempting to travel to Syria A relative…
Dubizzle says Dubai property market has bottomed out, but Abu Dhabi sales and rents under pressure
Online classifieds site dubizzle has added its voice to the weight of opinion suggesting Dubai’s property market is showing signs of bottoming out. The company’s…
Iran’s miraculous desert glacier
Ice cold in the desert In the Zard-Kuh, a 4,200m-high mountain range bordering the western flank of Iran’s vast central deserts, hides one of the…
Islamic State militants claim capture of U.S. weapons in Afghanistan
Militants linked to Islamic State have released photos that purport to show weapons and equipment that belonged to American soldiers and were captured by the…
Oil rises on new output freeze calls, but traders bet on further falls
Oil prices rose on Monday, lifted by reports of renewed talks by some members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to restrain…
Syrian rebels suffer intense air attacks after breaking siege of Aleppo
Syrian insurgents who broke the government siege of rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Saturday, in a significant territorial gain, came under intense air attack from pro-government…
Islamic State claims responsibility for machete attack on Belgian police officers
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a machete attack that wounded two police officers in the Belgian city of Charleroi, calling it an act of…
Dubai Municipality wins international award
Khalid Mohamed Sharif Al Awadhi, Executive Director of Food Safety Department at Dubai Municipality, has won the International Leadership Award for Food Protection 2016. He…
Paul Williams: How to see new exports of US natural gas to the Middle East
In the last 30-40 years the Gulf region has been the world leader in the supply of energy. But now we are seeing gas supplies…
Egypt bids farewell to Nobel scientist Zuwail
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Al Sissi on Sunday led a military funeral for Egyptian-American Nobel Prize-winning chemist Ahmad Zuwail, who had died in the US…