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Last week, the UAE said it was negotiating the reopening of its embassy in Damascus and restoring ties with Syria. Pro-Syrian regime news outlet al-Masdar recently reported that Saudi Arabia and Syria …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The wife of a British academic who was jailed by a UAE court on spying charges called on the Emirati authorities on Thursday to review the life sentence and free her husband. Academ…
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LONDON — The wife of a British academic sentenced to life in prison for espionage in the United Arab Emirates has condemned the U.K. government for putting diplomatic relations ahead of an …
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View the UAE IMTJ Country Profile for the latest in-depth, independent analysis of medical tourism to Abu Dhabi. Do you have some news or a press release that you’d like to share with the medical trav…
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The UAE authorities should feel ashamed for such an obvious injustice … Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK’s Director, said: “This is terrible news – our worst fears come true. We’ve always had th…
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Warren Murray here with the news to set you up for the day. There has been a sharp political response from Britain after the University of Durham PhD candidate Matthew Hedges was unexpectedly given a …
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… airport on May 5 while researching the UAE’s foreign and internal security policies after the Arab Spring revolutions of 2011. Hunt began to speak out about the case after Hedges’s family went pub…
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“It is indeed an honour to once again host a tremendously successful Dubai Summit and I appreciate the support of all of the world leaders who attended and helped to ensure a successful event,” said A…
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Irina Volk told the Interfax news agency that Prokopchuk will retain his position … Kim’s win means he secured at least two-thirds of votes cast at Interpol’s general assembly in Dubai on Wednesday. …
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However, the UAE’s attorney general, Hamad al-Shamsi, said in a statement to the official news agency WAM that Hedges had confessed to the charges against him. There is no independent confirmation of …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. won, Russia lost and Interpol narrowly escaped disaster — that’s the upshot of an unusually high-drama vote for the international police agency’s president, domi…
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Image Credit: Atiq Ur Rehman/Gulf News Sharjah: The second edition of the T10 League got off to a colourful start at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium with an opening ceremony filled with music and …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC) said in a statement on Wednesday it had filed a lawsuit against U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and others to …
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At prime minister’s questions, Tory MP Crispin Blunt told Mrs May she should make clear to the UAE that “if he is not released, I don’t see why we should be committed to their defence”. I was confiden…
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A UAE court sentenced British academic Matthew Hedges to life in prison on charges of spying on Wednesday, according to his family and a court statement carried by state-run newspaper The National.
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Dubai (AFP) – A United Arab Emirates court sentenced British student Matthew Hedges to life in jail on spying charges on Wednesday, prompting a “shocked” Britain to warn of repercussions for relations …
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The hearing lasted less than five minutes, and his lawyer was not present,” the spokesperson told AFP news agency. Hedges, a 31-year-old PhD student at Durham University, was arrested on May 5 at Duba…
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