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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Wife of British academic jailed in UAE says: free my husband
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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Wife of academic jailed in UAE condemns actions of UK
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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Abu Dhabi hospital rating system will boost medical tourism
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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Brit student jailed for life in UAE for ‘spying’ failed by diplomats, says wife
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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Thursday briefing: Shock life sentence for Briton in Dubai
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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Wife of UK scholar jailed in UAE blames London
… 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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Standing Ovation for 7th Global Family Office Investment Summit in Dubai
“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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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | The Latest: SKorea’s leader proud of next Interpol chief
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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Matthew Hedges: British academic accused of spying jailed for life in UAE
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 | Interpol’s flaws exposed in US-Russia fight over presidency
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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Bigger T10 league takes off with colour in Sharjah
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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Abu Dhabi’s IPIC files lawsuit against Goldman Sachs, others over 1MDB case
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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Briton Matthew Hedges jailed for life on UAE spy charge
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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U.K. student Matthew Hedges sentenced to life in UAE over spying allegations
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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UAE court sentences British student to life for spying
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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UAE appeals court sentences Matthew Hedges to life in prison
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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