Abu Dhabi: The UAE on Wednesday announced the strategy for its march to achieve its Centennial 2071 goals. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad …
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Fugitive former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra in Dubai, officials say
BANGKOK — Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appears to be staying in the Mideast commercial hub of Dubai after fleeing a criminal conviction, Thailand’s prime minister said Thursday, in the first official word on her whereabouts since she …
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Fugivite former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra in Dubai, officials say
BANGKOK – Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appears to be staying in the Mideast commercial hub of Dubai after fleeing a criminal conviction, Thailand’s prime minister said Thursday in the first word on her whereabouts. “We have received a …
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UAE Centennial 2071 strategy caps government meetings
Abu Dhabi: The UAE on Wednesday announced the strategy for its march to achieve its Centennial 2071 goals. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad …
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UAE wants to be happiest with best government, education by 2071
Abu Dhabi: The UAE on Wednesday announced the strategy for its march to achieve its Centennial 2071 goals. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad …
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Dubai neighbourhoods to have markets offering maintenance services
Dubai: Residents having difficulty in finding maintenance services in their neighbourhoods will benefit from a new initiative planned by the civic body. Residential neighbourhoods in Dubai are set to get specialized markets that will offer services of all …
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Dubai prosecutors seek death penalty for British editor accused of murdering his wife with a hammer
Matthew, the editor-at-large of the Gulf News, pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared in a Dubai courtroom on Wednesday. The journalist, who along with his wife was a fixture of Dubai’s large British expatriate scene, looked thin and …
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UAE unveils city that will simulate life on Mars
Spending Dh500million, the UAE will build a Mars City – the largest space stimulation city ever built in the world and a realistic model to simulate living on the surface of Mars. His Highnesses Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice-President and …
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UAE expresses concerns over Israeli rights violations in Palestine
Geneva: The UAE has voiced its concern over the lack of debate in the Human Rights Council on the human rights violations taking place in the occupied Palestinian territories. Obaid Salem Saeed Nasser Al Za’abi, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the …
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UAE needs more green-efficient buildings, says report
Dubai: A new and improved eco-standard to make buildings greener and more efficient to cut energy costs is set for implementation in the UAE to help the country cut its greenhouse gases, according to a new report from the Emirates Green Building Council …
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British editor in UAE pleads not guilty in wife’s killing
The British editor-at-large of a prominent English-language newspaper in Dubai has pleaded not guilty to a premeditated murder charge over his wife’s killing. Gulf News editor Francis Matthews is accused of killing his 62-year-old wife Jane with a hammer …
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Dome of light to delight visitors to Louvre Abu Dhabi
Sunshine and starlight will dance over visitors to the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum when it opens in November, filtering through a huge dome that appears to hover over land and sea. The aery dome, held aloft with four massive but invisible structures …
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Libyan rights groups accuse UAE of war crimes
Human rights groups in Libya have accused the United Arab Emirates of committing war crimes in the country, including killing hundreds of civilians. The rights groups said on Tuesday that the UAE committed these crimes through direct air strikes on Libya …
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DUBAI NEWS: 4 of our top news stories this week
Costa has completed its first successful drone delivery in Dubai, sending cool refreshments to people on Kite beach from the Jumeirah Beach Road store. The drone, dubbed the coffee-copter, took the new Frostino and Cold Brew range to customers. 2.
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Driver jailed for assaulting policeman at Dubai Metro station
Dubai: A driver has been jailed for six months for beating a policeman and injuring him when he tried to handcuff him and damaging his walkie-talkie at a Dubai Metro station. The 33-year-old Indian driver pressed his chest to the policeman’s shoulder and …
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Dubai Safari will be ready to open ahead of National Day
Apparently Hussain Nasser Lootah, director general of Dubai Municipality, confirmed to Gulf News that the finishing touches will be complete by the end of November. “We are expecting to complete and hope to open Dubai Safari by the end of November,” he …
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Human Ken Doll Rodrigo Alves vows NO MORE surgery after being ‘detained in Dubai because he looks nothing like his passport pic’
HUMAN Ken Doll Rodrigo Alves has vowed to have NO MORE surgery – following nearly 50 operations – after being detained at Dubai Airport because he “didn’t look anything like his passport”. Rodrigo, 34, who gained the nickname thanks to his love of cosmetic …
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