Abu Dhabi: After making regular trips to Dubai to perform their stand-up comedy routines, two residents in Abu Dhabi decided to start their own comedy club in the capital and, in turn, provide a platform for stand-up comedians in Abu Dhabi to show …
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What To Expect From The UAE’s New Business Ownership Rules
You’re reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. When it comes to starting a business in the UAE, local ownership restrictions are perhaps the number one issue that leaves foreign entrepreneurs scratching their heads.
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UAEJJF Begins Season 4 of Abu Dhabi Grand Slam on July 29
UK Organizer Further details on ABU DHABI GRAND SLAM® JIU-JITSU WORLD TOUR will be announced in coming weeks. Keep up to date with all the latest news by following @ADWJJT on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
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UAE regulator asks listed companies to declare exposure to Abraaj
Abraaj agreed to sell its Latin America, Sub Saharan Africa, North Africa and Turkey Funds management business to US investment management firm Colony Capital Inc, the companies said on Thursday. Read: Dubai’s Abraaj sells part of its fund business to US …
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Dubai Municipality celebrates World Hydrography Day
Dubai: Dubai Municipality celebrated World Hydrography Day 2018 on Thursday under the theme ‘Bathymetry — the foundation for sustainable seas, oceans and waterways’. Organised by the Geodetic and Marine Survey Section of the Survey Department, the …
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UAE denies running Yemeni prisons
Gulf News reported last week that the UAE had set up an air bridge to Hodeidah, which consisted of 10 ships and three planes to carry 13,500 tonnes of foodstuffs to liberated parts of the city. The air bridge was set up as per the orders of President His …
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Dubai Knowledge Park taps growing demand from Chinese vocational students
Dubai: With the number of Chinese tourists coming to Dubai growing, it has become increasingly important to train qualified talent to serve this emerging market segment. Dubai Knowledge Park (DKP), the region’s prominent hub dedicated to human resource …
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What Dubai missed this Eid – animals!
Though some old and sick animals have yet to be shifted to Dubai Safari, the authorities have decided not to display them, sources told Gulf News.
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Dubai’s Abraaj sells part of its fund business to US firm Colony Capital
Dubai-based Abraaj Group agreed to sell its Latin America, Sub Saharan Africa, North Africa and Turkey Funds management business to US investment management firm Colony Capital Inc, the companies said on Thursday. The agreement comes after months of …
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UAE’s three-month amnesty for visa rule violators to start on August 1
UNHCR is currently in close communication with the UAE Government with regards to the decision and will continue to do everything possible to support the relevant authorities,” UNHCR Head of Office Toby Harward, told Gulf News. Harward added the world is …
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Dubai-based Sindhi couple give back to their community via a Facebook page
UAE has been the first home to many Thathai Bhatia families … There were people who were also trying to copy our work and who went against the idea of sharing family news on the platform. It was never meant to be a commercial group.
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Dubai-based couple give back to their community via a Facebook page
UAE has been the first home to many Thathai Bhatia families … There were people who were also trying to copy our work and who went against the idea of sharing family news on the platform. It was never meant to be a commercial group.
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Beggar in Dubai caught with Dh100,000 in fake leg
In total, the beggar was found with the possession of Dh100,000 (equivalent to $27,225) in cash, according to Sky News Arabia. The beggar was also found to have entered the country on a visit visa only month ago. Dubai Police said that 243 beggars were …
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Drawings expose sexual abuses in UAE-run prisons in Yemen
CAIRO — The 15 officers who arrived at the prison in southern Yemen hid their faces behind head dresses, but their accents were clearly foreign — from the United Arab Emirates. They lined up the detainees and ordered them to undress and lie down.
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‘I WISH FOR DEATH’: Men sexually tortured at UAE-run prisons in Yemen
CAIRO — The 15 officers who arrived at the prison in southern Yemen hid their faces behind headdresses, but their accents were clearly foreign — from the United Arab Emirates. They lined up the detainees and ordered them to undress and lie down.
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Yemeni prisoners say UAE officers sexually torture them: AP
The UAE is a key United States ally whose secret prisons and widespread torture were exposed by an AP investigation last June. The news agency has since identified at least five prisons where security forces use sexual torture to brutalise and break inmates.
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Saudi, UAE coalition enters airport compound of Yemen’s Hudaida
Saudi and UAE backed forces stormed the gates of the airport on Tuesday … “They have stormed the airport,” a Yemeni military source told Reuters news agency. The facility was stormed after fierce battles broke out early in the morning between coalition …
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