Nearly two dozen Yemenis have said they were beaten, tortured and arbitrarily held by militias affiliated with the United Arab Emirates in southern Yemen, then dumped hundreds of kilometres away in areas rife with violence and warned to never return.
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Abu Dhabi police activate National Early Warning System
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police have activated a new National Early Warning System, which sends awareness e-messages to motorists urging caution ahead of inclement weather and road pile-ups. The messages aim to alert drivers on highways and those living in …
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Pakistanis in UAE celebrate their National Day
Dubai: Education is the basis for transforming Pakistan into a leading nation in the world, Pakistani expats heard as they celebrated the 78th Pakistan National Day in Dubai on Friday. The comment came during a celebration at the consulate general of …
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Thick fog envelops parts of the UAE
On Thursday, NCM posted videos on its Instagram account of heavy morning fog affecting roads in Abu Dhabi along with several warnings of fog formation in various parts of the UAE. These conditions will continue into Friday, with a slight rise in …
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Dubai World Cup Update
Joel Rosario, who was aboard for his dominant win in last year’s $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen sponsored by Gulf News, was back in the irons for the final serious move of his preparation. The Chad Summers-trained son of Posse lands in Dubai late on …
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UAE adviser lobbied Trump to oust Tillerson: NYT
New York Times reveals how George Nader and Elliot Broidy influenced Trump for interests of Saudi Arabia and UAE. George Nader, a political adviser to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), worked for over a year to transform one of the largest donors to Donald …
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UAE condemns ‘act of terror’ in Mogadishu
Abu Dhabi: The UAE condemned the explosion that erupted outside a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday as an act of terror. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed the UAE’s denunciation of such acts of terror …
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Dubai Police caught 3,220 wanted suspects so far this year
Dubai: Dubai Police arrested 3,220 wanted suspects and recovered Dh2.5 billion in criminally obtained property from them in the first two months of 2018, officials said on Thursday. These most-wanted people were involved in financial crimes, Col Saeed Al …
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Mother of the Nation Festival opens in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi: The third annual Mother of the Nation Festival officially opened in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, with the festival highlighting the empowering role of Emirati women in society and their work in the development of the UAE. Organised by the Department o …
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Pakistani student in Dubai wins $77,000 scholarship
Dubai: Following a spell of uncertainty, a Dubai schoolgirl has got a chance to pursue university studies after her parents had to move back to Pakistan for her father’s cancer treatment. Suman Ansari, 19, a final-year student at Deira International …
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Dubai’s billionaire teen
His followers number in the millions and he’s launched his own shoe company. BBC Minute got exclusive access to this extraordinary lifestyle in Dubai.
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Capital gains: Walk the streets of Abu Dhabi
And the ‘Land of Gazelle’, or Abu Dhabi, was born. Kitted out with manicured lawns and high-rises, the desert city has revamped the word oasis. As part of our ongoing series, Gulf News tabloid! looks at the various ways to discover the city.
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ADIC to join Mubadala group as wealthy Abu Dhabi consolidates funds
It was not immediately clear whether the ADIC news presaged more mergers or tie-ups for Abu Dhabi funds. The emirate’s biggest sovereign fund, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, has an estimated $828 billion of assets and is the third biggest in the world.
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Abu Dhabi Investment Council to Consolidate into Mubadala
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued a groundbreaking law that restructures the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) to be under the Mubadala Investment Company group. Under the new law, the Mubadala Investment Company Board of Directors …
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Abu Dhabi combines funds to form $250B SWF
The ADIC started operating in 2007 and is responsible for investing worldwide part of the Abu Dhabi government’s surplus financial resources, earned from oil exports. It was not immediately clear whether the ADIC news presaged more mergers or tie-ups for …
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Abu Dhabi ruler issues law to merge investment firms
we enhance the country’s competitive position,” he added in comments published by state news agency WAM. Under the new law, the Mubadala Investment Company board of directors will now become the board of directors for the Abu Dhabi Investment Council.
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Abu Dhabi to Combine Sovereign Wealth Funds Creating $250-B ‘Behemoth’
Together Mubadala and Abu Dhabi Investment Council will be the world’s 11th largest sovereign wealth fund. The UAE emirate of Abu Dhabi is to combine two of its largest sovereign funds to create a behemoth with estimated assets of nearly $250-B.
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