A Briton has been arrested and detained in the United Arab Emirates after reportedly being assaulted when he wore a Qatar football team shirt to a match. Ali Issa Ahmad, 26, from Wolverhampton, is sai…
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2019: Good start for UAE businesses
The improvement in business activity was partly due to promotions and price discounting by firms. The output price index remained below the neutral 50-level in January, signalling another month of low…
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Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala sells 34.9 million shares in U.S. chipmaker AMD
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co has sold 34.9 million common equity shares in Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a company spokesperson said on Tuesday, and plans to convert 75 mil…
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Human rights issues front and centre at Pope Francis’ mass in United Arab Emirates
Pope Francis gave a historic open-air mass to 135,000 people in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) on Tuesday. Thousands more greeted him as he arrived at the Zayed Sports …
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UAE siphoning Western arms to Yemen militias accused of war crimes: Amnesty
Each evening at 1830 UTC, DW’s editors send out a selection of the day’s hard news and quality feature journalism. You can sign up to receive it directly here. Pope Francis is on a visit to the United …
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UAE stocks start 2019 with gains on rising confidence
Stock markets in the UAE recorded gains in January after a prolonged lull in 2018, signalling the return of optimism and rise in business confidence. In Dubai, while the gains were largely broad-based …
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UAE private sector returns to stronger growth trajectory
Dubai: The Emirates NBD Purchasing Managers … and the new orders index rose as well. The improvement in business activity was partly due to promotions and price discounting by firms …
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Pope Francis Delivers Historic Mass for 180,000 Catholics in the United Arab Emirates
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — His Holiness Pope Francis, the Head of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City, has delivered an historic Papal Mass to 180,000 Catholics in the …
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Pope Francis, Amid Abu Dhabi’s Opulence, Celebrates Mass for Its Migrants
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The opulence of Abu Dhabi is not subtle. Bentleys line the roads, glass skyscrapers rise like blades over corporate business parks, a multibillion dollar hotel once u…
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Time Out Dubais 2019 Restaurant Awards nominees revealed Dubai Living Guide | Li… – Dubai Picture
… 20 at the Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards 2019 which will be held in a glittering ceremony at JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Business Bay. Regional Asian 1. 3 Fils Jumeirah Fishing Harbour 2. Asia Asi…
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Dubai Tourism highlights commitment to India at SATTE 2019
Bringing together Dubai’s network of industry stakeholders across the public and private sector, to share key market insights, SATTE 2019 offered a valuable platform for partners to strengthen busines…
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DP World’s Dubai shipping container volumes drop 4.6% in Q4
DP World reported a fall of 4.6 per cent in fourth-quarter shipping container volumes in Dubai, blaming it on a drop in low-margin business. Dubai’s Jebel Ali, the largest transshipment port in …
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Pope Francis, Amid Abu Dhabi’s Opulence, Delivers Mass to Its Migrants
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The opulence of Abu Dhabi is not subtle. Bentleys line the roads, glass skyscrapers rise like blades over corporate business parks, a multibillion dollar hotel once u…
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The Latest: Girl approaches pope as he enters UAE stadium
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – The Latest on Pope Francis’ historic visit to the United Arab Emirates (all times local): 6:30 p.m. Pope Francis received a surprise when a little girl crawled under …
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‘A dream come true’: 120,000 take in Pope’s message at Abu Dhabi mass
More than 120,000 worshippers packed Zayed Sports City stadium and its surroundings in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, to see the Pope, who is in the Gulf country to promote interf…
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The Latest: Pope ends UAE trip with first papal Mass there
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – The Latest on Pope Francis’ historic visit to the United Arab Emirates (all times local): 4:10 p.m. Pope Francis has concluded his historic visit to the Arabian Penin…
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Pope Francis holds historic public mass in UAE
Pope Francis, who has made outreach to Muslim communities a cornerstone of his papacy, leads an unprecdented open-air mass for some 170,000 of the estimated one million Catholics in the United Arab Em…
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