The traveller’s 10-hour layover has turned into a four-month ordeal.
Blackstone buys two UK country clubs from Abu Dhabi wealth fund
Blackstone has bought two country clubs in the UK from Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund as it looks to grow its Warner Leisure Hotels business.The world’s bigg …
ADIPEC 2023: Biggest-ever edition opens in Abu Dhabi on Oct 2
Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) 2023 opens today (Monday, October 2), bringing together the international energy industry. ADIPEC 2023 will see more than 160,000 …
Dubai’s Al-Futtaim to discuss investment opportunities in both Colombo Port City and on shore
Established in the 1930s as a trading business Al-Futtaim is one of the most progressive regional family businesses headquartered in Dubai, …
Sharjah police arrest man who was using fake massage centre offer to blackmail women
Details date back to the time when information was received from the operations room alerting that there was an Arab suspect in his forties, promoting offers for an unlicensed massage centre via …
Road to Success project launched to help African expats in UAE increase job prospects
After a year, she worked as a waitress in a Dubai hotel for two years. “My contract expired and I was again jobless. I managed to raise a loan and started my own salon,” she said. Ms Babatunde said …
Scottish companies set to showcase world-leading energy transition innovations at ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi
Scotland begins its build-up to COP28, highlighting its leadership in decarbonising energy systems and identifying ways to help the world reach net zero …
Uplo Survey Reveals Nine Out Of 10 Retailers Think UAE Is ‘Great’ For Business
that reveals that 88 percent of retailers think the UAE is a great place to operate a retail business. The in-depth survey of more than 100 retail leaders was commissioned through YouGov and is part …
A New York student has been detained in Dubai for months for touching an airport security guard during a 10-hour layover
Several Americans have been prohibited from leaving Dubai by drummed-up legal charges and scams … officials told her she’d be detained for “touching the female customs officer” and kept her for …
Dubai property: Office rents, occupancy levels to go up in near term
Coming off the pandemic dip, Dubai’s office market continues its upward trend in rents and occupancy levels across the city at record levels driven by positive economic sentiment, ease of doing …
Meet businessman who once lived in Mumbai chawl, now owns palatial villa in Dubai, not Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani
Anis Sajan is today the Vice Chairman of the Gulf-based business conglomerate. Anis arrived in Dubai aged 21 in 1992. His first job was to set up the Danube Group’s sanitary division as elder brother …
Dubai Municipality organizes several events and initiatives to combat food loss, further insuring sustainability
In conjunction with the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on September 29th, the Dubai Municipality held several educational workshops, activities, and worldwide awareness seminars …
Dubai Customs seize drugs worth Dh6.2 million in major operation
A Dubai Customs task force has foiled a plot to smuggle more than 200,000 narcotics and pills into the country. Officers seized 980kg of controlled drugs and other restricted medicine flown into the …
Opium lined in shoes, shirt buttons or mixed with protein. Dubai Customs can still find it. How they do it
Dubai Customs inspectors undergo over 100 courses to tackle different scenarios DUBAI: Opium intertwined with fine thread, inside shirt buttons and in the sole of a shoe, methamphetamine mixed …
Dubai Customs boosts UAE’s business status
Emphasized that the operational capacities and potential resources owned by Dubai Customs have effectively contributed in boosting the position of UAE as according to the 2010 Global Enabling …
Police in Abu Dhabi restrict commercial vehicles as Adipec begins
Heavy goods vehicles and worker buses are to be restricted from entry into Abu Dhabi on Monday to ease congestion on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference …
Customs seizes over 1kg gold, arrests 1 flyer
The customs officers recovered as much as 1,213 grams of gold from Shamnas of Malappuram who was returning from Dubai. Customs said that the passenger was intercepted on the basis of profiling done by …