Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum honoured the six winners of the Great Arab Minds 2024 awards at a ceremony held today at the Museum of the Future in Dubai. The largest initiative of its kind in the Arab world, the Great Arab Minds initiative seeks to recognise … Read more
A high-level Emirati delegation is in Lebanon to make arrangements for the reopening of the UAE’s embassy in Beirut after more than three years, state news agency WAM reported on Monday. The arrival of the delegation on Sunday came a day after UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and newly elected Lebanese … Read more
Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of the United Arab Emirates, met with Syria’s interim Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaybani on Monday to discuss bilateral relations and regional developments. The meeting, held in Abu Dhabi, focused on strengthening cooperation in areas of mutual interest and addressing key … Read more
Islamabad: UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday expressed interest in collaborating with Pakistan in the mining, minerals, and agriculture sectors. The UAE leader met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the Rahimyar Khan area of Punjab where he arrived on a private visit. According to Radio Pakistan, both leaders during the meeting expressed … Read more
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi met with the new Syrian leadership on Monday. He spoke to Ahmed al-Sharaa, the head of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that took over Damascus on December 8, whereby the former Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, and his regime fell. Since then, Sharaa has been hosting a plethora of … Read more
On Monday, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu flagged off the maiden edition of the Lagos Shopping Festival, Africa’s largest 72-hour non-stop shopping experience, at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Onikan, Lagos. The organisers say it promises extraordinary nonstop shopping and entertainment from 23 to 25 December. Gbenga Omotoso, the commissioner for Information and Strategy, said … Read more
Islamabad: The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and several other Gulf countries have imposed an indefinite ban on granting visas to people from at least 30 different cities of Pakistan, following an alarming rise in number of cases where Pakistani nationals have been caught begging or being involved in smuggling, drug trafficking, human trafficking … Read more
A Northern Irish man, Craig Ballentine, faces the possibility of spending Christmas in a United Arab Emirates jail after posting a negative online review about his former employer. The 43-year-old was detained at Abu Dhabi airport in October over a critical Google review he left about a Dubai-based dog grooming salon where he had previously … Read more
Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq have condemned Israel’s move to expand settlements in the Golan Heights. This comes after the Israeli government unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s NIS 40 million plan to encourage demographic growth in the Golan Heights, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday. Netanyahu … Read more
A BRITISH teen jailed over a holiday romance in Dubai has made a desperate plea to be allowed to return home. Marcus Fakana, 18, was sentenced to 12 months and said he was struggling to cope as he waits on bail for an appeal. He was arrested for sleeping with a 17-year-old British girl he … Read more
