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August 27, 2015 DP World may launch operations in Iran, as the ports operator reported a jump in half-year earnings after buying assets from its parent company. DP World reports H1 earnings jump, considers Iran launch Interested in opening facilities on Iran's Caspian Sea; H1 net profit up...

August 26, 2015 Saudi Arabia to launch news service in Farsi Move aims to focus on ‘genuine Saudi values, efforts’ Saudi Arabia’s official news agency is planning to launch a service in Farsi in a major addition to the existing dissemination of news and reports in Arabic, English and French...

August 26, 2015 Main suspect in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers residence at a US military base in Saudi Arabia has been captured after nearly 20 years on the run Saudi Arabia holding main suspect in 1996 Khobar bombing, newspaper says Saudi Arabia and the US have accused Iran of...

August 24, 2015 Zaher and Nasser Al Harithi - Al Qabas Brothers on two sides of terror war die the same day Saudi siblings united in kinship, divided in ideology Two brothers who died the same day have plunged the Al Harithi family in Saudi Arabia into grief while bringing into sharp...

August 23, 2015 Jeffrey Catanjal took specialised training so he could dive deep enough to reach the sunken Second World War u-boat. The German submarine U533 off the coast of Fujairah can only be accessed by specially trained divers. UAE coasts: Sunken WWII submarine off Fujairah coast a...

August 19, 2015 Major General Abdullah Al Hashimi, the Ministry of Defence’s executive director of strategic analysis, announces the upcoming Dubai International Air Chief’s Conference, which will focus on how air forces must evolve to meet battlefield changes. An F-16 of the UAE Armed...

August 16, 2015 Abu Dhabi Police train with London Metropolitan Police A delegation from Abu Dhabi Police travelled to London on Saturday for a two-week visit to take part in training activities with the London Metropolitan Police. The male and female delegation of officers is headed by...

August 13, 2015 Emirates to fly world’s longest route to Panama Flights to Panama City from Dubai to start next year in what will be the world’s longest non-stop flight Emirates said on Thursday it will launch flights to Panama City, Panama next year in what will be the world’s longest...

August 09, 2015 Dad let daughter die, rather than be touched by 'strange' rescuer Asian father stopped rescue team from saving his drowning daughter A father of a 20-year-old girl let his daughter drown, stopping life guards from rescuing her. He preferred that his daughter die rather than...

August 7, 2015 Benzi Gopstein, head of Lehava party has drawn notoriety for its violent assaults on Jewish-Arab assimilation. Churches should be torched: Israeli leader Gopstein says he is willing to serve 50 years in prison for what he believes Benzi Gopstein, the leader of extremist...

August 2, 2015 41 to stand trial in UAE on terrorism charges The UAE is to try 41 people on charges of seeking to overthrow the government to set up an ISIL-like caliphate, prosecutors said on Sunday. The suspects, who include Emiratis as well as foreigners, are accused of setting up a group...

July 30, 2015 Kuwait breaks up new Daesh cell All the members are thought to be Kuwaiti nationals Kuwaiti security authorities have “taken a preemptive move, uncovering a cell of the terrorist organisation Daesh,” the Ministry of Interior announced early on Thursday. The arrests come one...

When will Pakistani authorities learn from the Italians. We have so called state of the art biometric system in place. In theory one counter is more than enough for the whole process to be completed in a maximum of 15 minutes, instead of the current system where you go to many different...

July 20, 2015 UAE issues hate crimes, discrimination law: Jail, up to Dh2 million fine Any form of discrimination on basis of religion, caste, creed, doctrine, race, colour or ethnic origin The United Arab Emirates has issued a new law against any form of discrimination on the basis of...

@Saif al-Arab @Irfan Baloch @Horus @BLACKEAGLE @Zarvan @syedali73 @Cheetah786 @Sinnerman108 and other members. Was the night between 26th and 27th of Ramadan corresponding 13 and 14-Jul-2015 laylat al Qadr in KSA? One photographer from Al Rafhaa governate took these pictures of Sunrise on...

July 15, 2015 How global debt hits your pocket What overspending by your government is doing to you According to a report from the International Monetary Fund, Greece will need far bigger debt relief than Eurozone partners have been prepared to envisage so far due to the devastation of its...

July 14, 2015 After Kuwait, GCC vs Daesh: 
The long war One, uniform law across the GCC, enforced by a single supranational authority, will make it significantly harder for 
Daesh, Al Qaida and other groups to use loopholes to their advantage In attacking Kuwait the way it did, Daesh (the...

July 14, 2015 The drug lord, Aqil Khan, was running the operation from his hometown in Peshawar, Pakistan. Kingpin among 40 members of drug cartel arrested 150kg of heroin recovered from the gang which targeted UAE residents Dubbed ‘the most dangerous drug network in the region’, 40...

July 14, 2015 Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, with members of the royal family and other dignitaries at a talk by Dr Andreas Schleicher at Al Bateen Palace. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and...

July 12, 2015 Star Trek 3 will film in Dubai in October The third instalment of the sci-fi franchise is set to release in July 2016 Astronomically cool news has been confirmed: Star Trek 3 is invading our neck of the woods. Or, er, our neck of the galaxy? Last month, Skydance Production...