UAE

Flydubai axe attack investigation widens The Flydubai axe attack saw an Omani co-pilot attack the captain mid-flight, UAE prosecutors say, in a bid to seize control of the jet to Tel Aviv. The co-pilot attacked the captain with a crash axe mid- flight trying to force his way into the cockpit, prosecutors in the United […]

2 weeks ago

The US‑Israel conflict with Iran has entered its second week The British Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has warned UK citizens in the region not to take or share images of the damage caused by Iranian missiles, as doing so could violate local laws. This follows the recent charging of a 60-year-old British […]

7 months ago

‘It was the most terrifying experience of my life’ Love Island star Kaz Crossley has spoken out about her “terrifying experience” in a Dubai jail after a video of her snorting a white substance led to her being arrested at Abu Dhabi airport. Crossley, who has since been released, has said she was locked up […]

3 years ago

It has not yet been revealed whether privately-owned companies will also follow suit in the UAE The United Arab Emirates is changing the schedules of all federal employees so that they only work four and a half days a week. In a bid to “boost productivity and improve work-life balance,” the UAE is completely reshuffling […]

5 years ago

The Catalan club could be pulled out of the mire by foreign investment Barcelona have apparently received an offer of approximately €1.5 billion (£1.2bn) from a Dubai based company which would help them clear their humungous debts. As reported in the Mirror, the Spanish giants were made an offer to refinance their debts from an […]

5 years ago

Dubai doesn’t have natural rain, so they made some Already, after only a week of blistering sun, the UK has had enough. Besides a few utterly sociopathic people who enjoy this weather, the rest of us want to be permanently glued to a beer garden with a glass of Pimms in hand. But in places […]

5 years ago