The prison has been described as a “hellhole”. A British dad has been jailed for 40 years after being allegedly caught with cocaine while living in Dubai. Tattoo artist and barber Sam Dorman migrated from Glossop, Derbyshire, to Dubai in 2022 to start a business. The 33-year-old was taken into custody following a police sting, […]

11 months ago

He could be jailed for 20 years An 18-year-old from London has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates for having sex with a 17-year-old girl. Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham, was in Dubai with his family on holiday when he met the British girl, who is also from London. The pair slept together and had […]

1 year ago

Bad weather has been blamed for the cargo ship sinking A cargo ship with 30 crew members on board has sunk 30 miles away from Iran’s Assaluyeh port, authorities have said. The operations manager of the Salem Al Makrani Cargo company, Captain Mizar Qaddoura, confirmed that the Al Salmy 6 had sunk while carrying cars across […]

4 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 […]

4 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 […]

4 years ago

“I always had a feeling that one day she will wake up” A woman has woken up from a coma, 27 years after suffering significant damage to her brain after her car collided with a school bus in the United Arab Emirates. Munira Abdulla was 32 at the time of the road accident, which took place […]

7 years ago