Dubai scraps alcohol tax in further relaxing of booze laws
Dubai has scrapped its 30% alcohol tax and will stop charging for personal alcohol licences.
This latest move comes after Dubai previously allowed the sale of...
MBZ: Architect of normalisation with Israel is appointed UAE president
Mohamed bin Zayed, the ruler of Abu Dhabi and architect of the normalisation policy with Israel, has been appointed the country's new president following a...
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan dies
The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has died aged 73.
The Ministry of Presidential Affairs expressed its condolences...
Mufti Menk pictured breaking fast with prominent Zionist rabbi in Dubai
The prominent Muslim preacher, Mufti Ismail Menk, has stoked controversy yet again after a viral video showed him breaking fast with a prominent Zionist...
Erdogan visits UAE to improve strained relations
Visiting the UAE for the first time since 2013, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan concluded his two-day visit to the Gulf country seeking to...
Israel says it will support UAE’s security needs
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has said his country will support the UAE's security needs during his first official visit to the Gulf nation.
Herzog discussed...
The first Emirati astronaut took the Israeli flag into space
On his inaugural trip into space in 2019, the first United Arab Emirates’ astronaut, Hazzaa Al-Mansoori, took an Israeli flag with him, the director-general...
Israeli PM Naftali Bennett visits UAE
In the first-ever visit by an Israeli leader to a Gulf nation, Naftali Bennett arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to meet...
UAE slashes public sector workweek, changes weekend to Saturday-Sunday
The United Arab Emirates has slashed its official public sector working week to four-and-a-half days and has moved to a "Western-style" Saturday to Sunday...
BDS calls for boycott of Dubai Expo
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign has called for a boycott of the Dubai International Expo which it says the UAE and Israel...
