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...
Saudi club Al Nassr to pay Cristiano Ronaldo £173m a year
The Saudi Arabian football club Al Nassr will pay Cristiano Ronaldo up to £173m per year - making him the highest-paid sportsman of all time.
The...
Andrew Tate to be detained for 30 days in Romania
The controversial Muslim British-American social media influencer Andrew Tate will be held in detention in Romania for 30 days as part of an investigation...
Israel’s ‘most far right govt’ comes to power, signals settlement expansion
Israel's new right-wing coalition government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, has asserted that the "Jewish people has an exclusive and inalienable right to all parts of...
Oman to extend Israel boycott law
Oman's Shura Council has recommended extending a law boycotting Israel to technical, cultural, economic and sporting fields, according to the nation's official news agency.
WAF news agency reported that on...
French gunman had ‘racist motive and wanted to kill foreigners’
The gunman who is suspected of killing three Kurdish people in Paris on Friday has told investigators that he felt a "hatred of foreigners that had...
Saudi Arabia bans abayas in exam halls
Saudi Arabia has banned female students from wearing the abaya in examination halls.
All female students will now need to abide by school uniform regulations...
Afghanistan: NGOs ordered to stop duties of female employees
Afghanistan's Ministry of Economy has ordered domestic and foreign NGOs to suspend the duties of female employees until further notice because they are "not...
Afghanistan bans female university education until further notice
The Afghan authorities have banned women from university education until further notice.
A letter by the cabinet of ministers, confirmed by a spokesperson for the...
Afghan authorities publicly execute murderer for first time since takeover
The Afghan authorities have publicly implemented the hudood punishment of execution on a murderer in Farah province.
The Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate imposed...
