A 21-year-old New York City college student, who spent five “hellish” months in the United Arab Emirates over an altercation at a Dubai airport has been freed, an advocacy group said. Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, a Lehman College student in the
A marble-clad hotel in Awaza (Image: GETTY) Back in 2009, Turkmenistan strongman Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov – who goes by the honorific title of “Protector” – set out a plan to revolutionise the Central Asian country’s tourism industry. The Awaza National Tourist Zone on
Chipotle Mexican Grill will enter the Middle East next year through its first franchise deal that will see the American chain open restaurants that sell burritos and tacos in Dubai and Kuwait. The company on Tuesday signed a partnership agreement with Kuwait-based
An online influencer has been arrested in Dubai over a satirical TikTok video in which he portrays a brash Emirati on a spending spree inside a luxury car showroom. The comedic sketch, in which he tosses stacks of bills at bewildered employees
A fire swept through an apartment building in an older neighborhood of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, killing at least 16 people and injuring another nine, authorities said Sunday. The blaze Saturday in the Al Murar area of Dubai’s historic Deira
A huge blaze has engulfed a residential building in Dubai, killing 16 people and injuring nine. Firefighters rushed to the scene of the inferno in the Al Murar area of Dubai’s historic Deira neighbourhood area at 12:41 local time (9:41 GMT) on
A former glamour model who once dated boxer Joe Calzaghe helped smuggle £5 million of criminal cash into Dubai, a court heard. Jo-Emma Larvin, 44, allegedly hid the cash in suitcases on flights from Heathrow on two occasions in 2020 as part
Zack Shahin has rotted — literally rotted — in a Dubai prison for 15 years. The bright fluorescent lights are always on in the concrete cell the American citizen shares with 60 other prisoners. The noisy air conditioner runs 24 hours a