World Emirates Milestones 1985-2015 1985 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum gives $10 million to the Emirates team start an airline in five months. Pakistan International 08/11/2015
Business ECB meeting repercussions and Abu Dhabi's new challenge Welcome to Business Middle East. This week we look at repercussions of the European Central Bank meeting, and Abu Dhabi starts a new challenge 27/10/2015
United Arab Emirates Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed’s son dies Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed’s son died on Saturday September 19 of a heart attack at the age of 34. Sheikh Rashid was the 3rd child and eldest son 19/09/2015
United Arab Emirates Dubai: big is beautiful Dubai is set to beat a new set of world records, as the city embarks on its latest supersized development. (Full list and figures at the bottom of 07/08/2015
United Arab Emirates Dubai charity provides Ramadan feast for construction workers Construction workers in Dubai queue up to receive an evening meal to break their Ramadan fast. It comes courtesy of a local charity initiative called 17/07/2015
no comment World's largest resort for dogs opens in Dubai A country known for its six-star hotels is now catering to its four-legged friends. My Second Home, the world’s largest lodge and play area for 11/06/2015
no comment "Jetmen" soar over Dubai skies With jet powered carbon fibre wings strapped to their backs, ‘Jetmen’ Yves Rossy and Vince Reffett, soar over the skies of Dubai in what the daring 12/05/2015
United Arab Emirates How not to ask directions in Dubai Beware of getting lost in Dubai, especially if you are in a hurry. A Kazakh tourist found himself arrested after tapping the shoulder of a 24/04/2015
Business Temporary relief for Greece Repeated bailout scenarios and last minute decision-making by the eurozone has led to questioning of when and if the end of the Greek crisis will 14/04/2015
United Arab Emirates French 'spiderman' reaches new heights scaling world’s tallest twisted building in Dubai A French climber, Alain Robert, has scaled one of Dubai’s tallest skyscrapers. The daredevil did not use a harness and relied on only chalk and 13/04/2015
Culture Lesser known United Arab emirate hosts major contemporary art biennial This 12th edition of the Sharjah contemporary art Biennial in the United Arab Emirates is as cutting edge as ever. More than fifty artists from 06/04/2015
United Arab Emirates Dubai: Hundreds forced to flee fire at 'The Torch' skyscraper Hundreds of people in Dubai have been evacuated from one of the world’s tallest residential buildings after fire swept through The Torch, a 79-storey 21/02/2015
Sport Astana presentation Dubai is the venue of the Astana Pro team’s official presentation and the location chosen by Vincenzo Nibali to start the season in which he will be 01/02/2015
no comment Dubai welcomes 2015 with record-breaking show The world’s largest LED facade lit up Dubai’s Burj Khalifa on New Years Eve on Wednesday (December 30) alongside a spectacular fireworks display 06/01/2015
no comment Daredevil Breitling Wingwalkers perform in Dubai The residents of Dubai’s Marina, JBR and the Palm area, were treated to a spectacular performance by the Breitling Wingwalkers in the skies over the 12/12/2014
Sport Speed: Hamilton takes Formula One title in Abu Dhabi Britain’s Lewis Hamilton produced yet another flawless run to claim his second drivers’ world championship with a convincing victory in the 23/11/2014
Business Mall of the World: UAE's road to revival? This week we look at the largest initial public offering of shares in the United Arab Emirates since the global financial crisis. Emaar Malls 07/10/2014
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates and Gulf stock markets plunge amid Syria attack fears Stock markets in the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf countries continued to plunge amid fears of an imminent attack on Syria. Dubai’s benchmark 05/09/2013
United Arab Emirates Dubai bomb threat woman used rolled-up cardboard to mimic explosives belt A woman has been arrested after threatening to blow up the Dubai Public Prosecution headquarters, using rolled-up cardboard to mimic an explosives 03/09/2013
Norway UAE "pardons" Norwegian woman jailed in Dubai after reporting rape The United Arab Emirates has pardoned a Norwegian woman who was sentenced to jail for illicit sex after she reported being raped by a colleague while 22/07/2013
World Football: Kick-starting education Football tops most lists as the most popular sport in the world today. So this week in Learning World we take a look at how the beautiful game can be 08/06/2012
target Crisis opens new doors for tourism Many tourists have had a tough decision to make recently. Do they confirm their holiday destination, even if it is experiencing economic or 09/03/2012
World Dubai Airshow opens with a mega contract for Boeing Day one of this year’s Dubai Airshow and there’s already been a record breaking order made. Emirates airline has signed up for 50 of Boeings 777 14/11/2011