A UAE domestic worker who used a string of social media accounts to spread the ideology of terror group ISIS has been jailed for ten years and ordered to pay a Dh2 million fine.
The Filipino man, 30, identified as Hassan D.A.A, was convicted of joining the organisation and promoting its activities through seven social media accounts, five on Facebook and on each on Twitter and instant messaging service, Telegram.
The man will be deported at the end of his sentence, Abu Dhabi... Read More
In an exhibition space at the 180 The Strand building in central London on end of June, Cartier unveiled Magnitude, its latest high jewelry collection. Rich in color and contrasts, the collection centered around unique pairings of precious and semi-precious gemstones that together assert the force of the storied jeweler’s inventive design and creativity, and the “disruptive” presentation style that Cartier’s audience knows well.
The gloom of the rain-beaten June day failed to dampen... Read More
WAM – Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the significance of peace and stability in the Gulf region for the Middle East as well as for the whole world, saying the region should be an "oasis of security" rather than a new "source of turmoil."
"China backs the UAE's commitment to regional peace and stability," Xi said, calling on all sides concerned to stay calm and exercise restraints, and refrain from opening a "Pandora's box."
"(All sides concerned) should, on the basis... Read More
The palm is one of the UAE’s most prized trees. Its fruit fed generations of people for thousands of years, while its trunk and leaves were used to build homes.
Now the palm is blasting off on a new chapter as the UAE is to send its seeds into orbit on the International Space Station.
The seeds will lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Wednesday at 6.24pm [2.24am on Thursday UAE time] on a Falcon 9 rocket. Operated by SpaceX – the company founded by billionaire Elon Musk... Read More
Bvlgari has firstly reinvented its signature collection with the new eight-piece Bvlgari Bvlgari Classic line, with jewels that can be mixed, stacked and matched.
Nodding to the colourful pop art of the 1970s and 80s, the pieces are all set in 18-karat pink gold and introduce opaque hardstones into the collection for the first time. Single earrings, open bangles and a unique spinning ring design feature discs of red carnelian, green malachite, black onyx and mother-of-pearl.
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If you live in the UAE, you will know just how spectacular Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is, and it is not only locals that are captivated by its splendour.
International travellers continue to recognise it as one of the most significant landmarks in the world, with the mosque this week claiming third place among the top 10 landmarks in the world, according to TripAdvisor.
TripAdvisor’s Travellers Choice Awards list considered more than 750 landmarks, in 68 countries... Read More
WAM -- Dubai-based global developer Emaar will jointly implement with Beijing Daxing International Airport an AED40.5 billion (US$11 billion) project including the five square kilometre land area of the 50 sq. km airport.
The move is in line with the visit of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, to China.
In a statement to the Emirates News Agency, WAM, Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman of Emaar... Read More
Chandrayaan-2, India’s lunar lander, lifted off aboard a rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Monday afternoon, a week after the first attempt was aborted in the final hour before launch.
India’s homegrown GSLV-Mark III rocket, standing 43 metres tall and making its first operational flight, roared into space aboard a plume of flame.
The launch window was narrow: a single minute in which to pitch the rocket into the perfect position above the planet. Within half an... Read More
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday.
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces were welcomed at the Great Hall of the People, in the country's capital, with an official reception ceremony.
Sheikh Mohamed and his accompanying delegation were greeted by Mr Xi and a number of senior Chinese officials before the two leaders stood in the raised dais of honour to hear the national anthems of both... Read More
Airbus A380-800 returned shortly after take-off, and had passed the city of Montreal before it had to fly back to Toronto.
An Emirates flight from Toronto to Dubai was forced to turn back on Saturday following a technical fault.
Flight EK242 had just taken off from Toronto Pearson International Airport, at around 2.30pm local time, when the fault was discovered.
The website flight-tracker flightradar24 showed that the Airbus A380-800 returned shortly after take-off, and... Read More