Murtaja Qureiris has been detained since 2014 when he was only 13 years old. He was sentenced to eight years in prison for taking part in protests at the age of 10. Saudi Arabia has one of the world’s highest execution rates, sparking criticism from rights groups. Saudi authorities have released a member of … Read more
Israel signed its first-ever free trade agreement with an Arab country United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. The agreement is the latest step in a US-brokered effort to normalise relations between Israel and the Arab world, which has pushed to isolate Israel for decades over its occupation of Palestinian land. The UAE was the first Gulf … Read more
DUBAI – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was Monday due to visit the United Arab Emirates for the first time in nearly a decade, to revive relations that were long strained by regional disputes. Turkey and the oil-rich Emirates have backed opposing sides in the Libyan civil war and in a Gulf diplomatic crisis, and … Read more
LAHORE: The killing of a senior crime reporter in broad daylight in the second largest city of the country, Lahore, has left everybody in a state of shock. The latest targeted killing of journalist Husnain Shah near the Lahore Press Club, one of the busiest places in the city, has not just rung alarm bells … Read more
DUBAI: Employees and schoolchildren juggled work and studies with prayers on the first-ever working Friday in the United Arab Emirates, as the Gulf country formally switched to a Saturday-Sunday weekend. Some grumbled at the change and businesses were split, with some private firms sticking with Fridays and Saturdays, as in other Gulf States. The weekly day … Read more
DUBAI: The UAE’s emirate of Sharjah announced on Thursday a shift to a three-day weekend for the official sector. The move comes after the UAE said on Tuesday it is slashing the official working week to four-and-a-half days and moving its weekend to Saturday and Sunday. Going a step further, the Sharjah Executive Council said … Read more
