Abu Dhabi's brand new Yas Marina circuit prepares to make its spectacular Formula One debut this weekend, though both the driver's and the constructor's titles have already been awarded.
A New York judge on Tuesday
ruled that the next America's Cup cannot be held in Ras al-Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates, according to the rules that govern the sailing regatta.
Emirate Sheik Hassan Ben Ali al-Naimi has made a formal offer to take over the bankrupt fashion house Christian Lacroix, in partnership with the designer. The Paris competition tribunal is likely to approve the offer by the end of October.
The United Arab Emirates has seized a ship carrying North Korean armaments headed for Iran, according to an AFP report. Revamped UN sanctions introduced in June called for tighter monitoring of potential arms shipments to and from North Korea.
For some years now, Gulf countries have been investing heavily in the film industry. Why has the cinema become a strategic sector? What are their goals?
in this edition: summer camps in the Gaza Strip; the battle for water in the West Bank and in Iraq; the link between marriage and national identity in the United Arab Emirates.
State-run Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd (GASCO) has awarded contracts worth 9.2 billion dollars to international firms to build integrated gas systems in the United Arab Emirates, home to the world's fifth-largest gas reserves.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al-Nahayan formally launched the "desert Louvre" project to mark the start of construction of the museum, expected to be completed by 2013.
France's flag fluttered over a base in the Gulf for the first time on Tuesday as President Nicolas Sarkozy formally opened his country's "Peace Camp" military complex in Abu Dhabi.
France's flag fluttered over a base in the Gulf for the first time on Tuesday as President Nicolas Sarkozy formally opened his country's "Peace Camp" military complex in Abu Dhabi.
