Arabian Aerospace on Smart Gate Arabian Aerospace Online news service features the Smart Gate during the Airport show 2013 held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. By: emaratech Continue reading
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Religious sensitivity is becoming an excuse to limit press freedom – Video
Religious sensitivity is becoming an excuse to limit press freedom Abeer Al-Najjar – Assistant Professor in Mass Communications, American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) speaks for World Press Freedom Day. By: unesco Continue reading
Bikini ban on United Arab Emirates beaches extends to tourists
Sept. 6, 2012 – FILE photo of a woman reading the Koran on a beach as people in bikinis sunbathe and swim at sunset in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.AP RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates Bikinis and briefs are no longer welcome on some sands in the United Arab Emirates. Authorities in Ras al-Khaimah, the northernmost emirate in the UAE, have posted signs on public beaches warning of possible fines for revealing swimwear such as two-piece bikinis for women and brief trunks for men. Continue reading
Emirates Voted World's Leading Airline Website and World's Leading Airline Rewards Programme
(MENAFN – Emirates News Agency (WAM)) Emirates celebrated a double success at the World Travel Awards last night in Delhi when emirates.com was named “World's Leading Airline Website” and Skywards, … Continue reading
Iran May Cut Ties With UAE Over Disputed Islands
Iran on Tuesday warned the United Arab Emirates it could cut diplomatic relations between the two countries if the Arab nation keeps repeating claims to three Gulf islands that are controlled by Tehran. Later, Iranian officials appeared to be trying to walk back the threat. Iran took control of the Gulf islands in 1971, after British forces left the region Continue reading
Iran condemns US backing UAE over disputed island
Tehran on Thursday condemned the United States for backing the United Arab Emirates in its dispute with Iran over three Gulf islands, dubbing it “clear interference in Iran's domestic affairs.” Continue reading
Iran's Guards commander visits disputed island: TV
DUBAI (Reuters) – The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has visited three tiny disputed islands in the Gulf, state television reported on Friday, in a move likely to anger the United Arab Emirates which also claims sovereignty over them. Tensions rose in April between the two countries following Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Abu Musa, one of the three islands near important … Continue reading
Iran's Guard commander visits disputed islands
The commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard on Thursday visited three disputed islands in the Gulf that are held by Iran but claimed by the United Arab Emirates, Iranian state media said. Continue reading