A second group of Thai workers who say they were duped into paying a broker for high paying jobs in Dubai that were cancelled on arrival there returned home early Monday morning, months after being abandoned in the Gulf state. The 12 workers were met by labour officials at Suvarnabhumi airport and were being interviewed […]
The fifth-tallest residential building in the world went up in flames in the wee hours of Friday morning. “Massive fire just started in the skyscraper opposite us in Dubai Marina,” journalist John O’Nolan said on social media. The fire spread over dozens of floors. The tower, called the Marina Torch or Torch Tower, has 86 […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Dubai remains home to the world’s busiest international airport after seeing 83.6 million passengers in 2016, The Associated Press reports. However, the figures released on Tuesday, January 24 by Dubai International Airport fall short of an estimate of 85 million passengers authorities had hoped to have. Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, says […]
A British tourist who was charged with having ‘extra-marital sex’ in Dubai after reporting that she had been gang raped no longer faces legal proceedings. The case against her was dropped. The 25-year-old from Cheshire had been arrested and had her passport confiscated in October after she claimed she had been raped by two British […]
Two men who posted their selfies on social media with Dubai’s 63-storey The Address hotel on fire in the background were arrested — and then released, according to WAM, the United Arab Emirates official news agency. According to WAM: The Attorney General said that the Public Prosecution in Dubai has decided to release the two […]
A fire broke out at a high-rise hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) at local night yesterday, apparently involving a large portion of the hotel. A crowd had gathered around The Address Hotel for the New Year’s celebration, but they were evacuated due to the fire. The cause of the fire was unclear, and […]
An Iranian who is wanted for murder in Dubai has fled to Thailand. Dubai officials believe he is trying to escape to Malaysia via Thailand so Thai officials have stepped up security at all border check points to hunt for the man. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
BANGKOK, July 26 – Thailand’s ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, leading a life of self-exile in the Middle East city of Dubai, has expressed a strong desire to return to his homeland after seven years of wandering. In a five-minute video speech posted on his son’s Facebook page to mark his 64th birthday, he said […]
