United Arab Emirates

London Mayor Should Get His Facts Straight on Qatar

Nicholas McGeehan | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK
Nicholas McGeehan

Boris Johnson prefaces his 800-word hagiography on Qatar - 'We can't afford to ignore our dynamic friends in the East' - with an anecdote about camel ...

Why Dubai Is Rapidly Becoming the City of the Future

BritChick Paris | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK Travel
BritChick Paris

For those who still sit on the fence I encourage you to check out Dubai. Feel the rush of high octane business district, the calm of the Palm, the mysticism of the desert and the majesty of the Burj. This city is rocking its way into the 00s and beyond.

PICTURED: Is This The Ridiculously Good-Looking Man Kicked Out Of Saudi Arabia For Being 'Too Handsome'?

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK

SEE ALSO: Move Over Omar Bourkan Al Gala, There's A New Zoolander In Town, Meet Ahmed Angel (PICTURES) Earlier this month we reported on the three ...

Ridiculously Good Looking Emiratis Thrown Out Of Saudi Festival By Religious Police For Being 'Too Handsome'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK

UPDATE: One Of The Ridiculously Good-Looking Man Kicked Out Of Saudi Arabia For Being 'Too Handsome' (PICTURES) Three men were ejected from an annu...

Obesity, Water Scarcity, Unemployment and Why Qatar Needs to Look at Its History for a Solution

Romanna Bint-Abubaker | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK
Romanna Bint-Abubaker

Water usage needs to become the responsibility of every individual and entity in Qatar with a realization that their current attitude flies in the face of their very culture.

UK Businesswoman And Irishman Jailed For Having Public Sex In Dubai

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 22.11.2012 | UK

A British businesswoman and an Irishman have become the latest Westerners to fall foul of stricter decency laws in Islamic Dubai. Recruitment consu...

Humperdinck Offered £2 Million For EH1 Numberplate....

PA | Posted 07.10.2012 | UK

Music veteran Engelbert Humperdinck is trying to trace a rich mystery man who offered to buy his personalised car number plate - for £2m. The Rele...

Team GB have Their First Win, and Now Their Last Chance

Richard Berry | Posted 28.09.2012 | UK Sport
Richard Berry

Team GB's men's football team have improved markedly in each of the first three games of their reincarnation. Although the opposition faced has been progressively weaker every time, the growing understanding among Team GB players has been very encouraging.

Briton Faces Death Penalty Over Drug Offences

PA | Posted 25.06.2012 | UK

A British man is facing the death penalty in the United Arab Emirates, the Foreign Office has confirmed. A local news report claimed the unnamed Br...

Arbitrary Detentions Spread in the UAE

Rori Donaghy | Posted 08.07.2012 | UK
Rori Donaghy

It may be an inconvenient truth, given our vast trade links with the UAE, but surely we can no longer ignore the events taking place in the Gulf State. If not for the principle of humanitarianism, then for our trade links there we must speak up. If the naivety of the rulers continues in the same vein, those very links might be put in danger.

Why West's Going East

WENN | Posted 03.04.2012 | UK Entertainment

Hip-hop star Kanye West has been courting Middle Eastern millionaires to invest in an upcoming film project. The rapper is currently developing a 3...

British Worker Faces Prison For Saying 'When Will We Finish With The Damn Mosques?'

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 13.01.2012 | UK

A British engineer faces prison in Abu Dhabi after cursing a Mosque project that was running late. He was reported to the police by his colleagues...