Category: United Arab Emirates

Influencers sold the world a fantasy Dubai – and now it’s gone in a puff of missile smoke | Gaby Hinsliff

The city was portrayed as an aspirational place to live, but now those who moved there are realising the precarity that comes with being an economic migrantTo be fooled by a mirage, you needn’t be lost in the desert....

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More than 100,000 Britons stranded in Gulf, with airspace closed to most flights

UK considering all evacuation options, including charter and military flights and bus trips across land bordersMore than 100,000 Britons were stranded in the Gulf on Monday, with airspace in the region still closed to most...

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Dubai’s potent lure: the reality behind the real-estate frenzy

Bankers and billionaires are flocking to the city where income tax is zero but critics say it ignores money laundering – and pay disparities are huge Business live – latest updatesAidan Doyle was an estate agent in...

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Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide

Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAEWarnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed from a UK risk assessment by Foreign Office...

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Why Trump’s lavish Saudi courtship leaves Israel on the backfoot

Pageantry and trillion-dollar promises reveal how Washington’s loyalties may be tilting toward the GulfThe White House welcome bestowed on the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was the most lavish of the Trump...

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Trump’s retreat from Nato was priced in. But his humiliation of Qatar and India spells total chaos | Nesrine Malik

Allies indulged the US president on the basis they wouldn’t be bombed or suffer economic damage. So much for that ideaSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect...

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‘This is the looting of America’: Trump and Co’s extraordinary conflicts of interest in his second term

Bitcoin, internet, EVs, private dinners for hire – the list of pay-for-play and quid quo pro goes on, and on … and onThe South Lawn of the White House had never seen anything like it. The president of the United...

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Trump makes the Gulf states feel powerful, but the real test is: can they stop Israel’s war? | Nesrine Malik

The US president’s deference to his Middle Eastern allies is hollow if they cannot affect what happens in their own back yardDonald Trump’s visit to the Middle East last week was an exercise in disorientation. Both...

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