Dubai

News Hour A large fire has ripped through a residential 79-storey skyscraper in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates – for the second time in two years. Panicked residents fled one of the tallest towers in...

News Hour: The 21st edition of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) held with rich culture programmes at different venues at Dubai. 13 years old Bangladeshi boy Mohammad Tariqul Islam wins the top prestigious Dh250,000...

News Hour: The number of Chinese and Russian visitors to Dubai surged in the first three months of the year, boosted by the United Arab Emirates’ recent decision to grant visas on arrival to citizens of...

News Hour: Roger Federer breezed back into action to reach the second round of the Dubai Open with a straightforward 6-1 6-3 win over erratic Frenchman Benoit Paire on Monday. In his first match since memorably...

News Hour: The streets of Dubai may be known for architectural superlatives like Burj Khalifa, the highest of the world’s high-rises, and the Middle East’s largest shopping centre Dubai Mall. But a group of street artists...

News Hour: Dubai has tested a Chinese prototype of a self-driving hover-taxi, its transport authority said on Monday, with the aim of introducing the aerial vehicle in the emirate by July. The test of the one-man...

News Hour: Dubai, one of the world’s largest trading hubs, has linked up with IBM to launch a scheme using blockchain computing technology to process transactions and keep track of goods being shipped, IBM said on...

News Hour: A Kurdish Iraqi film depicting the ordeal of a Yazidi girl taken hostage by the Islamic State jihadist group won best feature at the Dubai International Film Festival on Wednesday. In “The Dark Wind”,...

News Hour: Henrik Stenson is looking to iron out some creases in his long game in time for Europe’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai which starts on Thursday. The money-list leader was not at...

News Hour: Dubai inaugurated a new canal on Wednesday after a three-year construction project costing $735 million, in a fresh boost for tourism and commerce in the booming Gulf city-state. The Dubai Water Canal creates a...