By Zakiya Afzani 8 UAE princesses found guilty of people trafficking in Europe A Brussels court has handed a 15 month suspended prison sentence to eight Arab princesses. The widow of an Abu Dhabi sheikh and her seven daughters were found guilty of human trafficking and degrading their servants. …
By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis deepens as Gulf nations stand their ground Three weeks in to the worst Gulf crisis in decades, questions are still being asked about diplomatic and economic sanctions imposed on the state of Qatar by its neighbours. Now Washington, which via Trump originally claimed, proudly,…
By Zakiya Afzani Barclays Bank have been charged with serious fraud Barclays and four former executives have been charged with serious fraud over their actions in the 2008 financial crisis. The Serious Fraud Office case relates to the way the bank raised billion of pounds from Qatari investors enabling it…
By Sulayman Al-Said The 10 thousand year old accountants’ records The ancient Egyptians in the age of Jahiliyyah used to believe that literacy was divine, a gift from baboon-faced Thoth, their deity of knowledge. Scholars no longer embrace that theory, but why ancient civilisations developed writing was a mystery for…
By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis | Emergency hotline set up to help mixed families avoid humanitarian crisis President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on Sunday instructed the authorities concerned to take into consideration the humanitarian circumstances of Emirati-Qatari joint families an official source announced. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain also…
By Aisha Butt Germany has entered the Qatar-Crisis talks with warnings against escalating towards war German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has warned that the ever intensifying crisis between Qatar and its Arab neighbors of the Gulf region could end in war. Gabriel said in comments published yesterday that there was…
By Amir Ahmed Syrian forces reach Iraq border for first time in two years Syrian troops and their Arab allays fighting Daesh and other insurgents have reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015, advancing close to a strategic area that has been at the centre of tensions…
By Zakiya Afzani London Terror Attacks | Police arrested 12 innocent people in error The UK has seen three attacks in three months which were deemed to be in retaliation to UK foreign policy in the Middle-East and involvement in military action. Two of these terrible crimes against innocent civilians…
By Rashid Al Saud Qatar left isolated as crisis deepens Egypt is just one of the latest countries to close it’s airspace to Qatari planes in a growing diplomatic row, with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain expected to do the same today. Several countries have cut ties with Qatar, accusing it…
By Zakiya Afzani The diplomatic chaos in Qatar and ban if Al Jazeera intensifies further Four Arab nations; Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region. The ban on Qatari media agency Al Jazeera has been…
