MALAK HARB | The Seattle Times

March 8, 2023 at 6:46 am

Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests

Actor Nazanin Boniadi is urging the world to back the protests in her native Iran calling for women’s rights and political change, saying despots fear...

Entertainment

A view of the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The chief of Ukraine’s National Police says a helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb has killed 16 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister and two children. He said nine of those killed were aboard the emergency services helicopter. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) XSG107 XSG107

January 18, 2023 at 12:29 am

Ukraine helicopter crash kills interior minister, others VIEW

Authorities say a helicopter carrying Ukraine’s interior minister and other government officials crashed into a kindergarten in suburban Kyiv, killing him and about a dozen...

Nation & World

October 30, 2022 at 10:33 pm

IMF says Mideast, North Africa economies resilient in 2022

The International Monetary Fund says the economies of Middle Eastern and North African countries were resilient in 2022, but double-digit inflation is expected to slow...

Business

September 21, 2022 at 7:17 am

Long a haven for wealth, Dubai will enforce UK court rulings

The United Arab Emirates has called on its courts to begin enforcing the judgements of British courts, in a move that could affect the city...

Business

September 20, 2022 at 4:36 am

Company loses bid to recover payout for Dubai hotel fire

An insurance company that was ordered to pay more than a billion Dirhams in damages for a 2015 New Year’s Eve fire in Dubai has...

Business

September 16, 2022 at 12:21 am

Dubai court orders man to pay $1.25B to Denmark in tax case

A British man accused by Denmark of masterminding a $1.7 billion tax fraud has been ordered by a Dubai court to pay Copenhagen’s tax authority...

Business

September 12, 2022 at 12:12 am

Dubai court rejects Danish extradition request for financier

An Emirati court has ruled that a British man suspected of masterminding a $1.7 billion tax scheme cannot be extradited to Denmark to face charges.

August 21, 2022 at 11:11 pm

Qatar detains workers protesting late pay before World Cup

An advocacy group says Qatar arrested at least 60 foreign workers who protested going months without their pay and deported some of them.

Business

July 2, 2022 at 12:30 pm

Popular Pakistani restaurant stands test of time in Dubai VIEW

A small hole-in-the-wall Pakistani restaurant with plastic chairs and metal tables has become a staple of Dubai’s food culture, attracting everyone from the local population...

Business

June 3, 2022 at 4:32 am

Dubai arrests British man over $1.7B Denmark tax fraud case

Dubai police say they arrested and planned to extradite a British man to Denmark, wanted there for allegedly masterminding a $1.7 billion tax scheme.

Business