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An Emirati princess who disappeared after witnesses described her being seized by commandos on a yacht had spent seven years planning her failed escape bid from the Gulf state she considered a gilded prison, according to her friends.
Sheikha Latifa...
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The academic backlash against the life imprisonment of Matthew Hedges is growing, with two more UK universities cutting ties with the United Arab Emirates until the Durham PhD candidate accused of spying is released.
Durham University has suspended...
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It is barely 47 years old, not quite the size of Scotland, and buys nearly £250bn of British-made weapons in a good year.
But, despite the long and often strong ties between the UK and the United Arab Emirates, the life sentence given this week to M...
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8 years ago
Nearly half of US arms exports over the past five years have gone to the war-stricken Middle East, with Saudi Arabia consolidating its place as the world’s second biggest importer, a report has shown.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Insti...