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After their flight to Dubai was canceled during the 2025 war with Iran, two Israeli families sued Booking.com when the hotel refused to refund their payment. A Tel Aviv small claims court ruled that the company was not liable under its terms of service in cases of force majeure

DUBAI: Just over a year after moving to Dubai, Steve found himself moving unexpectedly up the property ladder, taking advantage of a cooling real estate market amid the Middle East war. His new apartment is larger and closer to work than his previous resident, but the rent is nonetheless 15 per cent cheaper, he said, using a pseudonym due to Dubai’s sensitivity on the matter. When he arrived in Dubai last year, “it was really difficult to get a place in this area and the rents had gone up by a lot”, said the 35-year-old, who works in the media sector. Dubai’s property market — a pillar of its economy — has soared in recent years, buoyed by the arrival of international high-net-worth individuals attracted by the glamorous lifestyle on offer in the emirate. Agent says there are people who think this is the right time to invest, amid Mideast conflict But the outbreak of the US-Israel war on Iran in late February has dampened growth, as targets in Dubai came under fire in the early days of Iran’s retaliation agai...

Dubai geeft bezoekers van het emiraat korting op onder meer hotels, vervoer en restaurants. Inwoners kunnen iemand aanmelden, waarop die persoon bij aankomst honderden euro's aan korting krijgt. Het reisadvies vanuit Nederland is om alleen in nood te gaan.

Autoritățile din Dubai au lansat un program prin care rezidenții sunt recompensați financiar dacă își conving prietenii și rudele din străinătate să viziteze emiratul.

Het aantal jongeren in de bijstand neemt al twaalf kwartalen op rij toe. Deskundigen noemen onder meer de invloed van sociale media als oorzaak. Die zorgt voor meer prestatiedruk, en vooral het luxe leven van influencers in Dubai doet jongeren aan zichzelf twijfelen.

Un lot de înghețată Gelatelli stil Dubai a fost retras de la vânzare din magazinele Lidl din România. ANSVSA avertizează că produsul poate conține nuci caju, motiv pentru care persoanele alergice sunt sfătuite să nu îl consume.

In Amsterdam is het net iets duurder om te bouwen dan in Dubai en vrijwel net zo duur als in de Poolse hoofdstad Warschau.

Japan's SBI Crypto shuts down 12th largest Bitcoin mining pool in the world, Russia gears up to launch digital ruble despite EU sanctions, and more: Asia Express. The Indian central bank reportedly urged lawmakers to keep banks insulated from crypto and private stablecoins while preserving room for regulated tokenization. According to a report by The Economic Times, RBI Deputy Governor Rohit Jain and Executive Director P. Vasudevan presented the central bank’s position to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on Thursday. In a background note submitted to the panel, the RBI reportedly said prohibition remained a recognized policy option and recommended preventing the use of crypto in payments and settlements while restricting banking-sector exposure. Read more

Dubai’s VARA has licensed its 50th crypto firm, though only 39 VASPs were fully operational at the end of 2025 as the emirate’s regulated market continues to expand. The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), Dubai's crypto regulator, has granted its 50th virtual asset service provider (VASP) license. On Thursday, VARA said its latest approval went to tokenized assets platform Tribe Tokenisation FZE. The milestone provides one measure of the growth of Dubai's crypto licensing regime, though license totals alone do not show how many firms are operational or the level of business they generate. Read more

Dubai lawyer Irina Heaver says European founders are flocking to the UAE for faster licensing, a dedicated crypto regulator and access to markets beyond Europe.

Wat begon als een droomreis naar Dubai, eindigde voor TikTok-influencer Brooke George (23) in een nachtmerrie. De Britse vrouw zit in een cel en riskeert de doodstraf wegens moord op haar kersverse vriend.

A 23-YEAR-OLD British TikTok influencer is facing potential execution by firing squad in Dubai after being charged with the premeditated murder of her boyfriend, a human rights group told BBC. Brooke George, of Kent, England, claims she stabbed the man in self-defence during a violent domestic dispute. The advocacy organisation Detained in Dubai stated that George was arrested on June 22. The group alleges her partner had become abusive, punched her, withheld her passport and attacked her in their apartment. She feared for her life and, reaching for a kitchen knife within her grasp, acted in self-defence,” Detained in Dubai CEO Radha Stirling said, according to the BBC. George, a former John Lewis employee, was taken into custody early June 22 and charged with premeditated murder. If found guilty under United Arab Emirates law, she could face the death penalty. George’s mother, The­reza George, told the BBC her daughter was “absolutely terrified” and had a visibly swollen eye when they spoke immediately after...

The ex-wife of a nephew of Dubai’s ruler has been arrested following a long-running custody battle, prosecutors in the UAE said on Friday. Zeynab Javadli was detained after her former husband, Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, accused her of abducting their three children. “Dubai Public Prosecution confirms that Ms. Zeynab Javadli has been taken into custody, following a complaint filed by the father of her three children alleging that she abducted the children during a court-approved visitation session,” said a statement sent to AFP. “The matter remains under investigation and is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.” Since late 2025 Javadli, a former international gymnast from Azerbaijan, has posted several Instagram posts with her daughters, in which she pleads for help and accuses her ex-husband of taking them away. But a lawyer for Sheikh Saeed, a nephew of Dubai’s ruler and United Arab Emirates Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said he was awarded custody of the three g...

Kraken’s parent company, Payward, received preliminary approval from Dubai's VARA, paving the way for UAE dirham funding, margin and OTC trading and institutional access via Kraken Prime. Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken moved closer to a launch in the United Arab Emirates after its operator, Payward, received preliminary approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), according to the company. Payward on Thursday announced its UAE expansion alongside receiving preliminary approval for a broker-dealer, investment and management licence from VARA. A spokesperson for Kraken told Cointelegraph the preliminary approval was granted on Thursday, with a full launch date to be confirmed. Read more

Crypto.com says a new UAE Stored Value Facilities license will let residents pay Dubai government fees in crypto, as the company doubles down on regulated expansion in the Middle East and beyond. Update (May 11, 2026, at 13:17 UTC): This article has been updated to include responses from Mohammed Al Hakim, president and general manager for the UAE at Crypto.com. Crypto.com has received a Stored Value Facilities license from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, allowing residents to pay Dubai government fees using cryptocurrencies via its platform, the company said Monday. The company says the license allows users to fund payments in digital assets while settlements are made in UAE dirhams or in dirham-backed stablecoins approved by the central bank under the SVF framework. Read more

Daniel Kinahan, een van de drie hoofden van de Ierse Kinahan-misdaadfamilie, is door de politie aangehouden in Dubai. Dat meldt de Ierse publieke omroep RTE. Ierland had om zijn arrestatie gevraagd.

De politie van Dubai heeft woensdag het Ierse misdaadkopstuk Daniel Kinahan gearresteerd. Hij was al langer voortvluchtig vanwege zijn betrokkenheid bij een groot internationaal crimineel netwerk.

Luxosul hotel Burj Al Arab din Dubai va fi închis timp de 18 luni, a confirmat miercuri un membru al personalului, potrivit Reuters. Grupul Jumeirah nu a făcut nicio asociere între proiectul de modernizare și conflictul regional.

Dubai’s regulator issued new guidance placing token launches into three buckets, tightening disclosure and governance standards for stablecoins, RWAs and other digital assets. Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) published detailed guidance on Thursday that clarifies how token issuers should structure, disclose and distribute virtual assets in the emirate, sharpening rules for stablecoins and real-world asset (RWA) tokens. The document, which interprets VARA’s existing Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook rather than creating new law, sets out three distinct issuance pathways and spells out who is responsible for what in each. Rather than treating all tokens as if they pose the same risks, the framework draws clear lines between Category 1 issuances (including fiat-referenced virtual assets and asset-referenced virtual assets), Category 2 issuances that must be distributed via a VARA-licensed intermediary, and exempt virtual assets with limited functionality. Read more

Dubai blijft voor KLM een ‘no-go’, ook na het akkoord over een staakt-het-vuren in het Midden-Oosten. Ondertussen laat branchevereniging ANVR weten dat voor ‘overstappers’ in de mei- en zomervakantie naar een oplossing wordt gezocht.