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UAE sets up moon sighting committee to confirm start of Eid

The committee will meet to sight the crescent moon on Saturday, June 24, after Maghrib prayer

Emirates, flydubai to ‘deepen their relationship’ over the next 18 months

Changes could include more closely coordinated connecting flights and a joint decision on schedules

Etihad to fly about 3.3 million passengers over next two months

The Abu Dhabi airline is offering a special ‘moonlight check-in’ service

Dubai among world’s top 20 most expensive cities for expats to live in

Dubai and Abu Dhabi were found to be the most expensive cities in the region

Viceroy Palm renamed Five Palm Jumeirah Dubai

The move signals Five Holdings’ desire to bolster its hospitality profile in the city

Dubai’s Emirates sees demand returning on US routes

The airline announced in April it would cut flights on five US routes from May

Dubai’s Emaar Properties appoints new group CEO

Amit Jain, the company’s group chief operating officer, has been named CEO

Abu Dhabi refers 54 suspects to court in investment fund fraud case

The suspects were allegedly involved in fraud related to car trading

Al Ain court scraps death sentence for Filipina maid

The maid was sentenced to death in May 2015 for fatally stabbing her Emirati employer in 2014

Dubai’s RTA maps out plan for traffic movement during Eid

The number of taxicabs in the pick-up and drop-off area of Dubai Mall will be increased by 5 per cent

Revealed: Last minute Eid staycation deals in the UAE

Hotels across the UAE have special deals still on for the Eid weekend

Dubai to establish world’s first collective endowment park

Located next to Mushrif Park, the new project will be spread over an area of 15 hectares

Abu Dhabi court ruling to allow investor to proceed with case against Citi

Sami Abbas Hussein Ali Al Amri has accused Citi of “mismanagement, self-dealing and an attempted cover-up”

Abu Dhabi Ports seals 35-year concession to manage and expand the Port of Fujairah

DP World said in April that it had ended its agreement to expand and develop the port

Abu Dhabi fund takes 5% stake in Dana Gas

The stake was acquired by Goldilocks Investment Co, an equity fund which is part of Abu Dhabi Financial Group

UAE minister says Qatar isolation could last years

“If they want to be isolated because of their perverted view of what their political role is, then let them be isolated,” said Dr Anwar Gargash

Egyptian, Abu Dhabi leaders discuss terrorism funding, role of media

The meeting between the leaders took place in Cairo

UAE President restructures board of Abu Dhabi wealth fund ADIA

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is one of the world’s richest sovereign wealth funds

Pics: Dubai’s RTA to begin trials for self-driving air taxis this year

The RTA has signed a deal with a German firm for the air taxis

Qatari ambassador criticises UAE and Saudi in 9/11-focussed op-ed

“Emiratis, not Qataris, were among the hijackers who flew planes into the Twin Towers,’’ Sheikh Meshal bin Hamad Al Thani said

Japan eases entry restrictions for UAE passport holders

The changes give free entry to UAE passport holders

Dubai’s DSI says capital reduction to be completed by end of Q3

Acting CFO Feras Kalthoum said DSI’s business has not been affected by Qatar’s rift with some of its Gulf neighbours

UAE soldier killed in Saudi accident

UAE climbs six places on innovation index

The emirates’ performance was supported by increased data availability

UAE-based Pure Harvest announces progress in $4.5m seed funding round

The company plans to establish the UAE’s first high-tech commercial-scale greenhouse for year-round tomato production

UAE sees 6% increase in millionaires in 2016

The UAE led the GCC in private wealth growth last year

Sharjah oil corp doesn’t expect any interruption to Qatar gas supply to UAE

“We have not seen and do not expect to see any disruption of gas supplies from the Dolphin pipeline,” Sharjah National Oil Corp’s CEO said

Dubai’s Emaar opens fourth mid-scale Rove hotel

Rove Trade Centre caters to meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions customers

UAE’s Dana Gas gets injunction from English court blocking claims on $700m sukuk

The Abu Dhabi-listed energy company announced last week that its outstanding sukuk were not sharia-compliant and were therefore unlawful

UAE private sector workers to get two days off for Eid Al Fitr

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation said the holiday would take place on the first and second days of Shawwal

Dana Gas’s sukuk holders say firm’s offer “repudiation” of English law

Dana said on Tuesday it had received legal advice that its Sukuk, which mature in October, were not compliant with the Islamic sharia code