Belgium-based SWIFT, which provides banks with a system for moving funds around the world, bowed to international pressure on Friday and said it was ready to block Iranian banks from using its network to transfer money.
February 19, 2012 10:09
Following global trend of influential people taking to social media to reach the masses, Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed hopes for more public interaction through his Youtube channel.
February 15, 2012 3:46
Inspired by a post from blogger Tom Paye, Kipp explores whether offices in the Middle East really are ready to be rid of computer illiterates.
February 12, 2012 5:19
The UAE president has pardoned five activists on Monday (Nov 28) who were convicted a day earlier for insulting leaders of the UAE and who had been on hunger strike for two weeks, a relative of one of the five said, according to a Reuters report.
November 28, 2011 2:23