Andy Murray remains more excited about his fast-improving Australian Open chances than even the 250,000-dollar prize packet he stands to win in the final with Rafael Nadal at the Capitala Championship in Abu Dhabi.

The volume of air traffic through the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the Middle East's key transport hubs, will continue to grow in 2009, although the rate of growth is expected to slow down, a ci

The fifth edition of the Dubai International Film Festival began late Thursday with the screening of US filmmaker Oliver Stone's biopic W.

In celebration of Damascus being named the UNESCO 2008 Cultural Capital of the Arab World, the Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) will present Syrian Minister of Culture Riyad Nassan Agha with the MEIFF Black Pearl award on Friday.

Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news channel was forced to change it's domain to www.alarabiya.tv on Friday after its main page was hacked.

Hackers accusing the Saudi-owned TV of being pro-Sunni shut down the channel's news website in a cyber attack, claiming to be in retaliation for the recent attacks on Shiite websites.

The most expensive camel in the world was sold in the United Arab Emirates for 6 million dirhams (1.6 million dollars), the Abu Dhabi International Exhibition for Hunting and Equestrian (ADIHEX) announced Thursday.

The camel was bought by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid, Crown Prince of Dubai, in an auction held late Wednesday, ADIHEX said.

Arab stock markets dived for the fourth day in a row Wednesday amid a spiraling lack of confidence that the world financial crisis could be brought under control within a reasonable time, financial analysts said.

Burj Dubai, or Dubai tower, is now the world's tallest man-made structure after reaching a new record height of 688 metres, a statement by its developer Emaar Properties company read on Monday.