Topic: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

The United Arab Emirates announced Wednesday that children of Emirati women married to foreigners could apply for citizenship once they turned 18, moving closer to giving women the same nationality rights as men.President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahayan decreed that the ...
Five Emirati Internet activists, jailed for up to three years on charges including insulting the Gulf state's leaders, have been pardoned, state news agency WAM and their lawyer said on Monday.The United Arab Emirates president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahayan ...
US officials Monday denounced the acquittal of the brother of the UAE president who had been tried on charges of torturing an Afghan trader in 2004. "It's not a credible verdict," a senior official said, asking to remain anonymous, of the ...

Dubai opens world's tallest building

Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, on Monday officially opened the world's tallest building, which stands more than 800 metres high.Sheikh Mohammad unveiled a plaque and gave a brief speech during which he renamed the building the ...
Dubai's Burj Khalifa tower, the new tallest building in the world, is 828 metres tall, it was revealed on Monday at the skyscraper's official opening in the Gulf emirate.Sheikh Mohammad unveiled a plaque and gave a brief speech during ...
Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, on Monday officially opened the world's tallest building, which stands more than 800 metres high.Sheikh Mohammad unveiled a plaque and gave a brief speech during which he renamed the building the ...