JordanUAE

Queen Noor weighs in on missing Dubai Princess

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23rd February 2021
Queen Noor of Jordan has waded in on the controversy regarding the missing Dubai Princess Latifa whose friends recently released secretly recorded videos of the royal in captivity.Queen Noor, who sits on the board of commissioners for the International Commission on Missing Persons, retweeted an article about Princess Latifa and asked: “Where is her sister Shamsa??”Noor has…
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UAE

UN to question UAE about Princess Latifa

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18th February 2021
The United Nations has said they will question the United Arab Emirates regarding Princess Latifa after videos she recorded while being imprisoned were released to the media.Latifa secretly recorded videos in the ‘jail villa’ she is being held in where she says she’s been held hostage in Dubai since 2018. She talks about fearing for her life in the videos and how she is not…
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Jordan

Queen Rania: "We are all in a race against a pandemic, not against each other"

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8th February 2021
On Saturday, Queen Rania of Jordan spoke about the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccine at the virtual Warwick Economics Summit. The Queen called on equality in distributing vaccines for the coronavirus during her talk with CNN news anchor Becky Anderson.The Queen said: “We are all in a race against a pandemic, not against each other.” She meant that if one country is unable to…
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Jordan

King Abdullah opens new military University College

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3rd February 2021
His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan opened on the new RJAF Technical University College for Aviation Sciences. The building will be a part of the King Hussein Air College. The Jordanian monarch is the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army.King Abdullah…
Oman

Oman to appoint its first ever Crown Prince

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14th January 2021
Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said has issued a royal decree to pave the way for a constitutional amendment which will allow him to appoint a Crown Prince.The Royal Decree No. 6/2021 promulgates a new Basic Law of the State which will “set up a specific and stable mechanism for the transfer of power in the sultanate,” according to state news channel Oman News Agency. The amendment will not…
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