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The World Bank President Dr Jim Yong Kim giving a speech at the World Government Summit in Dubai yesterday and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, appears on a giant screen (AFP)

The UAE Creates a “Ministry of Happiness” and Government Services are Assigned to the Private Sector

by Musaid Al-Zayani | Feb 9, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) created a new “minister of state for happiness” position in the government yesterday. The basic responsibilities for this position include the harmonisation of all state plans, programs and policies to achieve happiness in society within...

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Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (L) and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (C) at the funeral for Sheikh Mohammed’s son Sheikh Rashid Bin Mohammed, at the Zabeel Grand Mosque in Dubai, on September 19, 2015. (WAM)

Sheikh Rashid Bin Mohammed, son of Dubai ruler, laid to rest after death at age 33

by Musaid Al-Zayani | Sep 20, 2015 | Middle East

Dubai, Asharq Al-Awsat—Dubai’s Sheikh Rashid Bin Mohammed, the eldest son of the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, was buried on Saturday at the Umm Hurayr Cemetery in Dubai, according to state news agency WAM. Sheikh Rashid died on Saturday...

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This file photo shows Saudi and foreign citizens gathering around the devastated Al-Hamra expatriate housing compound that was hit by a suicide car bombing on May 12, 2003, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo)

Iran coordinating with Al-Qaeda since 2007 to target US interests in Kingdom, Dubai: sources

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Feb 23, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran has been coordinating with Al-Qaeda and its affiliates since 2007 with the aim of carrying out terror attacks against US targets in Dubai and Saudi Arabia, informed sources have told Asharq Al-Awsat. Speaking under condition of anonymity,...

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epa04482264 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (C) Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, gestures during the opening plenary of Summit on the Global Agenda in Gulf emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 09 November 2014. EPA/ALI HAIDER

Opinion: Governments must innovate or become irrelevant

by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Al Maktoum | Feb 4, 2015 | Opinion

Companies, like people, grow old. They start life small and eager to survive, fueled by youthful energy and fresh ideas. They compete, expand, mature, and eventually, with a few exceptions, fade into obscurity. The same is true of governments: they, too, can lose the...

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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE (R), shaking hands with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L), at the aAl-Mushrif Palace, Abu Dhabi, on January 18, 2015. (EPA/OFFICE OF EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT )

Sisi in UAE on first official visit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 19, 2015 | Middle East

Abu Dhabi, Asharq Al-Awsat—Regional efforts to combat terrorism, the situation in Libya and Emirati investment in Egypt were among the most pressing matters discussed by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and the leaders of the UAE during Sisi’s two-day visit to...