First day in court for Emiratis over insult charges

{jcomments on} Five nationals deny charges of insulting rulers of the UAE, threatening state security A pro-democracy blogger, a university lecturer and three others denied charges on Tuesday of insulting the UAE’s rulers, in a case gauging... Read more

US says $7bn of Iraqi cash may have been stolen

  {jcomments on} Billions of dollars of funds earmarked for rebuilding war-torn country missing in what may be record theft Almost $7bn of Iraqi oil funds earmarked for the war-torn country’s reconstruction may have been stolen, according to a... Read more