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DUBAI: There is nothing unassuming about the Arabian fortress that is Saadiyat Rotana Resort & Villas, but its exterior is the only imposing thing about it. Step inside, and you will see what you’re really here for: The vast expanse of white sands and aquamarine water of Saadiyat Beach, viewed through floor-to-ceiling glass windows that run…

DUBAI: There is nothing unassuming about the Arabian fortress that is Saadiyat Rotana Resort & Villas, but its exterior is the only imposing thing about it. Step inside, and you will see what you’re really here for: The vast expanse of white sands and aquamarine water of Saadiyat Beach, viewed through floor-to-ceiling glass windows that run…

As my Uber driver signals that we have reached our location, I am a little confused: We are on a dusty street surrounded by numerous auto shops and grey metal warehouses. Then I look to my right, and there it is. “The Courtyard,” It sticks out like an oasis in the desert (quite literally), with…

‘Bayern have it all to lose — we can only win’: Dortmund eye final day drama BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has said that the pressure is now on league leaders Bayern Munich after his side bounced back in the Bundesliga title race on Saturday.Bayern missed the chance to wrap up a seventh…

Tsitsipas ousts Nadal, seals final match against top-ranked Djokovic in Madrid Open MADRID: For the third straight time this season, Rafael Nadal won’t be fighting for a title on his favorite surface.Nadal’s slump on clay continued on Saturday at the Madrid Open with a third consecutive semifinal elimination, adding to his worst start to the…

TORONTO: Kyle Lowry was talking in Toronto on Saturday, discussing any number of topics, offering eloquent answers to every question that came his way. His last sentence was all that really needed to be said.“Nothing matters,” the Raptors guard said, “but Game 7.”There may be nothing better in sports than a Game 7 — and…

INTERVIEW: SIDF’s Noor Shabib — a woman at the sharp end of the Saudi transformation DUBAI: If the Saudi Vision 2030 reform plan is to be achieved, it will require dedication, expertise, inspiration and hard work. It will also require money. Noor Shabib, who is responsible for strategic planning and business development at the Saudi Industrial…

INTERVIEW: SIDF’s Noor Shabib — a woman at the sharp end of the Saudi transformation DUBAI: If the Saudi Vision 2030 reform plan is to be achieved, it will require dedication, expertise, inspiration and hard work. It will also require money. Noor Shabib, who is responsible for strategic planning and business development at the Saudi Industrial…

HOUSTON: Oilfield services provider Weatherford International Plc, burdened by a heavy debt load and years of losses, said on Friday it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.The company, which at its peak was valued at more than $50 billion, never recovered from the 2014 oil price collapse. Efforts under Chief Executive Officer Mark McCollum…

COLOMBO: Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a local man was beaten in the town of Chilaw on Sri Lanka’s west coast on Sunday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters.Three weeks ago in Sri Lanka extremist bombers blew themselves up in four hotels and three churches,…

COLOMBO: Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a local man was beaten in the town of Chilaw on Sri Lanka’s west coast on Sunday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters.Three weeks ago in Sri Lanka extremist bombers blew themselves up in four hotels and three churches,…

DHAKA: Twenty-three teenage Rohingya girls were rescued after being brought from refugee camps to the capital Dhaka to be sent to Malaysia by air, Bangladesh police said Sunday.Dhaka police also arrested four human traffickers including a Rohingya couple and recovered over 50 Bangladeshi passports from them on Saturday.Police spokesman Mokhlesur Rahman said they raided a…

FUJAIRAH: The UAE emirate of Fujairah has denied media reports that claimed a series of explosions had rocked its port on Sunday, WAM News Agency reported. Claims from a number of news outlets, which were then shared on social media, said there had been explosions on Sunday morning and that fires had broken out on…

Iranian commander threatens to hit America ‘in the head’ if it makes military move LONDON: A commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened Sunday to hit America “in the head” if it made a military move, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported. Amirali Hajizadeh, the head of the Guard's aerospace division, also said that America’s military presence in the Gulf used to…