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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife are prevented from fleeing the country to Dubai by airport staff at Bandaranaike International Airport amid nationwide protests. G. Rajapaksa has not given his official resignation yet.
2022-07-12

Malaysia reports their first two cases of the B.1.525 variant in two people who travelled from Dubai.
2021-03-5

Bangladeshi special forces shoot and kill an armed man after he attempted to hijack a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight heading to Dubai International Airport. All 148 passengers and crew members disembarked safely.
2019-02-24

Tajikistan announces that it will participate in the Expo 2020 in Dubai.
2018-04-20

Seven Pakistani crew members on Iranian cargo ship MV "Joya", sailing from Egypt to Dubai, UAE, are killed in a rocket attack off Yemen's coast.
2016-12-22

Four American journalists are charged by Bahrain for "unlawful obstruction of vehicles and attending unlawful gatherings." The state-run Bahrain News Agency said all were released "pending further investigations." Freelance reporter Anna Day and a film crew, who were covering the fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring uprisings, are scheduled to fly to Dubai tonight.
2016-02-16

Dubai says that it will continue with its Mall of the World project, despite the financial pressures created by falling oil prices.
2016-02-9

Dubai police name five new suspects in connection with the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in January, involving passports from Australia, Britain and France. An Israeli citizen, Zev Barkan, wanted by New Zealand since 2004 for passport fraud, may have used a New Zealand passport.
2010-05-7

An Iranian and a Tajik are jailed for 25 years in Dubai over the 2009 killing of a Chechen militant commander.
2010-04-12

Police in England respond to a security alert on a Dubai-bound flight from London Heathrow Airport.
2010-01-8