Israeli officials remained doggedly silent on Wednesday in the wake of a Dubai police decision to seek the arrest of the Israeli prime minister and the head of its spy agency over the murder of a top Hamas militant in the Gulf emirate.

DUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) – Dubai’s inflation slowed to 4.0 percent in 2009 from a peak of 10.8 percent the previous year as price growth in housing and food costs decelerated, the Gulf emirate’s data showed on Wednesday.

DUBAI -Dubai police said Tuesday they are seeking the arrest of Israel’s prime minister and the head of its spy agency over the murder of a top Hamas militant in a hotel room of the Gulf city-state. Read more…

Dubai police said Tuesday they are seeking the arrest of Israel’s prime minister and the head of its spy agency over the murder of a top Hamas militant in a hotel room of the Gulf city-state.

Dubai’s police chief said on Tuesday that Western passports will be closely inspected following the murder of a senior Hamas militant in the Gulf emirate but that Jews would not be singled out.

Emirati officials say at least two more fraudulent Irish passports have been linked to the alleged hit squad accused of killing a Hamas commander in Dubai. They also say some of the 18 suspects visited the Gulf city for a reconnaissance mission at least once before the Jan. 19 killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in his Dubai hotel room.

The assassins of a senior Hamas militant in Dubai made use of diplomatic passports, the Gulf emirate’s police chief said on Sunday, as he warned of a mole within the ranks of the Palestinian group.

JERUSALEM_ Dubai’s police chief said Thursday that Israel’s Mossad spy agency was almost certainly responsible for the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud al Mabhouh in the Gulf city-state last month and called for an Interpol warrant to be served against Mossad chief Meir Dagan.

DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Dubai Holding, owned by the ruler of the Gulf emirate, is in informal talks to sell its 41-percent stake in Oman National Investment Corp Holding (ONIC), three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Dubai Holding, owned by the ruler of the Gulf emirate, is in informal talks to sell its 41-percent stake in Oman National Investment Corp Holding (ONIC), three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Dubai Holding, owned by the ruler of the Gulf emirate, is in informal talks to sell its 41-percent stake in Oman National Investment Corp Holding (ONIC), three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Some creditors to Dubai World, which is currently restructuring $22 billion of debt, are seeking to offload loans to reduce their exposure to the Gulf emirate’s conglomerate, The Financial Times reported.

DUBAI, Jan 19 — Japan’s Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi will join six banks on Dubai World’s creditors committee, as the Gulf Arab firm hammers out a debt standstill plan, two bankers familiar with the situation said today. The Asian bank has demanded a bigger voice on the committee — made up of four UK and two United Arab Emirate banks — to

Visitors to the UAE have been told they must wait one month before re-entering the country. What does this mean for the legion of illegal workers in the Emirates, and those on daytrips to other Gulf states?

Dubai said on Friday it has offered to host the headquarters of the United Nations should the global organization want to leave New York, a sign the Gulf emirate’s ambitions remain high despite its debt problems. “The government of Dubai announces that it is fully prepared to host the UN headquarters on its territory in

DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai said on Friday it has offered to host the headquarters of the United Nations should the global organization want to leave New York, a sign the Gulf emirate’s ambitions remain high despite its debt problems.