Dubai is tightening its grip on massage parlours operating in the city after dozens were found engaged in illegal activities, including sexual services, a state-owned daily reported on Monday. No new licences will be issued for massage parlours until further notice, The National said, adding that 25 massage parlours were fined up to 10,000 dirhams (2,724 dollars) for ...

Dubai restaurants will face stiff fines for cooking with alcohol following a municipality ban, a United Arab Emirates newspaper reported on Monday. The National daily reported that Dubai's municipality sent a notice to restaurants banning the sale of dishes cooked with alcohol and threatened fines of up to 20,000 dirhams (5,445 dollars). Restaurants had ignored a previous ...

Dubai inspectors are looking for illegal alcohol, but this time inside sauces, soups and desserts. Media reports Monday say Dubai authorities plan to step up enforcement of a 2003 law prohibiting restaurants from using booze in food preparation. Alcoholic drinks are widely available in Dubai ...

Forty years ago, it was a small town on the Persian Gulf, merely one of seven sheikdoms joined in federation in 1971 to create the United Arab Emirates. Basically, there was nothing there but sand. Yes, oil had been discovered under that sand, and the city/state was enjoying its first ...