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May 8, 2013

Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson and pilot Mark Stucky celebrating the successful flight of SpaceShip2 under rocket power, its first ever since the program began in 2005. (AFP/Mark Greenberg)
12:29 GMT
Abu Dhabi is eyeing a space program as a key new sector in the country
The driverless metro rail, to be operated by a team of only Saudi women inside the women’s school at Princess Nora bint Abdurahman University (PNU) in Riyadh, will start functioning in September. (Photo used for illustrative purposes)
10:25 GMT
A driverless metro rail, to be operated by a team of only Saudi women inside the women’s school at Princess Nora bint Abdurahman University (PNU) in Riyadh, will start functioning in September.
From jackets to tailored suits, Ahmadinejad's critics had complained he could be damaging the Iran’s image with “bad fashion.” (Courtesy: www.adinnerguest.com)
08:32 GMT
From jackets to tailored suits, Ahmadinejad's critics had complained he could be damaging the Iran’s image with “bad fashion.”

May 7, 2013

The owners of Les Rois have decided to not serve any alcohol to tourists at the hotel, in order to promote “a new kind of tourism”.
10:39 GMT
As a new hotel opens in Hurghada serving no alcohol, hotel groups call for reconsidering ratings system.
Homosexuality is haram across most of the Middle East
09:19 GMT
Homosexuality in Palestine, like most Arab countries, is haram, but one man has spoken out
The woman is on trial at the Abu Dhabi courthouse for having sex outside of wedlock (7 days)
08:25 GMT
Woman who falsely claimed she was raped has proposed to the man she accused in a Dubai court
Bachelors are attracted to Dubai's glamorous nightlife (image used for illustrative purposes)
06:30 GMT
Dubai municipality is stepping up its campaign against bachelors living in family areas

May 6, 2013

The style component to the competition was won by Yasmeen Sabir for her tropical headscarf scarf coupled with a coral motorcycle jacket ensemble. (Image courtesy: American Hijab Design Contest)
12:40 GMT
A fashion design contest in Chicago, challenging designers to create an American style of hijab, wrapped up in front of a star-studded line up of judges.
Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz opened the center in April (www.moi.gov.sa photo)
12:36 GMT
166 former al-Qaeda members and militants completed the Munasaha, a state-sponsored counseling program
A woman smokes an e-cigarette (Getty image used for illustrative purposes)
11:17 GMT
Health experts call for enforcement after evidence that the ban on e-cigarettes is widely flouted in the Emirates
The deadly battle came a month before bear mating season (Photo used for illustrative purposes)
08:06 GMT
Fur flies at the country's most famous zoo, as female bears stage a fatal fight over an eligible 'bachelor'.

May 5, 2013

Girls in Saudi Arabia play football. Image via Al Arabiya
11:31 GMT
On Saturday it was announced that for the first time, girls in Saudi Arabian private schools will be able to play sports. This is the latest in a series of decisions taken by the kingdom giving more rights to women.
Some peddlers even seek to make a living here, selling anything from coffee to Syrian mobile phone prepaid cards. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
11:13 GMT
Before the influx of Syrian refugees, there was little activity in the farmland stretching between Hosh al-Harimeh and Ghazze in the West Bekaa, but now it's buzzing with refugees searching for Syrian mobile coverage.
Photos of a Bentley and Mercedes SLS painted in the colours of the force, parked in the Dubai Police garage are making the rounds on social media today, having number plates 4 and 5 respectively.
10:22 GMT
It seems that Dubai Police has added two new luxury cars to it's fleet of newly acquired 'super patrol cars'.
Ahmed Badr, fan of Justin Bieber, poses during Justin Bieber concert. (Photo: Natalie Long/ Gulf News)
06:12 GMT
The 19-year-old star's late arrival might have left some fans booing but Justin's Beliebers still stuck around to see the show.