DUBAI

Roger Federer won the inaugural Istanbul Open on May 3, beating third seed Pablo Cuevas 6-3 7-6 (11) for his first clay title in three years.

The world number two took his 85th ATP World Tour title to end a long drought on clay dating back to the 2012 Madrid Masters, which was played on a slick blue surface. 

BELGRADE - The Tourism Organization of Serbia (TOS) will for the first time present the country's tourism potentials at the Arabian Travel Market, an international tourism trade fair, which will be held in Dubai on May 4-7.

Tennis great Roger Federer will be competing for a title in a 19th country when he heads the lineup at the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open this week as Turkey hosts its first ATP World Tour event.

A senior executive of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) allegedly requested in 2012 a subordinate to tamper with or hide documents related to inquiries by independent auditors and FIFA into management of the group by ousted AFC President Mohammed Bin Hammam, according to claims.

Now this is genuine luxury that very few can afford.

According to the Daily Mail, the incomparable Atlantis resort on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah artificial island now features two ? underwater suites with floor-to-ceiling views directly into a massive aquarium.

Romania's tennis player Simona Halep on Saturday lost a women's singles semi-final of the 731,000 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix tournament in Stuttgart, Germany, to Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, 5-7, 7-5, 2-6.

Photo credit (c): SILVIU MATEI / AGERPRES PHOTO

For advancing to the semi-finals, Halep won 28,601 US dollars and 185 WTA points.

April, 2015 - Dubai, UAE: The World Free Zones Organization (World FZO), the global not-for-profit industry body for free zones, has announced a steep rise in membership numbers.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will be looking for UAE investors during his visit to Dubai later this month, government sources say.

The visit is most likely to be scheduled for April 27-28, the sources are quoted by daily Standart as saying.

Pumping pressurized air into a friend's backside is apparently a prank not as rare as many people may think, particularly in Turkey, as seen by the latest potentially fatal incident.

Dubai's Emirates Airline on April 17 awarded a lucrative engines deal worth a record $9.2-billion (8.5-billion-euro) to British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce.

"Emirates today announced an historic $9.2 billion deal with Rolls-Royce for Trent 900 engines and a long-term TotalCare package," it said in a statement.