DUBAI

A Bulgarian nomination for the Global Teacher Prize, an annual USD 1 million award given to teachers who have made an outstanding contribution to the profession, will be submitted for the first time in 2015.

Istanbul and Antalya have featured in a list of the world?s top shopping destinations for Muslim tourists in a report which provides detailed insights into their spending behavior while travelling. 

The MasterCard-CrescentRating Muslim Shopping Travel Index 2015 (MTSI 2015) has revealed Muslim travelers spent a total of $62 billion globally in shopping and dining. 

The Greek economic crisis has lead many young Greeks to seek employment opportunities abroad. This is the case with ten young Greek skilled professionals who moved to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates for work. Their love of culture and theatre made them form an amateur theatrical group in an effort to express their creativity in a region that welcomes multicultural artistic events.

Shaped like a sail to represent Dubai’s nautical heritage, the hotel’s distinctive architecture has become a symbol for the nation and many rich people choose it to enjoy a royal stay.

Japan has ordered beefed-up security at its embassies worldwide, a top official said Sept. 11, after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group highlighted its missions in Indonesia, Malaysia and Bosnia-Hercegovina as part of a broader threat.

Foreign individuals and institutional investors will be allowed for the first time to buy shares of UAE telecoms giant Etisalat from September 15, the company said in a statement on Sept. 6.

Etisalat, the second largest Arab telecoms firm after Saudi Telecom, serves 145 million customers in 15 countries.

We are talking about Saudi Arabia. 

It is a country that is filthy rich and sends its petro dollars to U.S. banks. 

The members of the family live in the utmost luxury. 

They enjoy palaces that are much bigger than ours. Saudi Arabia has closed its door. It does not allow even one desperate refugee to pass through the doors of the country.

Saudi Arabia will cut spending and issue more bonds as it faces a record budget shortfall due to falling oil prices, the finance minister said on Sept. 6.

Turkey?s Do?an Group has said recent reports claiming the group was in partnership with Jamal Daniel, allegedly in energy business, were false, in a written statement. 

Do?an Group Vice President Responsible for Corporate Relations Ahter Kutadgu said several claims in Turkish daily Yeni ?afak and Derin Ekonomi magazine were totally fabricated.

Italian energy giant Eni on Aug. 30 announced the discovery of the "largest ever" offshore natural gas field in the Mediterranean, in Egypt's territorial waters.