The ex-wife of a nephew of Dubai’s ruler has been arrested following a long-running custody battle, prosecutors in the UAE said on Friday. Zeynab Javadli was detained after her former husband, Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, accused her of abducting their three children. “Dubai Public Prosecution confirms that Ms. Zeynab Javadli has […]
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Successor to longtime Kazakh ruler is sworn in as president
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was inaugurated as only the second elected president in Kazakhstan’s history Wednesday, after winning polls marred by a police crackdown and slammed by foreign monitors for “widespread voting irregularities.” Tokayev, the hand-picked successor to longtime ruler Nursultan Nazarbayev, pledged that “different opinions, united nation” would be the slogan of his presidency, during the […]