A ride-hailing firm with Russian origins has nabbed a significant chunk of the market from Uber Technologies Inc. and its local subsidiary in Dubai, a city that’s attracted thousands of Russians since the invasion of Ukraine last year. Yango, a unit of internet giant Yandex NV, now accounts for between 4% and 8% of all...
Two British men who spent time in detention in the United Arab Emirates have testified in Paris that an Emirati security official who is now the president of Interpol was responsible for their alleged torture. Matthew Hedges, an academic imprisoned in the UAE for seven months on espionage charges he denies, and Ali Issa Ahmad, who was detained...