David Tusing

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | David Tusing

This month in 2008, Queen Elizabeth II made a last tour of her namesake cruise liner before its retirement in Dubai to become a floating hotel. The queen, who was 82 at the time, visited the QE2 in the port city of Southampton in the UK, her last tour of the historic ship that she launched 39 years earlier in 1969. Her visit coincided with the 55th anniversary of her accession to the throne after the death of her father, King George VI, in 1952.

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | David Tusing

Two Dubai venues have made it to the World's Most Beautiful Restaurants list for 2025. Omakase eatery Smoked Room and Emirati-inspired Gerbou are among 16 restaurants named in the annual list by Prix Versailles, which recognises outstanding achievements in architectural and interior design. The Prix Versailles publishes the list in a number of categories, from airports to museums and hotels. A world title in each category will be announced in December at the Unesco headquarters in Paris.

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | David Tusing

English guitarist Johnny Marr, 61, has spoken out in support of Irish hip-hop band Kneecap, following news of a co-ordinated campaign to oust them from this month's Glastonbury Festival. Kneecap have been in the headlines since their performance at the Coachella music festival in April, calling for a free Palestine and proclaiming that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza with US backing.

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | David Tusing

British crime thriller Dept Q is Netflix's latest hit, centred on a brash detective who leads a team of misfits in a new cold-case unit in the Scottish police force. The show, which had its premiere on May 29, has spent two weeks on Netflix's Top 10 English shows list, garnering more than 8.9 million viewers. It's currently the second most-watched English series worldwide. One of the show's breakout characters is Akram Salim, played by Swedish-Kurdish actor Alexej Manvelov.

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | David Tusing

Airlines in the UAE have extended the temporary suspension of flights to some destinations as tensions escalate between Israel and Iran with renewed air strikes. Emirates said all its flights to Tehran in Iran, and Baghdad and Basra in Iraq have been suspended until June 30. The airline's flights to Amman in Jordan and Beirut in Lebanon have also been suspended until June 22.