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Since 1997, Gulf News online has covered breaking local and international news stories, from the untimely death of Princess Diana, to the kidnap and eventual release of UAE diplomat Naji Al Nuaimi earlier this year. gulfnews.com now offers more interactive features, opening a whole new world to readers.
September 1, 1997: The death of Princess Diana stuns the UAE with people flooding the paper with messages of condolences. This is the first news story on gulfnews.com, updated during the day.
August 1, 2005: King Fahd, Saudi Arabia's ruler since 1982, died. gulfnews.com broke the news as soon as it was announced and had a biography and picture gallery within an hour.
June 9, 2005: A power failure originating at the Jebel Ali Power Station left most of Dubai without electricity for several hours. gulfnews.com managed to keep the site running, and carried the story.
November 27, 2005: Dubai experienced tremors emanating from a large earthquake in southern Iran. As soon as there was confirmation that tremors had reached the UAE, the story was on the site.
January 4, 2006: Shaikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, died. The site broke the news swiftly.
March 25, 2006: Godolphin's Electrocutionist stormed to victory in the Dubai World Cup. gulfnews.com provided a full breaking news service of the world's richest horse racing event.
May 2006: UAE diplomat Naji Al Nuaimi spent two weeks in captivity in Baghdad. Hundreds of e-mailed messages of support were sent in from all over the world.
August 2006: Throughout the war on Lebanon, the site covered the news with daily insights into what the Arab and Israeli media were saying, comments from the public, along with breaking news.
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