Dubai ruler and UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been ordered by a U.K. court to pay his ex-wife, Jordan's Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, $734 million in a divorce settlement. As part of the settlement, which was made public on Tuesday, Justice Philip Moor ruled that Mohammed must pay Haya $333 million in the next three months, in addition to funds set aside for an education fund for the children. Additionally, Judge Moor said that the biggest threat facing Haya and her children is from "[Mohammed] himself, not from outside sources." The court's ruling also detailed the alleged abduction of Mohammed's two daughters - Princess Latifa and Princess Shamsa - and described the intimidation campaign launched by the Dubai ruler against his ex-wife. The court also found that the 74-year-old Dubai ruler had not been "open and honest with the court and that Haya had been placed in a position of great fear."

Source: The North Africa Journal December 21, 2021 17:59 UTC