Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum – also known as Princess Latifa – was running away from her father, the authoritarian ruler of Dubai, when her escape was thwarted after a dramatic raid of her ...

In 2019, the Sheikh's former wife and Latifa's stepmother, Princess Haya, fled herself to London with her two children to seek a protection order. A legal battle ensued and last year, a London High ...

On a yacht in the Indian Ocean, heavily armed commandos seized the princess. "Shoot me here! Don't take me back!" Princess Latifa – whose full name is Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum – ...

The United Nations said it would discuss the alleged detention of Princess Latifa al-Maktoum, the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, with the UAE after a series of videos of the 35-year-old apparently ...

After two years of near silence, new videos of Princess Latifa of Dubai have emerged. The princess claims she's being kept against her will in a "villa prison" in Dubai. Latifa tried to escape in 2018 ...

Princess Latifa tried to flee Dubai in 2018 but was caught and subsequently vanished. A video of her emerged in February in which she said she was being held hostage by her family. A photo posted to ...

The U.N. human rights office said Friday that it has asked the United Arab Emirates for evidence that an Emirati princess held against her will for almost three years is still alive. The Geneva-based ...

A Dubai princess who had been held captive at a villa may have been pictured in public for the first time since 2018. Two unverified photographs appear to show Princess Latifa Al Maktoum, 35, at the ...

Dubai’s royal family says Princess Latifa is “being cared for at home,” dismissing videos in which she accused them of holding her hostage since she attempted to flee abroad in 2018. “In response to ...

Former UN Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson has been criticized for describing a daughter of Dubai’s billionaire ruler who was feared missing as “troubled” and in the “loving care of her family.