The Palestinian problem finds its roots in the downfall of the Ottoman Empire, one of a series of catastrophic map-changing events associated with the First World War. The vectors...

A new report by Amnesty International has accused Israel of selling arms and intelligence equipment to serial human rights violators, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), South Sudan and...

UAE President Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has pardoned former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Abdulrahman Bin Subaih Al-Suwaidi who was convicted in the “secret organisation” case. Emarat Al...

A small plane crashed south of Dubai airport killing three Britons and one South African, Reuters reported the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority saying in a statement yesterday. The four-seat...

Egypt called on Qatar to end “arbitrary detentions and enforced disappearances” against Qatari nationals, the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Wednesday, citing a speech delivered by Egypt’s...

Qatar inaugurated the first of seven new World Cup 2022 stadiums on Thursday, just weeks before a crucial FIFA summit will decide whether to expand the tournament and potentially...

Saudi Arabia submitted on Wednesday a letter to the United Nations Security Council, in which it held Iran and the Yemeni Houthi group responsible for targeting their oil facilities...

The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday jailed six Lebanese men, four of them for life, for setting up a terrorist cell with links to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, the state news...

Tensions in the Middle East appear to be pushing up the price of oil, with a barrel of Brent crude now costing $71.75, an increase of 1.9 per cent....

Some are being misled to believe that the soon-to-be-announced deal of the century is a US-sponsored peace initiative aimed at resolving the so-called Palestinian-Israeli conflict. However, such a perception...

The attacks come one day after two Saudi oil tankers were struck near the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Riyadh announced on Monday that two Saudi oil tankers have been attacked and vandalised on their way to cross the Arabian Gulf near the UAE’s territorial waters about 70...

The head of the Sudanese National Umma Party (NUP), Sadiq Al-Mahdi, has met with the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the capital of...

Saudi Arabia said Monday two oil tankers were hit by a sabotage attack off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Anadolu reports. Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said...

Update at 17.04 BST: Contrary to initial statements by the government of Fujairah, the UAE foreign ministry said in a statement that four commercial vessels were targeted by “sabotage...

Somali authorities are reported to have arrested a spy network working for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Only Twitter users report the news, quoting a local intelligence source. Earlier...

Are there any countries that are meddling in the internal affairs of Libya making its internal conflicts more of a proxy war rather than domestic internal conflict? Do those...

Sudan’s Military Council said that the Declaration of Freedom and Change Document for the transitional period had overlooked the sources of legislation, but they insist that Sharia, customs, and...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) dismissed claims by UN human rights experts that prominent pro-democracy campaigner Ahmed Mansoor may be suffering treatment amounting to torture, state news agency WAM...

Troops backed by the UAE have arrived in the Yemeni port island of Socotra from the capital Aden, a Yemeni official said. According to Information Minister advisor , Mukhtar...

The UAE Ambassador to Lebanon, Hamad Said Al-Shamsi, said yesterday that his country would lift the ban on its citizens travelling to Lebanon “soon”. Al-Shamsi told reporters after a...

Palestinian MP and dismissed Fatah leader Mohammad Dahlan, who is a security advisor for the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, visited Sudan along with an unnamed UAE state minister,...

A secret UN report, seen by Agence France-Presse, revealed on Monday that UN experts are investigating the possibility of Abu Dhabi’s military involvement in the conflict in Libya, for...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) called on Tuesday for the release of more than 3,000 migrants, mainly Ethiopians, who it said remain held in inhumane conditions in two...

Prominent United Arab Emirates (UAE) pro-democracy campaigner Ahmed Mansoor may be suffering treatment amounting to torture, including prolonged solitary confinement, UN human rights experts said on Tuesday, reports Reuters....

Human rights activists have accused Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of causing Twitter to suspend an account belonging to an Arab independent newspaper, Al-Estiklal. Saudi activist,...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday announced it had released a Qatari military vessel that was seized late last month after entering Emirati territorial waters, reports Anadolu Agency....

A woman with terminal cancer who was serving a 10-year prison sentence in the United Arab Emirates has died in jail, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday, two months...

Qatar will not grant visas to those it considers “enemies”, the secretary-general of the National Tourism Council said in reference to Egyptians seeking to enter the country amid an...

The US Senate on Thursday sustained President Donald Trump’s veto of a resolution demanding an end to military support for the Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen, in a...

The last seven days in pictures

The UAE said yesterday that “extremist militias” were controlling the Libyan capital which its ally Khalifa Haftar is fighting to capture from forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognised government,...