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The UAE's AD Ports Group today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire a 70 per cent equity stake in an Egyptian container shipping company, WAM reported. The total...
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The UAE announced yesterday that it is granting the children of Emirati mothers residing in the UAE the same education and health benefits as other citizens, WAM reported. This came in...
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Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates today signed a free trade agreement, strengthening economic ties between Southeast Asia's largest economy and the major oil producer Gulf state, Reuters reports. The Indonesian...
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Egypt and the UAE have agreed to cooperate on protecting a bird that is threatened with extinction in the North African country. The move to protect the houbara bustard...
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Israel will seek US President Joe Biden's permission to sell the Iron Beam defence system to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, i24 News reported yesterday. The news website reported...
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Emirati forces have been accused of displacing local residents from Yemen's Socotra archipelago in preparation to establish a military base on the island of Abd Al-Kuri. Yesterday they continued...
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The UAE has rejected a proposal submitted by UN Secretary-General António Guterres to appoint Algeria's former Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum as the UN envoy to Libya. The rejection was...
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Abu Dhabi yesterday where he was warmly embraced by President Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed (MBZ). Modi also offered his condolences on the...
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has offered its "assistance" in a potential prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported yesterday, citing a law enforcement source. The agency quoted...
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A senior Emirati officer from the UAE army will be joining the Israel National Defence College next year, to train under the Israeli military for 10 months, Arab48.com reported...
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Diplomats from the US, Israel and four Arab states will meet today in the Bahraini capital Manama to discuss further cooperation after the historic Negev Summit held in March....
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Israel is creating a regional air defence alliance against Iran with the support of the United States, in a move which could further enable Tel Aviv to forge ties...
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The US Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, Barbara Leaf, announced yesterday that the Biden administration is working towards improving relations between Israel and the Arab States...
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Jordanian King Abdullah II left Amman on Thursday for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for talks with UAE President, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the Royal Court said in...
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The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) reputation as a hub for illicit flows of money has raised alarm in the US, as officials in Washington express concerns over the Gulf state becoming a haven for corrupt Russian money which they say will undermine sanctions on Russia. Financial...
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Tanzania's Maasai people have faced a violent crackdown from police over the past two weeks, amid plans to evict them from their ancestral homeland in parts of the Serengeti National Park...
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A new joint venture into Africa between the UAE and Israel has been agreed in a deal that will see Tel Aviv reap further rewards from the Arab country's normalisation with...
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Talks to boost trade by approximately $2 billion a year between members of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and the UK are underway today in Riyadh but...
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Amelia Smith
Over the weekend Sudanese authorities handed over 21 government dissidents to the Egyptian authorities, accusing them of taking part in a terror act in the Jabra neighbourhood of Khartoum....
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The United Arab Emirates will build a new Red Sea port in Sudan, as part of a $6 billion investment package, said DAL group chairman, Osama Daoud Abdellatif, a...
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Israel is building a US-sponsored regional air defence alliance, the Israeli Defence Minister said on Monday, adding that the apparatus has already foiled attempted Iranian attacks and could be...
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Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, many political analysts, especially in the Arab world, have predicted the demise of the unipolar world and the beginning of a multipolar...
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The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said the Middle East has ranked second globally in terms of the size of arms imports; with 32 per cent of global...
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The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has called for enacting a law to ban insults against religions and sanctities, Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, the Doha-based grouping...
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Iran on Saturday told the United Arab Emirates that Tehran gave a high priority to improving ties with its neighbours, Iranian state media reported, a day after the UAE...
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended the export and re-export of wheat from India for a four-month period, amid the global food crisis and shortages of the essential...
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The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on Chinese and Emirati companies and on a network of Iranian firms that help export Iran's petrochemicals, a step that may raise pressure on Tehran to...
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Tunisia on Wednesday thanked the UAE for its keenness to support the country and stand by it, the presidency said in a statement. This came during a meeting between...
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What is behind the sudden rush by four Arab states to normalise relations with Israel after decades of animosity, and what do countries like the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain,...
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday praised Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for supporting Egypt as it struggles to contain the economic crisis resulting from the Russia-Ukraine...
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The United Arab Emirates today banned the public screening of the Walt Disney-Pixar animated feature film 'Lightyear' in cinemas ahead of its release this week, Reuters reported a government body saying. The...
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Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, on Thursday, arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital, Abu Dhabi, to meet with the country's President, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan