UAE

The Gulf Cooperation Council is considering the possibility of expanding its power grid to Arab and European networks, a UAE official revealed yesterday. The Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry...

Emirates, the official airline of the UAE, announced on Sunday that it had suspended flights over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula a day after a Russian passenger airliner crashed in the...

The Association for Victims of Torture and Enforced Disappearance in the UAE said it hopes the Abu Dhabi government will accept the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and...

Tunisair has suspended flights to Dubai flight as of Sunday, the company announced yesterday. Tunisian radio said the state-run company’s decision comes in light of strong competition by UAE...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has adopted a resolution condemning Israel for restricting the freedom of worship at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque and for mishandling holy...

The politics of lobbying and its impact on modern democracy has been well debated in the UK. Much of the debates have been surrounded by the concept of lobbying...

Human rights activists in Canada have produced a documentary in English that shows the conditions in secret prisons and the torture taking place in the UAE. They have highlighted...

Disputes within family firms in the Gulf have resulted in assets worth $13 billion being frozen, the Anadolu Agency reported member of the Saudi Securities and Exchange Commission Omar...

It has been recently announced that Arab ‘media experts’ plan to ‘celebrate’ Arab Media Day on April 21, 2016. The theme for the first day, of what is meant...

The mass proliferation of weapons is one of the major sources of instability in the world. Its devastating consequence is universally felt: prophets and politicians alike warned of its...

The UAE has received 101,364 Syrian refugees since the conflict began in 2011 bringing the total number of Syrians living in the country to 243,324, Minister of State for...

The recent visit of Mohammed Dahlan to Egypt has sparked controversy about his role as head of a UAE channel which is funding Egyptian media outlets with the intention...

THEY call horse racing "The Sport of Kings" and during my time in Britain I have certainly always associated it with Royalty. I ran into Queen Elizabeth II during...

The statement made by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in which he stressed that the security coordination with the Egyptian intelligence did not stop, not even during the term of...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham, has said that her country is ready to hold "fresh, sincere and profound" talks with all neighbouring and Muslim countries. The official Iranian news agency IRNA...

The Arab League has postponed a meeting at foreign and defence minister level to discuss the formation of a Joint Arab Force. The meeting, which was scheduled for today,...

The operation to free the British hostage in Yemen was a successful and heroic act that confirms the UAE's intelligence capabilities, Emirati newspaper Al-Bayan reported. Al-Bayan quoted experts who...

The State Security court in Abu Dhabi on Monday began a mass trial of 41 men of various nationalities, including Emiratis, on charges of setting up a "terrorist organisation"...

My travels led me to meet an Arab individual at one of the terminals in Jeddah airport. He was traveling to the United States and I was travelling to...

The latest ranking of world universities does not include any Arab institution in the top 150 for 2015. The annual list of the top 500 universities is prepared by...

Democracy activist Dr Nasser bin Ghaith was arrested by the UAE authoirities in Abu Dhabi at 2pm on 18th August. Dr bin Ghaith, who works as an economist and...

The Spanish Defence Ministry said on Sunday that arms sales conducted by Spain with countries like Saudi Arabia include "end-use assurances" which means the recipient country cannot resell or...

The July 14 announcement of Aden's liberation has proven to be a game changer in the Yemen conflict. After the Houthis lost Aden, they have been experiencing several losses...

Momentum is building for economic relations between the Gulf states and Turkey, economists told the Anadolu Agency today. "Trade relations, which have been poor in the past, are improving...

Ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered the mass media loyal to him not to criticise the UAE despite the fact that the latter is part of the...

In the wake of the nuclear deal between Iran and the United States, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the government in Tehran are very close to ending a...

The emirate of Dubai is the city which is most affected by the decrease in oil prices and it may face a crisis similar to the one it faced...

The United Arab Emirates Public Prosecutor has referred 41 people of various nationalities, including Emiratis, to the Federal Supreme Court on charges of setting up a terrorist organisation to...

Members of the Arab Peace Initiative are to meet in 5 August to discuss the escalation in violence and Israeli actions in occupied Jerusalem, the Anadolu Agency reported. Palestinian...

The UAE's Ministry of Energy yesterday announced new petrol prices and diesel in line with average world prices for July after adding operational cost. The new prices will come...

The crisis in Egypt is growing in complexity and severity by the day. In the meantime, major Arab states, foremost among them Saudi Arabia, behave as if they have...

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyabn has issued a law criminalising acts associated with the contempt of religious and holy sites, religious discrimination and hate speech. The...