United Arab Emirates

Ramadan

Ramadan moon sighting 2026: Will the UAE break with Saudi Arabia on start of holy month?

Astronomers seem to disagree amid diplomatic breakdown between the two Gulf powers
Epstein Files
DP World replaces Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem amid UAE tycoon's links to Epstein
France
France concerned about the risk of foreign interference ahead of elections
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Trump will announce 'multi-billion' Gaza reconstruction and stabilisation force on 19 February: Report
Epstein Files
Jeffrey Epstein and the Emirati tycoon
Somalia
Red Sea crisis: What do Israel and the UAE want from Somaliland?
Inside UAE
UAE lobbied pro-Israel groups to level antisemitism charges against Saudi Arabia
Migrant Workers
Bangladeshis abroad make history by voting from Saudi Arabia and Gulf
Occupation
Israel's attorney general backs 'de facto West Bank annexation' measures, report says
UK Politics
Nigel Farage makes outlandish claim of Islamists 'embedded' within UK establishment
Israel's genocide in Gaza
US 'planned community' in Rafah will deepen Israel's financial occupation
Ahmed Alqarout
Yemen War
Norway suspends arms sales to UAE over Yemen war
Economy
New year, new tax: Saudi Arabia, UAE introduce first-time levy for Gulf
Recap
The 14 MEE stories that shaped the 2017 news cycle
Diplomacy
Twitter feud: UAE diplomat says Arabs won't be led by Turkey
Sudan
‘Back to square one’: After US sanctions lift, Sudan doubles down on repression
Sport
Diego Maradona in the desert: On the trail of football's lost legend
Tunisia Politics
Tunisia suspends Emirates flights over UAE’s ban on women from country
Diplomacy
UAE says 'security info' behind Tunisian women travel ban
Human Rights
How the UAE justifies its clampdown on dissenting voices
Joe Odell
Gulf Tensions
A Qatari citizen's two years of abuse and false imprisonment by the UAE
Tunisia Politics
UAE imposes then lifts ban on Tunisian female travellers
Diplomacy
Saudi-UAE pact's aggressive policies could break up GCC: Oman source