United Arab Emirates

Saudi Arabia tightens rules on financial transfers to UAE

Move appears to be latest sign of rising tensions between two Gulf nations

UAE issues rare denial of 'imperial ambitions' in Africa

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Why the Mecca Agreement has given the UAE-Israel alliance the jitters

David Hearst

UAE billionaire questions normalisation with Israel after Ben Gvir calls for nightly killings of Palestinians

Iran war pushes Middle Eastern airlines towards $4.3bn loss in 2026

Saudi-UAE Tensions

Former UAE presidential aide's post mocking Pakistan exposes unease over Mecca pact

How a pragmatic axis could reshape the Middle East

Marco Carnelos

Pro-Israel Emirati influencers mocked for claims of Islamic plot to take over West

'Mayfair means money': A walk through the Gulf elite's favourite part of London

The Middle East's longest-reigning king heads into a standoff with Trump

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Can Jared Kushner's investment firm connect Gulf money to Trump's Gaza plan?

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Trump advisors push for Gulf states to cooperate on Gaza but find no takers

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Exclusive: Palestinian Authority tells US it is ready to 'clash' with Hamas for control of Gaza

‘I’m in uncharted waters’: Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s mother weeks away from collapse

In the West Bank, Trump is giving Netanyahu a free hand to blow up the region

David Hearst

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Trump owns the Gaza ceasefire. But how will he impose it?

Biden and Blinken bow out as embodiments of a genocidal status quo

Oscar Rickett

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Steve Witkoff: The real estate investor who sealed the Gaza ceasefire

Gaza ceasefire: The PA's race to prove itself to Trump as rivals line up

Joseph Massad

Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi's case exposes the folly of fighting words with brute force

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Syria after Assad

Emirati columnist speculates in Israeli media over assassination of Ahmed al-Sharaa