United Arab Emirates

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

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Trump will announce 'multi-billion' Gaza reconstruction and stabilisation force on 19 February: Report

Jeffrey Epstein and the Emirati tycoon

Red Sea crisis: What do Israel and the UAE want from Somaliland?

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

Israel's attorney general backs 'de facto West Bank annexation' measures, report says

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

Syria's Assad makes first trip to UAE since start of conflict

France, EU and India opposed creation of UN day to combat Islamophobia

Boris Johnson meets Saudi crown prince in Riyadh to lobby for more oil

Will the Ukraine war accelerate US withdrawal from Middle East?

Marco Carnelos

Russia-Ukraine war

Why Putin's war means Mohammed bin Salman has Biden over a barrel

David Hearst

UAE, Israel press US for security guarantees if new Iran nuclear deal is signed

Opec could ease oil market volatility, but experts say it's not enough

Arabic press review: Israel acquires part-ownership of Moroccan energy company

Two American women rescued from Yemen's Houthis in US-Saudi operation

Arab League rules out Syria's return until 'consensus exists'

Saudi Arabia and UAE leaders 'reject calls with US President Biden'

Israel normalisation deals

Israel and UAE to sign major trade agreement by 'end of next month', says diplomat