United Arab Emirates

UAE influencers defend Emiratis mentioned in Epstein files

Emirati commentators come to defence of Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem and Hind al-Owais after both appear in emails released by DOJ

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

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 normalisation deals

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

Russia-Ukraine war

Putin's efforts to woo Middle East have been brutally rebuffed over Ukraine

Jonathan Steele

Kuwaiti motorsurf player withdraws from competition in protest over Israel-Arab normalisation

UAE placed on money-laundering grey list, promises 'robust' response

Russia-Ukraine war

Russians look to UAE to escape economic turmoil as sanctions bite

UAE-US relations going through a 'stress test', says Emirati envoy al-Otaiba

Russia-Ukraine war

How soaring oil prices caused by the Russian invasion will be felt in the Middle East

Russia-Ukraine war

UAE reinstates visa waiver for Ukrainians after u-turn

Arabic Press Review

Arabic press review: Russia to recruit Syrian mercenaries to 'fight in Ukraine'

Russia-Ukraine war

UAE cancels visa waiver for Ukrainians days into Russian invasion

Russia-Ukraine war

UAE's Mohammed bin Zayed urges 'peaceful resolution' in call to Putin

UN Security Council tightens arms embargo on Yemen's Houthi movement