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Dubai: A Dubai Municipality team was called in to check a stretch of Dubai Marina after the water turned orange since Thursday afternoon, causing concerns among residents. Several residents took to social media after seeing the strange phenomenon that …
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The UAE is one of four countries that have cut ties with Qatar … FILE – In this Jan. 1, 2015, file photo, staff members of Al-Jazeera International work at the news studio in Doha, Qatar. Kuwait has given Qatar a list of demands from Saudi Arabia and …
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The UAE operates a network of ‘black sites’ in war-torn Yemen, where terrorist suspects are abused and tortured, an AP investigation has found. US personnel have been involved in at least some interrogations, agency sources said. There are at least 18 …
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The UAE is one of four countries that have cut ties with Qatar … FILE – In this Jan. 1, 2015, file photo, staff members of Al-Jazeera International work at the news studio in Doha, Qatar. Kuwait has given Qatar a list of demands from Saudi Arabia and …
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the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, which have cut diplomatic ties with the gas-rich state accusing it of sponsoring terrorism. Qatar strongly denies such charges. The demands have not been officially unveiled but Doha-based Al-Jazeera news channel said overnight …
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These are external links and will open in a new window The family of a British student jailed in the United Arab Emirates over a cocaine find worth about £3 says he has been “forgotten” by the Foreign Office. Ahmad Zeidan, of Reading, was sentenced to …
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Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN)Four Arab states that have boycotted Qatar have reportedly handed the country a list of 13 demands, including some likely to infuriate Doha and exacerbate the region’s worst crisis in decades. The Reuters news agency reported that Saudi …
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It won’t hinder any Eid plans since we’re not headed to Egypt this year, so we’ll have our own little Eid morning rituals, rest and fuel up for the big event,” Magda, an Egyptian medical resident consultant living in Abu Dhabi, told Arab News.
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the company’s vice-president in the region Gati Al Jebouri told Gulf News in a recent interview. “In Abu Dhabi, the current licence extension on the onshore projects shows a clear wish by the authorities to invite a variety of international oil …
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The AP documented at least 18 clandestine lockups across southern Yemen run by the United Arab Emirates or by Yemeni forces created and trained by the Gulf nation, drawing on accounts from former detainees, families of prisoners, civil rights lawyers and …
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The TRA has always denied that this is its policy, contributing to the confusion. A Gulf News reader also claims he was recently told by videoconferencing application TeamTalk that the service was now banned in the UAE.
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UAE’s government has denied allegations to AP … Citing anonymous US defence officials, the news agency said the senior US military leaders were aware of allegations of torture, a claim the defence department denied. Families of detainees have held …
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This includes fighting terrorist organisations and supporting regional and international efforts aimed at establishing the pillars of security and stability in the region, UAE News Agency (WAM) reported. I.Y BNA 0633 GMT 2017/06/22
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The UAE is a key member of a Saudi-led military coalition that entered Yemen’s conflict in 2015 to battle on the government’s side against Iran-backed Huthi rebels. Beirut: The United Arab Emirates runs at least two “informal detention facilities” in …
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DUBAI, June 22 (Xinhua) — The Etihad Airways of United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) and China Southern Airlines on Thursday announced a new codeshare agreement, which will allow passengers access to certain routes involving the two countries. Under the codeshare …
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Former prisoners, Yemeni officials and rights lawyers say the United Arab Emirates and allied Yemeni forces are running a network of secret prisons across southern Yemen where hundreds of people detained in the hunt for al-Qaeda militants have disappeared …
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The United Arab Emirates suggested it might withdraw intelligence cooperation with the US in an attempt to block legislation allowing families of September 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia and UAE for compensation. Leaked emails seen by the Telegraph show …
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