ABU DHABI – The Abu Dhabi Police, ADP, have warned drivers about the risks of using mobile phones to surf the internet and social media sites while driving, as well as other behaviour that could cause …
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Kuwait closes 2019-2020 fiscal year with $18bln deficit -finance ministry
Kuwait, facing one of the worst economic crunches in the oil-exporting Gulf region, posted an actual deficit of 5.64 billion dinars ($18.44 billion) in the 2019-2020 fiscal year, it said on Thursday, …
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Iran says UAE-Israel deal is dangerous and illegitimate
Iran said the deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates was ‘dangerous and illegitimate’, state news agency IRNA quoted a statement from Iran’s foreign ministry as saying on Friday, in a …
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Indians can fly with valid visa to UK, US, Canada, UAE under air bubble agreement
Indian flyers holding any kind of valid visa under the Air Bubbles agreement can travel to the UK, the US, Canada and UAE, said the Director-General of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) …
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WRAPUP 1-Israel, UAE agree to normalise relations, with help from Trump
Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced an agreement on Thursday that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two states, a move that reshapes the order of Middle …
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Israel, UAE to normalise relations in shift in Mideast politics; West Bank annexations on hold
Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship, a move that reshapes the order of Middle East politics from the …
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Trump says UAE and Israel to normalize relations in deal that pauses West Bank annexations
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that the United Arab Emirates and Israel agreed to establish normal diplomatic relations in a development that will put on pause Israel’s efforts to annex …
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Israel to delay West Bank annexation plans for now in deal to discuss normalizing ties with UAE
The United Arab Emirates and Israel will work toward normalizing ties in a deal that halts, for now, Israel’s planned annexation of occupied land claimed by Palestinians.
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Israel signs historic deal with UAE that will ‘suspend’ West Bank annexation
Trump hails US-brokered pact as ‘peace agreement’ but cracks quickly appear as Netanyahu denies change of plan …
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Israel and UAE peace deal, Trump vows to block postal vote funds, China treads cautiously
Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a historic peace deal, Donald Trump has threatened to deprive the US post office of money needed for postal voting in November’s presidential race, and …
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James Carafano: Israel-UAE agreement shows Trump’s Middle East policy succeeding
Thursday’s announcement of a “historic peace agreement” between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is more evidence that President Trump is the first president in a long time to get U.S. Middle East …
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UAE and Israel to establish full diplomatic ties
Israel and the United Arab Emirates say they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex occupied West Bank land sough …
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Will Israel-UAE deal represent a ‘seismic shift’ in the Middle East?
President Trump has announced a deal normalizing relations between United Arab Emirates and Israel. The two countries will open embassies and sign bilateral agreements over trade and technology. Trump …
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A shot for humanity: UAE’s vaccine trial for Covid-19
We are enormously proud to have started the world’s first Phase III clinical trial of the Covid-19 inactivated vaccine here in the UAE,” explains Dr Nawal Ahmed Mohamed Al Kaabi, UAE Principal …
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Joe Biden says UAE-Israel ties a ‘historic step’
Some moderate settlers have welcomed Thursday’s announcement that Israel is establishing diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates in exchange for dropping its annexation plans.
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Sharjah announces new tourism destinations in Khorfakkan, Kalba, Al Dhaid, Mleiha
Four tourism and hospitality projects will launch in Sharjah’s Khorfakkan, Kalba, Al Dhaid and Mleiha regions. This is in sync with the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority’s (Shurooq) vision …
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This Norwegian startup wants to turn Dubai’s desert into farmland
At the beginning of March, a team traveled to Dubai and planted watermelon, zucchini and pearl millet in a plot of desert.Five months later, the arid land is filled with rows and rows of green leaves, …
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