Biden sends senior US officials to UAE in bid to mend strained ties
US President Joe Biden sent a high-powered delegation to the United Arab Emirates on Monday to offer condolences after the death of its ruler Sheikh...
UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan dies at age 73
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has passed away on Friday at the age of 73. A period of mourning will...
UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed named new president
The United Arab Emirates' de facto leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan was elected president of the Gulf Arab state by a federal supreme council...
UAE to be first Arab state to send astronaut on long-term space mission
The United Arab Emirates will send an astronaut to the International Space Station for a 6-month-long mission in 2023, becoming the first Arab country to...
Israel, UAE to collaborate on Beresheet 2 moon mission
Israeli space company SpaceIL signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates to cooperate on a joint mission to the moon in 2024, according to...
Emirates will keep flying to Russia unless its owner stops it
Emirates' boss says the airline will keep flying to Russia unless its owner, the Dubai government, tells it not to. "If we are told to...
UAE’s first fully equipped Jewish neighborhood to be established
The United Arab Emirates’ senior-most rabbi has revealed plans to develop the Gulf Cooperation Council’s first dedicated Jewish neighborhood, containing faculties and institutions for the...
Largest Passover seders in Arab world held in UAE
Over a thousand people celebrated Passover in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the largest seders ever held in the Arab world earlier this week. Led...
UAE sentences Israeli woman to death for cocaine possession
A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced an Israeli woman to death, after she was found guilty of possessing 500 grams of cocaine....
UAE, US, Israel launch religious coexistence and tolerance team
The US, United Arab Emirates and Israel launched a joint working team that will promote religious coexistence and tolerance on Tuesday, just a day after...