Latest United Arab Emirates News

Israel says rabbi who went missing in the UAE was killed

Nov. 24, 2024 03:04 AM EST

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel said Sunday that the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found after he was killed in what it described as a “heinous antisemitic terror incident.” The statement from Prime Minister Benjamin...

Israeli government says the body of a rabbi who went missing in the UAE has been found

Nov. 24, 2024 02:11 AM EST
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli government says the body of a rabbi who went missing in the UAE has been found.

Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE is missing. Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped

Nov. 23, 2024 20:34 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion Saturday he may have been kidnapped as tensions remain high with Iran. Israeli media citing unnamed security sources...

US ahead in AI innovation, easily surpassing China in Stanford's new ranking

Nov. 21, 2024 11:00 AM EST

The U.S. leads the world in developing artificial intelligence technology, surpassing China in research and other important measures of AI innovation, according to a newly released Stanford University index. There's no surefire way to rank global AI leadership but Stanford...

As airlines avoid Israel, UAE's FlyDubai and Etihad keep up flights for both diplomacy and dollars

Nov. 15, 2024 04:57 AM EST

BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Israel (AP) — At Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, more than a year of war has taken its toll. Global airlines have canceled flights, gates are empty and pictures of hostages still held in the Gaza Strip guide the few arriving passengers to baggage...

French weapons system found in Sudan is likely violation of U.N. arms embargo, says Amnesty

Nov. 14, 2024 12:19 PM EST

CAIRO (AP) — Armored vehicles manufactured by the United Arab Emirates and equipped with French defense systems have been captured by the Sudanese army during the civil war in Sudan, Amnesty International says. The rights group said in a report on Thursday it had identified the...

The UAE opens its annual oil-and-gas summit as industry weathers Mideast wars and awaits US election

Nov. 04, 2024 05:39 AM EST

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates opened its annual oil-and-gas summit on Monday as it plans to increase the country's energy output as global prices stay volatile and world politics remain uncertain ahead of the U.S. presidential election. The...

Colm McLoughlin, Irishman who led Dubai Duty Free to become an airport retail giant, dies at age 81

Nov. 01, 2024 07:56 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Colm McLoughlin, an Irishman who landed in the deserts of the United Arab Emirates and helped lead Dubai Duty Free into becoming an airport retail behemoth generating billions of dollars, has died. He was 81. McLoughlin ran Dubai Duty Free from...

Russia investigates the claimed shoot-down of a cargo jet in Sudan's Darfur region

Oct. 21, 2024 14:38 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said Monday they shot down a cargo jet in the country’s far western reaches of Darfur, a claim that Russian diplomats said they were trying to investigate in the war zone. Mobile phone footage showed...

The world’s second Sphere will be built in the UAE capital after the first opened in Las Vegas

Oct. 16, 2024 01:56 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world’s second Sphere is planned to be built in the capital of the United Arab Emirates after the opening of the first giant dome entertainment complex in Las Vegas. Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism and Sphere Entertainment Co....