Latest United Arab Emirates News

Dubai's ceaseless boom is putting strains on its residents

Jan. 27, 2025 08:06 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Skyscraper-studded Dubai has been on a hot streak for the last five years — and some residents are starting to feel burned. The city-state has seen record-breaking real estate transactions and as more and more people come to live there, and its...

Trump’s Palestinian refugee idea falls flat with Arab allies and confounds a Republican senator

Jan. 26, 2025 22:51 PM EST

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza fell flat with those countries' governments and left a key congressional ally in Washington perplexed on Sunday. Fighting that broke out in...