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Dubai's ceaseless boom is putting strains on its residents
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
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...
Mysterious airstrip appears on a Yemeni island as Houthi rebel attacks threaten region
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A mysterious airstrip being built on a remote island in Yemen is nearing completion, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press show, one of several built in a nation mired in a stalemated war threatening to reignite. The airstrip on Abd...
Italy, Albania and UAE ink clean energy cooperation deal
ROME (AP) — Italy, Albania and the United Arab Emirates signed a three-way clean energy cooperation deal Wednesday that calls for the Gulf country’s expertise to be put to use in Albania to produce solar, wind and other renewable energy, some of which would then be transferred to Italy via an...
Middle East latest: Gaza ceasefire talks press on in Qatar
Israel and Hamas appear to be inching closer to a phased ceasefire agreement, officials said Monday. However, a deal hasn't been reached yet and there are a number of obstacles that could still scupper the talks in Qatar. Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza began on Oct. 7, 2023, when...
The Trump company is not banning private foreign deals, a break with its first term policy
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump family business released a voluntary ethics agreement Friday that allows it to strike deals with private foreign companies, a move that could help outside actors try to buy influence with the new administration. The so-called ethics white paper bars the...
US 'notorious markets' report warns of risks from online pharmacies
BANGKOK (AP) — Nearly all of the world’s 35,000 online pharmacies are being run illegally and consumers who use them risk getting ineffective or dangerous drugs, according to the U.S. Trade Representative’s annual report on “ notorious markets.” The report also singled out 19 countries...
Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill 17 people in Gaza, nearly all of them women or kids
Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza killed at least 17 people late Tuesday, nearly all of them women or children, the territory’s Health Ministry and hospital officials said. Five kids were killed as they sheltered together in the same tent, said Ahmed al-Farra, director of the...
US says Sudanese rebel force has committed genocide and imposes sanctions on the group's leaders
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that a Sudanese paramilitary group and its proxies are committing genocide in a civil war with the country's military that has killed tens of thousands of people, leveling sanctions on the group’s leader and affiliated companies. ...
Trump announces $20B US investment by Emirati businessman
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a $20 billion investment for data centers in the United States by an Emirati company led by billionaire Hussain Sajwani, a close business partner of the Trump family. The investment by DAMAC Properties in the...
