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Turkey reportedly arrested suspects in Israeli-Moldovan rabbi's killing in UAE as they left airport

Nov. 26, 2024 21:24 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Turkish security forces arrested the three Uzbek suspects in the killing of a rabbi in the United Arab Emirates as they left an airport in Istanbul, local media reported Wednesday. The arrest of the Uzbeks suspected of killing Israeli-Moldovan...

3 Uzbek nationals arrested in the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi in the UAE

Nov. 26, 2024 00:26 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates said Monday police arrested three Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi, an attack that's raised concerns for the burgeoning Israeli community in the country. The statement from the country's...

Israel says rabbi who went missing in the UAE was killed. The government arrests 3

Nov. 24, 2024 21:04 PM 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 UAE's Interior Ministry later said...

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...

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...

Mystery of downed airplane in Sudan deepens as Kyrgyzstan insists aircraft had been de-registered

Oct. 22, 2024 08:34 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The mystery surrounding a crashed cargo plane in Sudan purportedly downed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces deepened Tuesday as authorities insisted the aircraft had been de-registered in Kyrgyzstan. Just who was flying the Ilyushin Il-76...

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....