Latest United Arab Emirates News

US sanctions a leader of Sudan's paramilitary group for fueling a brutal war

Oct. 09, 2024 04:39 AM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — The United States sanctioned a senior leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for “leading efforts” to supply weapons for the 17-month-long war, which has killed more than 20,000 people and wrecked the northeastern African country. Algoney Hamdan Daglo...

Top climate negotiators urge tougher targets, but outsiders say they aren't cutting back themselves

Sep. 26, 2024 22:14 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A trio of leaders of international climate negotiations on Thursday urged colleagues to step up efforts to fight global warming, but outside groups and endangered nations told those leaders to look in the mirror, take their own advice — and stop pumping out fossil fuels. ...

4 soldiers killed and 9 injured in an unspecified accident, United Arab Emirates says

Sep. 25, 2024 01:11 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates announced Wednesday that four soldiers were killed and nine others injured in an accident. The UAE’s state-run WAM news agency carried a military statement that offered no other immediate details, simply calling the...

Biden opens busy foreign policy stretch as anxious allies shift gaze to Trump, Harris

Sep. 20, 2024 20:14 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is opening a busy stretch Friday tending to international allies anxious about where U.S. foreign policy is headed when he leaves office in four months, most likely leaving behind a difficult set of crises for former President Donald Trump or Vice...

Cyprus approves electricity cable to link its power grid with Greece's

Sep. 17, 2024 14:10 PM EDT

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has given the green light for construction of a 1.9 billion euro ($2.1 billion) undersea electricity cable linking its grid with Greece's, aiming to sharply reduce electricity bills and end its energy isolation, the country's energy minister said Tuesday. ...

Afghanistan reopens its embassy in Oman, the Taliban say

Sep. 17, 2024 09:23 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Afghanistan’s Embassy in Oman has reopened, an official in Kabul said Tuesday, the latest sign of the growing inclusion of the Taliban among Gulf Arab countries following the United Arab Emirates’ acceptance of a Taliban ambassador last month. ...

Faked video targeting France and UAE likely Russian despite Moscow's links to Gulf Arab states

Sep. 13, 2024 03:25 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fake video that ricocheted across the internet claiming tensions between France and the United Arab Emirates after Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's detention in Paris likely came from Russia, an analysis by The Associated Press shows, despite Moscow's efforts to...

UAE arrests and turns over suspected child sexual exploiter to the Philippines, officials say

Sep. 12, 2024 11:10 AM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino man suspected of victimizing more than 100 children in the Philippines with his gang by selling their nude pictures online, including some while being raped by his cohorts, has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates and flown back Thursday to Manila,...

Sudan accuses UAE of arming rivals and prolonging war, UAE accuses Sudan of refusing to talk peace

Sep. 11, 2024 20:41 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Sudanese government accused the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday of providing weapons to its rival paramilitary force and prolonging the 17-month war. The UAE called the allegations “utterly false” and “baseless” and accused the government of refusing to...

Hedge fund investor buys UK political magazine The Spectator for $131 million

Sep. 10, 2024 11:12 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — A hedge fund investor has bought The Spectator, one of the world's oldest political magazines, for 100 million pounds ($131 million) after a months-long search for a new owner for the British publication, those involved in the sale said Tuesday. Millionaire Paul...