Latest United Arab Emirates government News

Mysterious airstrip appears on a Yemeni island as Houthi rebel attacks threaten region

Jan. 17, 2025 06:22 AM EST

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

Jan. 15, 2025 06:44 AM EST

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...

Indonesia is admitted to the BRICS bloc of developing nations

Jan. 07, 2025 05:46 AM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — Indonesia has been admitted as a full member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, the group's presiding country, Brazil, announced Monday. Indonesia’s candidacy was endorsed by BRICS leaders in August 2023, according to the foreign ministry of Brazil, which...

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...