United Arab Emirates News in English

October 13, 2021

Israel, UAE ministers in US as Biden seeks to expand normalization

The top diplomats from Israel and the United Arab Emirates are set to hold three-way talks in Washington Wednesday as President Joe Biden’s administration embraces and looks to expand a normalization drive. Concerns about Iran — the specter of which…

October 10, 2021

Dubai police say $136 mn worth of cocaine seized

The UAE authorities seized half a tonne of cocaine worth more than $136 million, Dubai police said on Sunday, in one of the biggest drug busts in the Gulf country. Officers “recently thwarted a smuggling attempt of 500 kilograms of…

October 9, 2021

Blinken to meet with Israel, UAE diplomats

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet next week with top diplomats from Israel and the United Arab Emirates, the State Department said Saturday, to discuss “progress made” in the year since they agreed to normalization. “Secretary of State…

October 8, 2021

UAE targets carbon neutrality by 2050

The United Arab Emirates, one of the world’s biggest oil exporters, has launched a “strategic initiative” targeting carbon neutrality by 2050, ahead of a UN climate conference late this month. The UAE has in recent years verbally backed the battle…

October 7, 2021

Michelangelo’s David not censored at Expo, officials say

Standing tall in Italy’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is an exact replica of Michelangelo’s statue of David, but most visitors will see just the head. For the rest of the naked body, they’ll have to lean in and peek….

October 7, 2021

World Bank sees ‘uneven, tenuous’ Mideast recovery

The Middle East and North Africa are experiencing a tenuous and uneven economic recovery in 2021 as they get to grips with the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank said Thursday. The Washington-based institution said the pandemic had seen the region’s…

October 7, 2021