UAE asks US for a wartime financial lifeline as Iran conflict drags: ReportThe United Arab Emirates is in discussions with the United States regarding a potential financial backstop. This measure is being considere...
20 Apr, 2026, 09.13 AM IST
The Dubai war narrative is looking a little stretchedThe United Arab Emirates faces significant challenges as a US-Israeli war with Iran disrupts oil supplies and impacts its economy. Dubai's ...
01 Apr, 2026, 09.56 AM IST
As Iran-Israel-US war begins to hurt, UAE takes steps to ease the painThe UAE is taking proactive steps to shield its economy from regional conflict. The Central Bank is injecting liquidity into banks, allowin...
19 Mar, 2026, 12.27 AM IST
Secretary Rubio warns West Bank annexation endangers Trump's Gaza planU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that Israel's Knesset moving towards West Bank annexation could jeopardize President Trump's Gaz...
23 Oct, 2025, 01.29 PM IST
Netanyahu sent top aide to UAE in quiet push to fix ties strained by Gaza campaignAmid strained relations due to the Gaza conflict and West Bank settlements, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched Ron Dermer...
22 Aug, 2025, 03.56 PM IST
Across the Mideast, a surge of support for Palestinians as war erupts in GazaOn Saturday, when Palestinian gunmen from the blockaded territory of Gaza surged into Israel, carrying out the boldest attack in the countr...
10 Oct, 2023, 11.12 AM IST
Turkish President Erdogan visits Gulf Arab states, seeking funds for ailing economyTurkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, began a three-stop tour of Persian Gulf states in Saudi Arabia in a bid to seek trade and investme...
18 Jul, 2023, 02.08 PM IST
How a playground for the rich could undermine sanctions on Russian oligarchsSince the invasion, much of the world has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russian financial institutions and the circle around Putin, and eve...
10 Mar, 2022, 05.27 PM IST
UAE, US intercept Houthi missile attack targeting Abu DhabiHouthi military spokesman Yehia Sarei claimed the attack in a televised statement, saying the rebels targeted several sites in the UAE with...
25 Jan, 2022, 08.12 AM IST
Dubai Air Show opens to industry on the mend amid COVID-19Dubai's biennial Air Show opened Sunday to a world still reeling from the pandemic and an aviation industry hard-hit by the coronavirus, bu...
14 Nov, 2021, 04.24 PM IST
UAE-backed Yemen leader says his troops at island air baseThe United Arab Emirates has not responded to repeated requests for comment about the base. However, a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yeme...
15 Jun, 2021, 04.56 PM IST
Mysterious air base being built on volcanic island off YemenWhile no country has claimed the Mayun Island air base in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, shipping traffic associated with a prior attempt to bui...
25 May, 2021, 02.05 PM IST
Much at stake as UAE steps into India-Pakistan's perennial war theatre, seeks new role as peacemakerThe UAE is hoping to facilitate an exchange of ambassadors between New Delhi and Islamabad and restoration of trade links between the two c...
29 Mar, 2021, 02.08 PM IST
Explosion strikes Israeli-owned ship in Middle East amid tensionThe crew and vessel were safe, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which is run by the British navy. The explosion f...
27 Feb, 2021, 09.26 AM IST
UAE dismantles Eritrea base as it pulls back after Yemen warThe UAE built a port and expanded an airstrip in Assab beginning in September 2015, using the facility as a base to ferry heavy weaponry an...
18 Feb, 2021, 12.32 PM IST
Missing Sheikh and 'intercepted' planes reignite Gulf Arab rowSheikh Abdullah was courted by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and was touted in U.A.E. media last year as a possible replacement for Qatari rul...
16 Jan, 2018, 10.51 AM IST
The Saudi Prince, a Sheikh and the isolation of a Gulf renegadeThe coordinated action underscores the growing authority of both men, whose countries control vast amounts of oil wealth and buy weapons fr...
10 Jun, 2017, 04.18 PM IST