UAE slows down from Gulf war stress; raises remittance concerns for India amid layoffs, pay cutsThe United Arab Emirates economy faces early stress as the Gulf war continues. Sectors like hospitality, travel, and food & beverage are se...
31 Mar, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
Trump’s green light of Saudi F-35s for MBS is only the beginningPresident Trump stated that billions in US weapons sales to Saudi Arabia would be approved in just one day. However, the actual process for...
20 Nov, 2025, 09.19 AM IST
Saudi Arabia to get F-35 fighters as Trump approves sale, the first Middle East nation after Israel to own the stealth jetsSaudi Arabia F-35 sale: President Trump confirmed plans to sell advanced F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, a move raising national securit...
18 Nov, 2025, 12.15 PM IST
In a hot fighter-jet market, an F-35 is unable to take offAmidst a booming fighter jet market driven by geopolitical tensions and modernization efforts, the F-35 faces scrutiny due to rising costs ...
30 Jun, 2025, 01.13 PM IST
UAE to ask Trump to fulfil F-35 deal if he's re-elected, sources sayThe UAE may seek to revive a multi-billion dollar deal with the U.S. for F-35 warplanes and armed drones if Donald Trump wins a second term...
13 Sep, 2024, 12.48 PM IST
UAE suspends talks on $23 billion weapons deal with USThe Emirati Embassy in Washington said it would ``suspend discussions`` with the U.S., though meetings at the Pentagon this week between th...
15 Dec, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
UAE suspends talks on $23 billion weapons deal with USThe proposed sale of 50 F-35s to the UAE came at the end of former President Donald Trump's administration, emerging from a deal that saw t...
14 Dec, 2021, 10.40 PM IST
US 'fully committed' to F-35 sale to UAE: American officialThe proposed sale of 50 F-35s came at the end of President Donald Trump's administration, rising out of a deal that saw the UAE recognise I...
16 Nov, 2021, 07.49 PM IST
United States officials in Mideast to reassure jittery allies over IranThe United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf allies, excluded from Obama-era nuclear negotiations, have repeatedly pressed for a s...
03 May, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
UAE weapons maker EDGE wants in on F-35 supply chainThe Gulf state, one of Washington’s closest Middle Eastern allies, was promised a chance to buy the war planes when it established formal t...
23 Feb, 2021, 04.26 PM IST
UAE, U.S. foreign ministers discuss "strategic relations": UAE foreign ministryThe UAE's ambassador to Washington said on Tuesday he was confident the sale of F-35 jets to his country would go through after a review by...
04 Feb, 2021, 04.37 PM IST
UAE confident F-35 jets sale will go through, says ambassador"We did everything by the book and they will discover that once the review is complete and it will proceed," Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba to...
02 Feb, 2021, 12.44 PM IST
US President Joe Biden 'temporarily pauses' sale of advanced F-35 fighter jets to UAEThe sale of F-35s was promised as part of the Abraham Accords by the Trump administration. It also included precision-guided munitions to S...
29 Jan, 2021, 02.33 PM IST
Trump administration advances $2.9 billion drone sale to UAE: SourcesThe move comes on the heels of last week's notification of a potential sale of F-35 fighter jets to the middle-eastern country.
06 Nov, 2020, 10.36 AM IST
Israeli minister says Qatar could get F-35 warplanes 'sooner or later'"I have no doubt that if they (Qatar) want it and are willing to pay, sooner or later they will get it," Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz, wh...
25 Oct, 2020, 03.17 PM IST
Israel will not oppose U.S. sale of 'specific' weapons to UAE, Netanyahu and Gantz sayUnder a principle of preserving Israel's "qualitative military edge", the United States consults with it on proposed sales of advanced arms...
23 Oct, 2020, 09.50 PM IST
Ahead of F-35 sale to UAE, Pentagon pledges to keep Israel strongWith Washington gearing up to sell advanced F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates -- Israel is the only country in the Middle East ...
23 Oct, 2020, 09.29 AM IST