Biden opens busy foreign policy stretch as anxious allies shift gaze to Trump, Harris
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is opening a busy stretch Friday tending to international alli...
United Arab Emirates
Tori Towey, woman detained in Dubai over suicide attempt amid alleged domestic violence, allowed to leave UAE
An Irish woman who had been charged by authorities in the United Arab Emirates with attempting suici...
Xi pledges more Gaza aid and talks trade at summit with Arab leaders
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated calls for the establishment of an independent...
Dubai airport operations ramp back up as flooding from UAE's heaviest rains ever recorded lingers on roads
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates struggled Thursday to recover from the heavie...
What is cloud seeding and did it play any role in the Dubai floods?
Stranded airline passengers and a cat submerged in floodwaters clinging to a car door handle became ...
United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ever hits desert nation
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates struggled Thursday to recover from the h...
Dubai flooding hobbles major airport's operations as "historic weather event" brings torrential rains to UAE
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wed...
A storm dumps record rain across the desert nation of UAE and floods the Dubai airport
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry ou...
The UAE ambassador takes post in Damascus after nearly 13 years of cut ties
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The first United Arab Emirates ambassador to Damascus in nearly 13 years took...
Blinken brings US push on post-war Gaza planning and stopping conflict to UAE and Saudi Arabia
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened his third d...
United Arab Emirates acknowledges mass trial of prisoners previously reported during COP28
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates on Saturday acknowledged it is conductin...
Azerbaijan names a former oil exec to lead climate talks. Activists have concerns
Azerbaijan’s ecology minister has been named to lead the United Nations’ annual climate talks later ...
Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in biggest release so far
Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war in the biggest single release...
Iran Summons Russian envoy over statement on Persian Gulf disputed islands
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran summoned Russia’s charge d’affaires after Moscow and Arab co...
UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution Friday calling for...
As the Israel-Hamas war rages, medical mercy flights give some of Gaza's most vulnerable a chance at survival
Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry says the war with Israel has killed nearly 20,000 people. It has al...
U.S. imposes more Russian oil price cap sanctions and issues new compliance rules for shippers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. imposed new sanctions on alleged violators of a $60 per barrel price cap ...
UN Security Council in intense negotiations on Gaza humanitarian resolution, trying to avoid US veto
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Security Council members were in intense negotiations Tuesday on an Arab-...
Analysis: At COP28, Sultan al-Jaber got what the UAE wanted. Others leave it wanting much more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As the United Nations COP28 climate summit ended Wednesday, Sulta...
US announces new sanctions on Russia’s weapons suppliers as Zelenskyy visits Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration hit hundreds of people and firms, from Russia to China to...