Palestinians have been warned they risk a fine and/or jail time if they take the globalized “Kiki challenge,” making them the latest citizens in the Middle East to be threatened by authorities for trying what has been – until now – a purely “western” phenomenon.
Former President George W. Bush acknowledged that there was evidence that the Russians tried to affect the 2016 presidential election, but said it was unclear whether they changed the outcome.
The WWE’s female wrestlers are well known for their skin-baring costumes, but that habit took a radically different turn as the women geared up this month for an exhibition in the Middle East.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — “Salvator Mundi,” a painting of Christ by Leonardo Da Vinci that recently sold for a record $450 million, is heading to the Louvre Abu Dhabi in a coup for the bold new museum, it announced Wednesday.
After ten years of planning and construction, plus over a billion dollars invested, a new branch of the fabled Louvre museum will open on the island of Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi this weekend.
On Saturday, the Louvre Abu Dhabi will open its doors to the public, more than 10 years after France agreed to loan the name of the Louvre to the United Arab Emirates as part of a deal with Agence France-Museums reportedly worth in excess of $1 billion.
The United Arab Emirates’ top judo official apologized to his Israeli counterpart Saturday after a tournament in Abu Dhabi saw Israeli athletes repeatedly snubbed by their hosts because of their nationality.
JERUSALEM – Israel on Monday denounced a decision by the organisers of a major judo tournament in Abu Dhabi preventing its team from wearing national emblems and the playing of their national anthem.
Pentagon officials say Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was not rebuking President Trump when he told troops last week during a visit to the Middle East to “hold the line,” but was referring to the need for civility in the U.S. — something he’s done multiple times in the past.
An Islamist terror plot designed to blow up a plane in the skies over Australia using bombs concealed inside a Barbie doll and a meat grinder was foiled by Lebanon’s security services.
US President Donald Trump personally engaged with Arab world leaders over the weekend in his effort to reboot a regional peace process.
A man disguised in a burka allegedly lured an 11-year-old boy from a mosque before raping and murdering him.
Women clad in emerald green abayas and men in crisp white gandoura gowns, Emirati folk dancers sway to the steady beat of a Bedouin drum against the desert skyline.
Israel plans to open a diplomatic-level mission to the International Renewable Energy Agency in Abu Dhabi, the first openly established representative office in the United Arab Emirates, Israeli diplomats said on Friday. The office will not be a full mission,
An Australian woman living in Abu Dhabi has been imprisoned, fined and deported, all for posting a picture of a badly parked car on Facebook. Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said that this is not the first time Australian
The Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced a local woman to death for murdering an American teacher in December. She stabbed Romanian-born Ibolya Ryan to death in the bathroom of an Abu Dhabi shopping mall.
A report on the conditions for laborers at the New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi campus found that around 10,000 workers contracted by the school to build the grounds did so under revolting conditions.
The Tampa Tribune brings us the amazing and outrageous story of local helicopter mechanic Ryan Pate, who worked as a contractor for a company called Global Aerospace Logistics, headquartered in the United Arab Emirates. Pat was arrested in the UAE for an offending Facebook post.
Disney Channel star Selena Gomez provoked outrage with some recent pictures she took on her visit to Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
