The Associated Press (AP) on Sunday denounced the “shocking level of censorship” imposed by the United Arab Emirate (UAE) on the COP28 climate change conference in Dubai. The AP was mortified by “sharp restrictions on what demonstrators could say, where they could walk and what their signs could portray.”
The troubled Middle East is about to have a new diplomatic player on the ground with the Kremlin announcing Russia President Vladimir Putin will on Wednesday travel to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), host of the COP28 climate conference that kicked off this week in Dubai, on Friday announced a $30 billion climate fund called ALTERRA that seeks to attract $250 billion in investment by 2030.
Iran’s representatives walked out of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Friday over the participation of delegates from Israel.
King Charles III warned the world Friday it must change its ways to avoid climate calamity after he flew over 3,000 miles to the COP28 climate conference in Dubai to personally deliver his opening address.
The relationship between G42, an influential AI firm based in the United Arab Emirates, and various Chinese companies has raised significant concerns among U.S. intelligence agencies. The most worrying aspect of the company’s relationship with the communist country is the potential for it to hand over U.S. technology that partners are forbidden from selling to China directly.
The U.N.’s COP28 climate summit begins on Thursday, hosted by one of the world’s great oil powers, the United Arab Emirates.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping told his underlings to “create law-based governance conditions and a favorable external environment for advancing Chinese modernization.”
Private jets. Private yachts. Multiple holidays a year. Garages full of luxury vehicles. Investments driving – and profiting from – fossil fuel industries. These are just some of the factors that combine to see global elites, who comprise one percent of the planet’s population, emit the same amount of carbon as the world’s poorest two-thirds, or five billion people, an analysis published Sunday by the nonprofit Oxfam International details.
Palestinians are discovering that none of the Arab countries that claim to love them are willing to accept them as refugees.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed his “commitment to supporting the Palestinian people’s legitimate rights” in separate conversations with Arab leaders on Tuesday, including Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas.
Bahrain issued a statement condemning Hamas for the widespread slaughter and abduction of potentially thousands of people in Israel.
The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) held a closed-door emergency session on Sunday to discuss the Hamas attack on Israel, but was unable to produce a statement condemning Hamas for the wanton rape, kidnapping, and murder of hundreds of Israeli civilians.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued a statement Sunday directly condemning the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas for a bloody terror spree that has left over 700 dead since early Saturday, urging the region to avoid following the group toward “nihilistic destruction.”
A woman’s ten-hour layover at the Dubai International Airport has reportedly turned into a four-month legal nightmare after an alleged altercation landed the traveler on the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) no-fly list and a year in jail in the foreign country.
The Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, which includes a church, a mosque, and a synagogue is the latest symbol of the United Arab Emirates’ leadership in encouraging peace and tolerance.
The Chinese Defense Ministry on Monday announced Falcon Shield 2023, the first joint exercise between the air forces of China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to be held next month in occupied East Turkistan, home of the oppressed Uyghur Muslims.
Sultan al-Jaber of the United Arab Emirates, who also heads one of the country’s state oil companies, told senior officials from Europe, Canada and China gathered in Brussels that record-breaking heat seen in parts of the world recently shows the need for urgent action to curb emissions.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed support to Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Tuesday following the bizarre events of this weekend, when the head of the Wagner mercenary group threatened to march into Moscow and take over the Defense Ministry.
Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” has been banned in several Middle Eastern countries after it was revealed that the animated superhero movie promotes the transgender agenda, specifically gender reassignment for children.
The UK Guardian on Wednesday reported that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), the state oil company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was given access to the email system employed by the Cop28 climate summit and has been reading much of the summit’s electronic correspondence.
Saudi Arabia announced a million-barrel-per-day (bpd) oil production cut on Sunday that would begin in July, a policy change following a meeting of the OPEC+ oil cartel in which several members failed to meet their production quotas and one, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced a production increase.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday announced that it quietly withdrew from a U.S.-led security coalition called the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) two months ago.
Some of the purportedly classified documents obtained from the “Discord Leaks,” named after the messaging platform used to post them, indicated that China is secretly constructing a military base in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Russia offered weapons for sale Monday at a biennial arms fair in the United Arab Emirates, ranging from Kalashnikov assault rifles to missile systems — despite facing sanctions from the West over its war on Ukraine.
Beyoncé has returned to the stage for her first live performance in five years, delivering a private concert in Dubai to mark the opening of plush new hotel Atlantis The Royal.
Actress Rebel Wilson is being slammed on social media for attending a luxurious hotel opening in Dubai — after coming out as gay in June — as it is illegal to be gay in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The family of an American who has literally been rotting away in a prison in Dubai says that he has been abandoned by Joe Biden and the U.S.
Filipinos visiting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are packing their suitcases with an unusual souvenir: onions. Filipino cooking uses a lot of onions, and inflation is making them unaffordable back home, but the UAE sells them for a fraction of the price.
The United Arab Emirates, which will host this year’s COP28 United Nations climate conference, named the head of its state oil company as the president of that summit on Thursday – outraging environmental activists who oppose the existence of all fossil fuels as a threat to the planet.
The embassy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the United States on Sunday announced that Holocaust history will be added to the UAE school curriculum – making it the first Arab country to offer such an education.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited Qatar on Monday, meeting with the nation’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and congratulating the country on hosting the FIFA World Cup, the world’s most prestigious soccer tournament.
The government of Saudi Arabia confirmed on Tuesday that Chinese dictator Xi Jinping will travel to the country to attend two summits from December 7 to 9, Xi’s third trip abroad since the pandemic and his furthest away from home.
Law enforcement authorities in six different countries have joined forces to take down a “super cartel” of drugs traffickers.
The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad, made a point on Tuesday of getting himself photographed waving the flag of Saudi Arabia during the Saudi match against Argentina at the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament.
Former President Donald Trump’s friend and fundraiser, Tom Barrack, was found not guilty Friday on all counts he acted as an unregistered foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under the former administration and then lied to the FBI about those connections.
An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, officials announced Thursday.
SINIYAH ISLAND, United Arab Emirates — An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, officials announced Thursday.
The German government has scrambled to wean Europe’s biggest economy off Russian oil, coal, and gas since coming to office last December.
Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) took steps this week to restore diplomatic relations with Iran, a tacit acknowledgment that President Joe Biden’s reckless determination to restore the Iran nuclear deal will make Tehran vastly more rich and powerful, not to mention bringing it closer to deploying a nuclear umbrella.
