Gunman breaks into cockpit in hijack attempt
Armed passenger forces way into cockpit in attempt to hijack Bangladeshi flight to Dubai.
Armed passenger forces way into cockpit in attempt to hijack Bangladeshi flight to Dubai.

Foundation for Ethnic Understanding President Rabbi Marc Schneier hails recognition of Jewish community of Dubai.


The small Jewish community in Dubai founds first synagogue in city amid thawing relations with Israel.

Communications Minister Ayoob Kara detained by authorities in Dubai after being late to the airport.

Israeli minister calls for 'peace and security' during visit to Dubai, the latest event in Israel's bid for closer ties with Gulf states.

Emirates Airline plane quarantined upon landing in NY, after passengers became ill during flight.

An Emirates plane crash landed in Dubai after it caught fire mid-air.

Dubai's Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department says it's against Islamic law to use neighbor's WiFi without permission.

‘Without the Jews, Arabs would not know how to deposit money in the bank,’ tweets top official, suggests dropping Palestinian state idea.

Why was United Hatzalah's president walking around the streets of Dubai dressed in Arabic and Jewish clothing?

UAE authorities investigate massive fire adjacent to world's tallest building on New Year's Eve, as smoke continues to cover the hotel.


Less than 2 hours to New Year's Eve fireworks display, huge hotel catches fire in center of UAE metropolis.

'Eliminating Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was a success,' former Mossad official Mishka Ben-David notes in new film on the assassination.

Supermodel celebs Kendall Jenner, Selena Gomez while in Dubai for new year post unusual selfies - and we don't mean the bikini ones.

Proposal received for giant ferris wheel as temporary attraction for Independence Day; Councilman King slams 'money to enemy state.'

US couple sentenced to three years and fined over death of adopted daughter, notes 'ridiculous' case accused them of 'organ trafficking.'

Former MK Bishara fled Israel after helping guide Hezbollah rockets -- now Dubai wants him out for 'Israeli plot.'

Iranian-Canadian being investigated for spying says agent who helped assassinate Hamas leader in Dubai living under assumed identity.

Minister of Energy and Water's visit to Abu Dhabi conference marks the first visit of an Israeli delegation to the UAE since 2010.

US citizen being held in maximum security prison, with no end in sight, over YouTube parody video about UAE teenagers.

Uzbek woman who caused 13 hours of panic at the Dubai prosecution HQ was wearing a fake explosive belt.

An Israeli soccer player was forced to miss his team’s visit to Dubai as a result of ongoing political tensions between Israel and the UAE.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's 52-year-old sister Bushra has reportedly fled the country with her children, defecting to Dubai.

A PA woman author found a way to force the Univ. of Texas not to publish a book on women in the Middle East - because it includes Israelis.

Relatives of Hamas member Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, killed in a Dubai hit in 2010, plan to block release of movie about the hit.

A French-Israeli director is producing a spy thriller about the 2010 killing of Hamas terrorist Mahmoud al-Mabhouh starring Bar Rafaeli

Dubai's top cop says the Muslim Brotherhood is plotting to seize power in the six Gulf arab monarchies by 2016.

In the United Arab Emirates camels are serious business. Deadly serious.
Ahmadinejad has threatened to wipe Israel off the map, but his own cities may disappear if he attacks Israel, the UAE says.
Dubai's police commander has called for an 'Interpol-like' agency for GCC countries citing Israel's 'dangerous influence.'
An American man says he was tortured in Dubai, one month after a British tourist was killed in prison.
International investors have learned the hard way about the legal quagmire surrounding development in Dubai's real estate market.
Poland is handing an Israeli diplomat over to Germany for prosecution in connection with the assassination of a top Hamas terrorist.

Ireland announces it will expel an Israeli diplomat over forged passports in the January assassination of a Hamas terrorist in Dubai.

Israel's diamond industry is accomplishing what decades of diplomacy has not -- a quiet agreement with the United Arab Emirates.

Australia expels Israeli diplomat, protesting four cloned passports used to fight terrorism. Israel supporters complain of double standard.

Fallout from Dubai: An Irish town rips, snubs Israel’s ambassador, Australia cancels screening of an Israel movie, and Israelis unwelcome in UAE.

Dubai’s police chief wants Netanyahu arrested for the elimination of Hamas terrorist Mabhouh. Hamas claims that Jordan and Egypt helped kill him.

The killing of Hamas co-founder al-Mabhouh turns into the “Dubai Debacle.” Israel faces EU heat over alleged use of false diplomatic passports.

Two private Arab investment firms are planning to lay the groundwork to help fund the PA's declaration of independence in two years.

Hamas threatened to attack Jews outside Israel for assassinating a Hamas co-founder. It implicated Uzi Landau in the counterterrorist operation.

The Arab world’s refusal to recognize Israel helped Israelis to escape the fallout of the Dubai financial debacle. Most diamond firms stayed away.