United Arab Emirates

Is the Arab world beginning to see reason?

UAE judo head apologizes for treatment of Israeli team

Head of UAE's Judo Federation apologizes for refusal of his athlete to shake hand of Israeli opponent.

Report: UAE will stop discrimination against Israeli athletes

Israeli athletes participating in Abu Dhabi judo tournament will be permitted to do so with Israeli flag and Israeli national symbols.

UAE instructed to treat Israeli athletes equally

International Judo Federation calls on UAE to treat Israeli athletes equally during local tournament.

Israeli judo team not allowed to fly to Turkey

UAE refuses to allow 12 Israeli judokas to fly to Istanbul to receive visas to compete in Grand Slam event in Abu Dhabi.

Questions and answers: The Emirate Plan

UAE to pay Gaza $15 million a month

Thanks to efforts by Abbas's rival, United Arab Emirates will provide $15 million a month to Gaza.

Qatar files legal complaint against boycott

Qatar files complaint with World Trade Organization against trade boycott by four Arab countries.

Arab countries ready for dialogue with Qatar

Bahrain's foreign minister says four countries boycotting Qatar are ready for dialogue, if it agrees to certain demands.

Arab countries add to Qatar-related blacklist

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain add nine entities and nine individuals to blacklist over alleged links to Qatar.

Qatar: UAE hacked our news agency

Qatar says Washington Post report proves the United Arab Emirates was involved in hack of Qatar's state news agency.

Report: UAE responsible for hacking Qatari media

U.S. intelligence officials say the United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of Qatari government news and social media sites.

UAE accuses Al Jazeera of anti-Semitism

UAE official responds to UN critique of demand to close Qatari news station by saying station incites hate, racism, and anti-Semitism

Hobby Lobby smuggling scandal exposed

Christian US company forefeits artifacts, pays $3 million after prosecutors accuse them of looting, theft, and smuggling.

Countries boycotting Qatar rescind their demands

Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Bahrain rescind their 13 demands of Qatar, vow more measures against it.

Qatar responds to Gulf states' demands

Qatar responds to list of demands from countries that severed ties with it.

U.S. lifts laptop ban on flights from Abu Dhabi

United States lifts ban on laptops in cabins on flights from Abu Dhabi after Etihad Airways complies with tighter security measures.

Saudi Arabia and four allies extend deadline for Qatar

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt give Qatar 48 more hours to comply with their demands.

Muslim world riled even more:

UAE expels Somali from Ramadan competition

Somalia representative expelled from Quran competition and deported due to Somalia's neutrality on Gulf crisis.

Qatar crisis: UAE accused of bankrolling Turkey coup

Journalist close to Turkish state claims UAE spent $3bn on plot, as Turkish president calls Saudi-UAE-Bahrain blockade on Qatar 'inhumane'.

'What hurts is that the betrayal came from our own people'

UAE aid official says Hamas purposefully fired at Israeli planes from Gaza hospital to provoke Israeli fire - while aid was being given.

Arab states blacklist entities associated with Qatar

Muslim Brotherhood leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi among 59 individuals blacklisted by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain.

A fissure in the Arab world

Sunni Arab countries say Qatar supports terror, break ties.

Several Arab countries block Al-Jazeera website

Website of Qatari-owned television network blocked in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Egypt.

Arab countries offer limp opposition to Trump executive order

Some Arab countries express support: 'Attempt to create impression that decision targets certain religion is incorrect'

Official Israeli delegation participate in Abu Dhabi conference

For the first time ever an official Israeli delegation attended a conference in the Arab country of Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi-based company to build Israel’s new fleet

An Abu Dhabi-based company that is partly owned by Lebanese businessman, Iskandar Safa, will be building four new warships for Israel.

Danon visits Dubai in secret

Israel's UN ambassador visits Dubai in secret to attend UN conference, despite lack of relations between Israel and UAE.

Watch: Crash Landing in Dubai

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

Report: Arab countries plotting to replace Abbas with archrival

UAE, Egypt and Jordan reportedly planning to have PA chairman be replaced by Mohammed Dahlan.

UAE jails three suspected Hezbollah members

UAE court sentences two Lebanese nationals and a Lebanese-Canadian citizen to six months in jail over ties to Hezbollah.

UAE: Four locals sentenced to death for joining ISIS

Top court in the United Arab Emirates sentences four locals to death after convicting them of joining ISIS jihadists in Syria.

Steinitz returns to Israel after secret meetings in Abu Dhabi

Weeks after Israeli diplomatic mission established in Abu Dhabi, Energy Minister traveled to UAE capital to meet with top officials.

Dubai deluxe hotel smolders on into 2016

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

Can the Dubai Model Inspire Arabs?

Watch: Dubai fire breaks out next to world's tallest skyscraper

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

Why aren't the Arabs fighting ISIS?

Experts discuss why Arab coalition states dropping out as West picks up speed - internal Islamic war with Iran at the center of things.

US gives Hamas fundraising front $100,000

USAID taxpayer-funded organization gives grant to group banned in Israel and UAE for channeling cash to Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood.

UAE: Israeli mission doesn't reflect change in our policy

UAE stresses that Israeli diplomatic mission in Abu Dhabi will be solely connected to UN's renewable energy agency.

Israel to open representative mission in UAE

Foreign Ministry confirms Israel to work in Abu Dhabi to find source of renewable energy, despite longstanding official enmity.

Arab League condemns 'Israeli escalation'

UAE foreign minister blames 'the Israeli government, the settlers, the Jewish extremist groups' for Palestinian terror wave.

Israeli judo glory in Abu Dhabi - minus the flags

Israeli judaokas bag two bronze medals but are forced to be flagless; 'I won and broke out in tears, it hurt me so much.'

Regev vows to fight UAE 'sports boycott' on Israel

Sports Minister responds furiously to Israeli judaokas being forced to compete without flag, promises 'I intend to fight it.'

Venezuela and Pakistan among countries slated to join UNHRC

UN Watch NGO urges UN member states to take action against election of human rights abusers to the UN Human Rights Council.

UAE 'No Longer Bound' Not to Enrich Uranium

Nuclear arms race caused by Iran deal? UAE Ambassador tells top US Representative his nation no longer bound by nuclear agreement with US.

British Hostage Freed from Al Qaeda by UAE Forces

Briton held year-and-a-half released in military operation in southern Yemen port city of Aden, just before Al Qaeda conquers the city.

UAE Jails Aussie Woman for 'Bad Words' on Facebook

Australian posts anonymous photo of car blocking disabled spaces, and now has her 'life in the hands of chaos. I'm terrified.'

UAE Executes Murderer of US School Teacher

Jihad-inspired woman executed for stabbing American to death in a mall bathroom stall and planting a bomb outside American doctor's home.

UAE Woman Sentenced to Death for Murdering American

Murderer stabbed US teacher to death in shopping mall bathroom stall, hours within planting bomb by home of Egyptian-American.

UAE Seeks Written Guarantee from Obama on Iran

UAE ambassador to Washington says Gulf states are seeking "security guarantee" from the United States with respect to Iran.

UAE Airstrikes Hit ISIS Oil Pipelines

Latest hit on the terror group by international coalition designed to dry up its primary source of revenue, UAE says.

American Arrested in UAE for 'Facebook Insults'

An American employed by a company in the UAE has been arrested in that country – for griping on Facebook about his job.

Not Just Israel: Arab States Worried About Iran Deal

Arab governments reportedly tell Washington they fear a bad deal with Iran will cause a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

UAE: Renewed Airstrikes Hit ISIS Oil Refineries

Renewed airstrikes by United Arab Emirates on Tuesday and Thursday have hit Islamic State oil refineries, state news agency reports.

UAE Back on the Attack Against ISIS

After a brief hiatus following ISIS's burning a Jordanian pilot alive, UAE raids drop death on ISIS terrorists in comeback.

UAE Rejoins Coalition, Deploys Fighter Jets to Jordan

After Jordanian pilot burned UAE pulled out, but now it appears to be redoubling efforts to smash ISIS terrorists.

UAE Demands US Arm Sunni Groups Against ISIS

Abu Dhabi demands that the international coalition against ISIS arm local Sunni tribes in Iraq to fight the jihadists.

US Boosts Pilot Rescue Team Against ISIS

After ISIS burns Jordanian pilot alive - and the UAE pulls out of airstrikes over it - US military rushes to compensate.

Reports: Jordan In, UAE Out of anti-ISIS Coalition

Jordan is likely to join the US-led coalition fighting ISIS, a source told Arab media Thursday.

US: UAE Withdrew From War on ISIS After Jordanian Pilot Captured

Concerns over safe return of UAE pilots causes Abu Dhabi to scale back war on ISIS, question US ability to rescue downed airmen.