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GDMO explores cooperation with Shenzhen News Group
By Emirates247 •Oct 16, 2026
A delegation from the Government of Dubai Media Office (GDMO) met with representatives of the Shenzhen News Group, one of China’s major media organis...
Saudi Aramco administrative building attacked, limited fire reported
By Reuters •Oct 14, 2026
RIYADH: An administrative building belonging to Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran was attacked, caus...
Riyadh airport to remain shut this week as airlines cancel services
By Reuters •Oct 13, 2026
Authorities have extended the closure of Riyadh's international airport until Saturday and airlines scrapped flights after continuing attacks by Yeme...
Multiple people wounded in blast at Riyadh airport, say eyewitnesses
By Reuters •Oct 10, 2026
RIYADH: Many people were wounded in a blast at Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, according to two eyewitnesses and two people briefed on t...
Three Saudi nationals killed in attacks on Riyadh airport
By Reuters •Oct 9, 2026
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said on Friday that three Saudi nationals were killed and several people were injured in two attacks on King...
UAE strongly condemns Houthi attacks on King Khalid, Abha International airports
By WAM •Oct 8, 2026
The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the attacks by the Houthi Group on Abha International Airport and King Khalid Internati...
UAE strongly condemns continued Houthi targeting of Saudi civilian facilities, vessels
By WAM •Oct 7, 2026
ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the Houthi group’s continued targeting of civilians and civilian and economi...
Trump denies offering Iran sanctions relief for nuclear concessions
By Reuters •Sep 29, 2026
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday denied offering Iran sanctions relief and the release of frozen funds in return for nuclear concessio...
UAE allocates $10 million to support international efforts to contain Ebola outbreak
By WAM •Sep 26, 2026
NEW YORK: At the directive of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE, through the UAE Aid Agency, has allocated US$10 mil...
Abdullah bin Zayed meets foreign ministers, senior officials in New York
By WAM •Sep 23, 2026
NEW YORK: His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, held separate meetings in New York...
Hormuz vessel traffic drops to two as tanker and LPG carrier attacked
By Reuters •Sep 22, 2026
Commodity vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz fell to two on Monday from 10 a day earlier, preliminary shipping data showed on Tuesday. The figure...
Hamdan bin Mohammed announces second Rashid Village in Zanzibar
By Emirates247 •Sep 19, 2026
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of the...
China opens 134-kilometre Pinglu Canal to boost ASEAN connectivity
By WAM •Sep 16, 2026
BEIJING: China on Wednesday opened a major new canal, giving its landlocked southwest a shortcut to the coast and overseas markets, particularly thos...
Anwar Gargash meets Assistant to President of Azerbaijan
By WAM •Sep 15, 2026
ABU DHABI: His Excellency Dr. Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, met with Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of the Repu...
Mohammed bin Rashid: UAE-Syria ties are built on brotherhood and friendship
By Emirates247 •Sep 15, 2026
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, met today with His Excellency Ah...
Hormuz shipping traffic dwindles after Middle East attacks intensify
By Reuters •Sep 15, 2026
SINGAPORE: Shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuz dwindled further at the start of this week after attacks intensified in the Middle East, shippin...
UAE strongly condemns attack on Saudi oil pipelines using drones from Iraq
By WAM •Sep 12, 2026
ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the attacks targeting the East-West oil pipeline in the cities of Riyadh and...
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi meets Iranian President on sidelines of BRICS Summit in New Delhi
By WAM •Sep 12, 2026
NEW DELHI: His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, met Dr Masoud Pezeshkian, President of the Islamic ...
US limits air defence time slots for tankers sailing through Hormuz: FT
By Reuters •Sep 12, 2026
The U.S. has asked tankers travelling through the Strait of Hormuz to sail only at specific times to guarantee military protection after Iran st...
UAE President and Bavarian Minister-President discuss cooperation as UAE pledges €10B investment in Bavaria
By WAM •Sep 11, 2026
MUNICH: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Excellency Markus Söder, Minister-President of Bavaria, met Friday in M...
UAE President attends Germany-UAE Business Forum in Munich
By WAM •Sep 11, 2026
MUNICH: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Friday attended the Germany-UAE Business Forum in Munich as part of His Highnes...
Investigation finds evidence of possible chemical weapons use in Sudan
By Emirates247 •Sep 10, 2026
Former Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons officials say they have found evidence that the Sudanese government may have deployed che...
UAE strongly condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi civilian, economic facilities and vessels
By WAM •Sep 8, 2026
ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the attacks launched by the Houthi group on civilian and economic facilities...
Hormuz traffic slows after Iran threatens retaliation for US attacks
By Reuters •Sep 8, 2026
SINGAPORE: Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed at the start of this week, after Iran threatened on Monday to retaliate for any new ...
US strikes three Iranian oil tankers after IRGC attack on US naval ships
By Reuters •Sep 5, 2026
U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers on Saturday, U.S. Central Command said, including one off the coast of Kharg Island, near Iran's key oil...