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Iran says UAE ship attack worrying, urges vigilance
May 13, 2019 01:58Iran has voiced concern about "adventurism by foreign players" to disrupt maritime navigation in the Persian Gulf region, after the United Arab emirates (UAE) confirmed Sunday that a number of ships had been subjected to "sabotage" off its coast.
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Two Saudi vessels seriously damaged in attack near UAE, minister says
May 13, 2019 01:38Saudi Arabia’s energy minister says two Saudi oil tankers were targeted in a "sabotage attack” on Sunday off the coast of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates.
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After initial denial, UAE confirms ships 'sabotaged' off its coast
May 12, 2019 14:23The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has confirmed, after initial denial, that a number of commercial ships have been targeted by "sabotage" attack near its territorial waters.
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Massive explosions reported at UAE port
May 12, 2019 04:27Powerful explosions have been reported in the Emirati port of al-Fujairah, where seven oil tankers are said to have caught fire.
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Libya’s GNA urges Trump to stop foreign support for Haftar
May 11, 2019 07:12Libya's internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) has called on US President Donald Trump to stop foreign support for "aspiring military dictator" Khalifa Haftar as his forces continue their all-out offensive to take over the capital Tripoli.
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Somalia busts UAE-linked spy network, arrests agents
May 11, 2019 00:01Somali authorities have reportedly arrested a spy network working for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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France arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE ‘evident hypocrisy’: Ansarullah
May 10, 2019 12:45The spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has fiercely criticized the French government for supplying Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) weapons that have been used in their war on Yemen, describing the move “a clear hypocrisy to evade crimes.”
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UAE sends 100 separatists to strategic Socotra Island: Ex-Yemeni govt. sources
May 10, 2019 02:05The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly deployed dozens of southern separatists on the Yemeni Island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea as divisions grow in the Saudi-led coalition waging war on Yemen over Abu Dhabi’s military build-up on the strategic island.
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Amnesty slams UAE trial of Hezbollah-linked Lebanese citizens
May 10, 2019 01:21Amnesty International has denounced the trial of eight Lebanese citizens, all Shia Muslims, in the United Arab Emirates on charges of “terrorism” as unfair and based on fabricated confessions obtained under torture.
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Distinguished UAE activist Mansoor's prison conditions 'may constitute torture,' rights experts warn
May 09, 2019 02:19Independent United Nations human rights experts have warned that prominent Emirati pro-democracy campaigner and rights activist Ahmed Mansoor may be enduring treatment amounting to torture, including prolonged solitary confinement, as he is serving his jail terms in the Persian Gulf Arab country.