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UAE jails former British soldier for drug dealing
Feb 14, 2019 05:15A former British soldier has been jailed in the United Arab Emirates, a move that could concern London about recurrent arrests of nationals and affect bilateral relations.
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Al-Shabab kills UAE-owned firm boss in Somalia's Puntland , conducts deadly blast in capital
Feb 04, 2019 10:19Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab Takfiri militants have shot to death the head of Dubai-owned P&O Ports in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, according to local government sources.
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Dubai becomes money laundering paradise: Anti-corruption group
Feb 02, 2019 10:34Transparency International says the Emirati city of Dubai has turned into "a money laundering paradise," where criminals can easily purchase luxurious property with their dirty cash.
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Saudi-led coalition threatens to use ‘force’ in Yemen to drive Ansarullah out of Hudaydah
Jan 31, 2019 05:41The Saudi-led coalition waging war on Yemen has threatened to use “force” to push the country’s Ansarullah Movement to withdraw from the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hudaydah under a UN-brokered ceasefire in the flashpoint area.
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Ansarullah blasts Saudi regime's plundering of Yemeni oil resources
Jan 30, 2019 03:50Yemen has denounced exploitation of the country’s oil resources by the Riyadh regime in the Provinces of Hadhramaut and Mahrah, where troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are present.
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Social media users mock UAE after all-male group wins gender equality awards
Jan 29, 2019 09:58Online social media users have poked fun at authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after it emerged that winners of its 2018 “Gender Balance Index” awards were entirely men.
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Top US thinktank no longer accepts UAE funding over human rights issues: Report
Jan 26, 2019 03:01One of the most prominent thinktanks in the United States has reportedly announced that it no longer accepts funding from the “anti-democratic government” of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is the most significant ally of Saudi Arabia in a Saudi-led brutal war against impoverished Yemen.
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US training UAE aircrew in Yemen bombing campaign: Report
Jan 17, 2019 04:05A recent report has revealed the US’s active complicity in the deadly Saudi-led war on Yemen, saying the Pentagon runs an aerial combat training program for UAE personnel.
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Iran to open bunkering terminal in blow to UAE's Fujairah
Jan 16, 2019 06:46Iran will start bunkering operations at a newly-built ship fueling terminal on the Persian Gulf Island of Qeshm by next month, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) said Wednesday.
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Former UN rights chief Mary Robinson pulls out of Dubai festival over jailed activist
Jan 15, 2019 08:41The former United Nations human rights commissioner, Mary Robinson, has boycotted the Arab world's biggest literary festival in Dubai, responding to an open letter by a group of prominent figures calling for the unconditional release of an Emirati activist.