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OPEC 'optimistic' oil output cuts leading to price recovery

Apr 19, 2017 10:40

Oil-exporting cartel OPEC is confident that production cuts agreed with non-members to prop up prices will lead to a recovery in the market, its chief said on Wednesday.
UAE begins flights to Yemen’s Socotra Island: Report

Apr 05, 2017 00:45

An Emirati airline has launched flights between Abu Dhabi and Yemen’s Socotra Island, which is reported to have been leased to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by the ex-administration in Sana’a.
UAE dissident professor gets 10 years in jail over online activities

Mar 30, 2017 02:12

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sentenced a dissident professor to 10 years in jail for his online activities.
UN experts blast UAE over arrest of award-winning rights campaigner

Mar 28, 2017 09:22

UN experts has warned that the United Arab Emirates' arrest of Ahmed Mansoor, an award-winning rights campaigner, has violated international law.
UAE arrests prominent human rights activist

Mar 21, 2017 09:53

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have arrested an award-winning human rights activist pending an investigation for allegedly publishing “false information” and “sowing sedition and sectarianism” online, state media said.
UAE summons Swiss ambassador over anti-Bahrain remarks

Mar 20, 2017 05:17

The United Arab Emirates has summoned the Swiss ambassador over remarks made by Switzerland to the UN over the human rights situation in Bahrain.
Iran rejects UAE claim of interference in Yemen

Mar 01, 2017 17:27

Iran has dismissed as baseless claims by the United Arab Emirates that the Islamic Republic is involved in deepening the ongoing conflict in Yemen, stressing that the Saudi-led coalition, which includes the UAE, is accountable for the worsening situation in war-torn Yemen.
UAE signs arms deals worth $5bn at Abu Dhabi exhibition

Feb 24, 2017 05:20

The United Arab Emirates, a key partner in the bloody Saudi war on Yemen, has struck arms deals worth of over five billion dollars at an international exhibition of weapons and military equipment in Abu Dhabi.
Somalia ‘plans to file legal complaint against UAE’ over Somaliland base

Feb 15, 2017 14:16

Somalia’s internationally-backed government is reportedly planning to file a legal case against the rulers of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for setting up a military base in the unrecognized breakaway republic of Somaliland.
Iran dismisses UAE claims on interference in Arab countries’ affairs

Feb 04, 2017 16:56

Iran has dismissed as groundless the recent claims made by the Emirati minister of state for foreign affairs about Tehran’s interference in the internal affairs of Arab countries.