The Latest Breaking News from UAE

Real estate deals in the Gulf countries grew by nearly 52 percent year-on-year in 2021 to $137.4 billion compared to $90.5 billion in 2020, according to an analysis by KAMCO Invest. Kuwait-based KAMCO, said Saudi Arabia contributed to more than 41 percent of the total value of deals, while the…

A global body focused on fighting money laundering has placed the United Arab Emirates on its so-called “gray list.”

UAE senior officials reaffirmed the Gulf country's strong commitment to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The UAE continues to implement an array of sophisticated and significant actions to combat financial crime and strengthen the effectiveness of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorist financing (CFT). The officials underscored UAE's efforts…

The United States still needs other nations to take Afghans who fled their homeland last year, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Friday, six months after Washington's chaotic withdrawal as the hard-line Islamist Taliban took control.

A senior U.S. diplomat has apologized to thousands of Afghans stranded in the United Arab Emirates months after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed an agreement with Proman, one of the world's leading methanol producers, to develop the UAE's first world-scale methanol production facility at the TAZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi. Under the agreement, Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company (TAZIZ) and Proman will construct…

Gulf Cooperation Council states have high stakes in the war with ties to the West and relationships with Russia.

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has arrested a woman on suspicion of duping another woman into working as a prostitute in the United Arab Emirates.

UAE toes fine line as it navigates increasingly strong ties with Moscow amid US fallout over conflict, say analysts.

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Russia’s credit rating, citing a “severe shock” to fundamental conditions due to its invasion of Ukraine

The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday that Ukraine nationals are eligible for visas on arrival in the Gulf Arab state, in an apparent reversal of a decision to suspend visa waivers to Ukrainians as thousands flee war in their country.