United Arab Emirates Politics News

Participants of the three-day event will look at ways that international institutions like the G20, World Bank and United Nations can improve. Philip Walter Wellman Dubai 20 November 2009 Share This Hundreds of influential thinkers from around the world have...

Sudesh Agarwal, president of the Indian Business and Professional Council; and Joseph Elias Nahra, chairman of the Lebanese Business Council-Dubai. Al Midfa said, "The UAE has experienced steady economic growth over the past few decades, which is one of the...

The success of Dubai Airshow in drawing increased international participation despite the financial crisis will help galvanise the world�s aviation and transport industry and strengthen belief that a global recovery is under way, His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al...

DUBAI: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission, led by Adnan Mazarei, met with the Pakistani authorities in Dubai over the past week to initiate discussions on the third review under Pakistan's Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). At the conclusion of its...

October 04, 2009, 23:56 Abu Dhabi: The government on Sunday approved legislation regulating the development of nuclear energy, paving the way for the construction contract to be awarded to one of three known consortia vying to build the UAE's first...

Sunday will be the first day of the month of Shawwal, Dr Hadef Jua'an Al Daheri, Minister of Justice, announced at a press conference at the conclusion of a meeting of the committee. He made the official announcement at 8:15pm....

Gulf News takes a closer look at the ambulances, which have so far transferred around 46 suspected H1N1 flu cases. Dubai's Centre of Ambulance Services has allocated two ambulances solely to transfer suspected cases of H1N1, with one of them...

Arab central bankers, grappling with the impact of the global financial crisis and a corporate debt scandal in the Gulf region, want a global “early warning system” for financial institutions, the head of the United Arab Emirates central bank said. But...

Dubai will pay its massive debts and will go ahead with its ambitious development projects, the emirate's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum told an economic conference on Monday. The economic crisis "will not deter Dubai's ambitions of implementing its...

Anti-terrorism laws in the Emirates have been often expanded to muzzle political dissent and have drawn sharp criticism from international rights groups. (AP)