United Arab Emirates Politics News

Call me crazy... but I think that it might just be time for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, to step down. He has proved himself to be utterly incompetent. He has been a failure. And he...

Abu Dhabi and Spain have signed an agreement to work jointly to develop renewable energy and technologies related to it. Inaugurating the second investment summit between the two countries, Spain’s Vice-Minister of Trade Alfredo Bonet said the agreement would be...

Iraq’s Parliament passed an investment law on Monday that would allow foreigners to own land for housing projects, and is designed to streamline regulations and applications for foreign investment, lawmakers said. Iraq hoped for a tide of foreign investment as the...

The designs of the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway will be finalised in next 60-days so that construction may begin in the first quarter of next year. The 40-kilometeres long causeway is designed for two lanes in each direction along with an emergency...

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...

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...

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...

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...