United Arab Emirates News

During the spectacular boom years that saw Dubai rise from the desert into a globally recognised trading hub and tourist destination, it was common to hear the emirate’s success attributed to one man – Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. But...

The leading UK index is down 98.12 at 5266.69, while Germany's DAX is off nearly 2% at 5689.51 and France's CAC has fallen 1.95% to 3728.35. There will be no guidance from Wall Street, since the US market is closed...

These are photos from Rihanna’s performance on Good Morning America yesterday morning...In half of the pictures from her performance, she’s making a silly, funny face...I don’t think it’s even an act anymore, like it’s a trying-too-hard subversive fashion sense.

Debt problems in Dubai sent banks and auto stocks sliding, contributing to a 2.1 percent fall in European shares on Thursday, with energy and mining stocks hurt by lower commodity prices...London Stock Exchange fell 4 percent as traders cited concern...

Daily rates and overall revenues in Dubai hotels fell furthest in the Middle East and Africa in October, according to STR Global. The hotel research firm said the average daily rate (ADR) in Dubai dropped by 29.3 per cent in...

The new billboard says ``Long live our Emirates union'' and also shows United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Dubai's financial woes have tamed the once-independent emirate and forced it closer to Abu Dhabi, which holds 90...

Fiji's military regime has ordered its national rugby side to start performing again the equivalent of the All Black haka. The side dropped the cibi or haka on its latest tour because its coach, Sam Domoni, belongs to a fundamentalist...

Masdar City, a free zone in Abu Dhabi established recently for the research and development of renewable energy, has started patenting and exporting technologies, a top official said. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Chief Executive Officer, Abu Dhabi Future Energy...

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...