Tag: UAE
US Cluster Bomb-Armed Fighter Jets Patrolling Persian Gulf Amid Tensions With Iran – Report
Middle East11:07 01.08.2019(updated 11:10 01.08.2019) The development comes against the backdrop of US-led efforts to build an international coalition that will patrol the Strait...
Iran Summons UAE Representative Over Alleged Launch of US Spy Drone From its Territory – Reports
Middle East14:11 22.06.2019(updated 15:04 22.06.2019) Iran downed a US drone on 20 June, insisting that it violated the country's airspace in the southern Hormozgan...
UAE Royal Could Be Linked to Fmr. Egyptian President Morsi’s Death, French Ex-Spy Chief Claims
World12:25 20.06.2019(updated 12:45 20.06.2019) Egyptian authorities maintain that Mohammed Morsi died of natural causes, but some critics, including human rights group Amnesty International, suggested...
Pentagon Time Machine: DoD Claims It Sent Carrier to Mideast Against Iran Week After It Actually Did
Middle East18:46 12.06.2019(updated 19:04 12.06.2019) Earlier, US Central Command chief Gen. Frank McKenzie claimed an Iranian attack on US forces could still be 'imminent',...
UAE Wants to Become ‘Second Israel’, Iran’s Foreign Minister Claims
The UAE is leading an inquiry into a recent alleged attack on tankers in the Gulf of Oman, which put the blame on an...
US Senators Seek to Block Arms Sales to Saudis, UAE Without Congress’ Approval
Middle East16:22 05.06.2019(updated 17:17 05.06.2019) Earlier, President Trump invoked a provision of the Arms Export Control Act to allow the White House to bypass...
Saudi Arabia Calls for ‘All Means of Force’ to Confront Attacks Blamed on Iran
Middle East09:30 30.05.2019(updated 10:24 30.05.2019) Two Saudi oil tankers and two other vessels were targeted earlier this month near Fujairah, one of the seven...
Bolton Claims US Has ‘Deep, Serious’ Intel on ‘Iran Regime Threat’ – Reports
Asia & Pacific04:25 25.05.2019(updated 06:03 25.05.2019) US National Security Adviser John Bolton said at a press roundtable in Tokyo ahead of a four-day state...
Iran is a ‘Force for Stability in the Region’ – Foreign Minister Zarif
Javad Zarif noted the role which Iran plays in the Middle East region, while criticizing the US, who considers themselves to be a “force...
US Treasury Department Sanctions Nine Iranian Individuals, 16 Entities
Business16:53 26.03.2019(updated 18:00 26.03.2019) The United States has published a new list of vessels involved in illegal oil shipments, including more than 46 tied...
‘Sincere Empathy’: NZ PM Jacinda Ardern Image Display on Dubai’s Burj Khalifa
Society23:10 23.03.2019(updated 23:18 23.03.2019) New Zealand Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern's reaction to last week's shooting attacks on mosques in Christchurch is inspiring those around...
Peace in Syria and Middle East, Bilateral Ties Top Agenda at Lavrov’s Gulf Talks
Middle East20:32 05.03.2019(updated 20:41 05.03.2019) Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE this week. Besides bilateral ties,...
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince calls PM Modi, Imran Khan over escalating Indo-Pak tensions
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan Thursday telephoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart...
Iran Warns S Arabia, UAE of Retaliation, Calls Out Pakistan Over Terror Attack
Middle East20:53 16.02.2019(updated 22:41 16.02.2019) Wednesday’s suicide car bombing, which the Sunni Jaish ul-Adl group has claimed responsibility for, left 27 elite Iranian guards...
US Program Trained UAE Pilots for Airstrikes Targeting Yemen
Middle East00:39 17.01.2019(updated 00:49 17.01.2019) The United States ran an aircrew training program to prepare United Arab Emirati personnel for air raids over Yemen,...
