Emirates and Etihad Airways will resume some transit flights after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) lifted a suspension on services where passengers stop off in the country to change planes, or for …
Etihad to resume transit flights after UAE lifts suspension
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways will resume carrying transit passengers from certain destinations on June 10 after the United Arab Emirates government lifted a suspension on those flights.
Rice in the Desert: Pandemic Spurs UAE to Grow More Food
The United Arab Emirates doesn’t spring to mind as an obvious place to farm rice, but the coronavirus is prodding the arid nation to explore new ways of feeding itself.In a pilot project with South …
Dubai to reopen malls and private businesses
Dubai will allow the full reopening of malls and private businesses starting on Wednesday, its media office said, after the gleaming United Arab Emirates business hub began easing restrictions last …
Policy Change Will End Accompanied Tours for Troops Deploying to Bahrain, Qatar
Over the next two years, troops will see their tours in eight countries extend to 12 months: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Iraq. Troops families won’t be …
Rice in the Desert: Virus Spurs UAE to Grow More Food
The United Arab Emirates doesn’t spring to mind as an obvious place to farm rice, but the coronavirus is prodding the arid nation to explore new ways of feeding itself.In a pilot project with South …
Deadlock As Qatar Embargo Marks Three-year Anniversary
A bitter feud between Qatar and a Saudi-led alliance drags into a fourth year on Friday with no end in sight. In June 2017, Saudi Arabia led its Gulf allies the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, along …
US and China vie for influence in UAE as coronavirus increases tension
Shortly after opening the largest Covid-19 testing centre outside of China, the United Arab Emirates offered the US embassy hundreds of tests to screen its staff. But the gesture by the UAE — one of …
UAE condemns Israeli plan to annex West Bank lands
The United Arab Emirates on Monday called on Israel to halt a plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank — joining a long list of Arab nations that have condemned the …
UAE Says Israel Should Back off Threat to Annex West Bank
A senior United Arab Emirates official said on Monday that any unilateral move by Israel to annex parts of the occupied West Bank would be a serious setback for the Middle East peace process.