Category: United Arab Emirates

POLITICS | Trump Says Another Country Could Join Israel – UAE Accord

September 11, 2020

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was possible another country could soon join a diplomatic accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Trump is to host a signing ceremony next Tuesday that will include delegations with Israel and the UAE. His negotiators have been trying to get other Gulf nations, … More POLITICS | Trump Says Another Country Could Join Israel – UAE Accord

SPORTS | Cycling: Teams In Abu Dhabi Hotel Instructed To Remain In Quarantine Until March 14

March 4, 2020

DUBAI | Cycling teams confined to a luxury Abu Dhabi hotel have been instructed by the state’s health authorities to remain in quarantine until March 14 due to coronavirus concerns, several team members said on Wednesday. Emirati authorities ordered the lockdown of the Crown Plaza in Yas Island and the nearby W Hotel after two … More SPORTS | Cycling: Teams In Abu Dhabi Hotel Instructed To Remain In Quarantine Until March 14

CORONAVIRUS ALERT | UAE To Disable All Schools And High Educations For Four Weeks: WAM

March 3, 2020

ABU DHABI – United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that schools and higher educational institutions will be closed for four weeks starting on Sunday to avoid the spreading of coronavirus. The statement from the education ministry, posted by the state news agency (WAM), added that the spring holidays, which were due to start March 29 … More CORONAVIRUS ALERT | UAE To Disable All Schools And High Educations For Four Weeks: WAM

DAVOS | Khalid Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Meets Senior Officials, Discusses Strategic Cooperation Partnership In Davos

January 26, 2020

DAVOS | SWITZERLAND – – Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office, has met with ministers and senior officials to discuss strategic cooperation in the fields of economy. Artificial Intelligence, and capacity building during his participation in the 50th … More DAVOS | Khalid Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Meets Senior Officials, Discusses Strategic Cooperation Partnership In Davos

NEWS ALERT | Abu Dhabi Screen China Flights As Virus Spread

January 23, 2020

ABU DHABI | UAE – Abu Dhabi International, the base of carrier Etihad Airways, will screen passengers arriving from China, the airport said on Thursday, as the coronavirus outbreak in China spread. “Abu Dhabi International Airport has started a screening process for passengers arriving from China in an effort to ensure the health and safety … More NEWS ALERT | Abu Dhabi Screen China Flights As Virus Spread

BREAKING NEWS | Dubai To Screen Passengers On China Flights After Virus Outbreak

January 23, 2020

DUBAI – – Dubai will screen passengers arriving on direct flights from China, the airport operator said on Thursday, as health authorities around the world scramble to prevent a global pandemic. A new coronavirus that first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan has killed 17 and infected nearly 600, most in China but cases … More BREAKING NEWS | Dubai To Screen Passengers On China Flights After Virus Outbreak

EMIRATES | Fatima Bint Mubarak Offers Condolences On Death Of Sultan Qaboos Bin Said

January 14, 2020

H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), today offered condolences to Ahad bint Abdullah bin Hamad Al Busaidia, wife of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimour of Oman, on the … More EMIRATES | Fatima Bint Mubarak Offers Condolences On Death Of Sultan Qaboos Bin Said

BREAKING NEWS | UAE To Double Renewable Energy Portfolio In The Next Ten Years: ADNOC

January 14, 2020

ABU DHABI – – The United Arab Emirates grew its renewable energy portfolio by more than 400% in the last 10 years, and is on track to double that again in the coming decade, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. chief executive Sultan Al-Jaber said on Monday. “We (ADNOC) will increase our carbon capture utilization and … More BREAKING NEWS | UAE To Double Renewable Energy Portfolio In The Next Ten Years: ADNOC

BREAKING NEWS | Japan Pursues Regional Diplomacy To Defuse Gulf Tensions

January 14, 2020

ABU DHABI – – Japan Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Arab Emirates should work together to work together to de-escalate the tense situation in the Gulf, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Monday, relaying comments by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The official said Japan’s strong relationship with both the United States and Iran … More BREAKING NEWS | Japan Pursues Regional Diplomacy To Defuse Gulf Tensions

AUSTRALIA BUSHFIRES | Mohamed Bin Zayed Emphasises UAE’s Solidarity With Australia To Address Wildfires, Announces Support

January 7, 2020

ABU DHABI | H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, today in a telephone call to Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia, discussed the latest situation of the unprecedented bushfires in Australia. H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed conveyed the UAE’s solidarity … More AUSTRALIA BUSHFIRES | Mohamed Bin Zayed Emphasises UAE’s Solidarity With Australia To Address Wildfires, Announces Support