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Suspect in Canada terror plot denies charges
One of two men accused of plotting with al-Qaida members in Iran to derail a train in Canada became radicalized to the point that his father reached ...
India's Jet Airways to sell $379M stake to Etihad
India's Jet Airways on Wednesday approved the sale of a 24 percent stake to Etihad Airways for $379 million, the first foreign investment in an Indian ...
UN official hopeful about 2015 climate talks
Governments are more serious and the impact of climate change is more dramatic, improving chances of a groundbreaking global warming pact in 2015 in ...
Bikini ban: Emirate sets fines for skimpy swimwear
Bikinis and briefs are no longer welcome on some sands in the United Arab Emirates. Authorities in Ras al-Khaimah, the northernmost emirate in the ...
Pentagon chief stresses Israel's right to hit Iran
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel held out hope Sunday for a nonmilitary way to ending the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, but he also emphasized ...
Hagel on first trip to Mideast as Pentagon chief
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday began a weeklong trip to the Middle East to consult with Israeli leaders on Syria's civil war and Iran's ...
US finalizing arms sales to Israel, Arab nations
The Defense Department is working out final details of $10 billion in sales of warplanes, transport aircraft and advanced missiles to Israel and two ...
Muzzle on dissent in Gulf faces backlash in Kuwait
Outside a palm-shaded villa in suburban Kuwait City, government security forces are taunted and defied each night by supporters of a former lawmaker ...
UAE: Arrests made in suspected al-Qaida cell
The United Arab Emirates said Thursday that authorities have arrested seven suspected members of terrorist cell linked to al-Qaida that allegedly ...
Dubai adds Ferrari to police bling patrol
Seems Dubai police have a thing for Italian speed: They're making preparations to have a nearly $250,000 Ferrari join an even pricier Lamborghini as ...
Pakistan's Musharraf disqualified from election
High court judges disqualified former military ruler Pervez Musharraf from Pakistan's parliamentary election, likely ending any hope of a political ...
Quake hits Iran, Pakistan; dozens killed
An earthquake toppled homes and shops on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, killing dozens of people and causing skyscrapers to sway in ...
Louvre Abu Dhabi gives peek at collection
Abu Dhabi's new branch of the Louvre considers no artistic subject to be off limits but will not "shock for the sake of shocking", a top overseer said ...
Bling patrol: Dubai's $550,000 squad car
In a city of boundless bling, Dubai police also are in hot pursuit after adding a nearly $550,000 Lamborghini to its fleet. The sports car, painted ...
Iran unveils uranium sites, renews defiant tone
With words of defiance, Iran announced two nuclear-related projects Tuesday that expand capabilities to extract and process uranium — modest advances ...
Son of UAE coup plot suspect jailed for Tweets
An activist says a court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced to 10 months the son of one of 94 suspects on trial for alleged anti-state ...
US fighter crashes in Gulf; crew rescued
The U.S. Navy says a fighter jet has crashed into the Persian Gulf near the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, but both crew members were ...
Emirates to begin Milan-NY route
Dubai-based airline Emirates says it will start its first direct flights connecting Europe and the U.S. later this year. The planned Milan-New York ...
US Navy clears sailors in deadly Dubai shooting
U.S. Navy sailors aboard a supply vessel acted within rules of engagement last year when they fired on a small boat approaching at high speed off ...
Eyeing Syria, White House woos regional rulers
When President Barack Obama meets over the next month with leaders from Mideast and other regional nations, he will have a timely opportunity to try ...
Passenger flights set at new Dubai airport
Dubai aviation officials say scheduled passenger flights will begin in October from a new airport built with the goal of becoming the world's busiest.
Animal Kingdom wins Dubai World Cup
Animal Kingdom showed that an American horse can win the world's richest horse race on an all-weather track, pulling away down the straight Saturday ...
Animal Kingdom wins $10 million Dubai World Cup
Animal Kingdom pulled away down the straight to win the $10 million Dubai World Cup on Saturday for the first American victory in the world's richest ...
In Pakistan underworld, a cop is said to be a king
A corrupt, low-level cop with a healthy dose of street smarts rises to control hundreds of illegal gambling dens in Pakistan's largest city. By doling ...
Paralyzed jockey Douglas now successful owner
Rolling his wheelchair up to the Meydan Racecourse, Rene Douglas wasn't sure how he would feel. It had been nearly four years since the Panamanian ...