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September 22, 2016

Bahrain court upholds dissolution of main opposition group

An appeals court in Bahrain on Thursday upheld the dissolution of the country's main Shiite opposition group, al-Wefaq, in ...

September 22, 2016

US grants Airbus, Boeing permission to sell aircraft to Iran

Aviation giants Airbus and Boeing Co. have received permission from the U.S. government to sell aircraft to Iran, part of ...

September 21, 2016

Businessman accused in UAE dispute detained in Saudi Arabia

A businessman accused of stealing $1.5 billion while working in the United Arab Emirates could face extradition to the Gulf ...

September 20, 2016

Abu Dhabi names Louvre outpost director, plans 2017 launch

Art lovers will have to wait a bit longer to visit a much-anticipated Mideast outpost of the Louvre, which will be headed by ...

September 09, 2016

British-Iranian woman sentenced to 5 years in Iran prison

A British-Iranian woman detained for months in Iran on suspicion of planning the "soft toppling" of the country's government ...

September 07, 2016

3 candidates for election to lead field hockey world body

An official who once challenged arrested IOC executive Patrick Hickey for the Irish Olympic presidency hopes to lead field ...

September 06, 2016

Report: Emirati terror suspect tried to kill US citizen

State-owned media in the United Arab Emirates is reporting a 29-year-old Emirati man faces charges after trying to kill a U.S

September 05, 2016

Report: Nigeria detains reporter over Boko Haram link

Nigerian intelligence agents Monday detained a journalist off an aircraft arriving from Dubai, over alleged links to Boko ...

August 25, 2016

Activist discovers iPhone spyware, sparking security update

The suspicious text message that appeared on Ahmed Mansoor's iPhone promised to reveal details about torture in the United ...

August 25, 2016

Kerry in Saudi Arabia for talks on Yemen, Syria conflicts

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Saudi King Salman in the Red Sea city of Jiddah on Thursday ahead of wider talks ...

August 19, 2016

British-Australian man detained in Dubai for charity work

A British-Australian dual national living in Dubai who wanted to raise money for Afghans who fled their country's long war ...

August 10, 2016

Twice lucky: Dubai crash-landing survivor wins $1 million

After he escaped unharmed from the burning wreckage of an Emirates airplane that had crash-landed in Dubai, Mohamed Basheer ...

August 07, 2016

Saudi government: attacker in Germany was in touch with IS

The Saudi Interior Ministry says a member of the extremist Islamic State group was in contact through a social networking ...

August 05, 2016

UN rights official criticizes Iran for executing 20 people

The United Nations' top official for human rights has criticized Iran for executing 20 people this week. A statement Friday ...

August 03, 2016

Screams, smoke and a rush to safety in Dubai crash-landing

All seemed normal to the 300 people aboard the Emirates airliner as it flew past the world's tallest building in hazy skies ...

August 03, 2016

The Latest: Dubai's ruler names, mourns killed firefighter

The Latest on the crash-landing of an Emirates airliner in Dubai (all times local): 10:15 p.m. Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed ...

August 03, 2016

Emirates airliner with 300 onboard crash lands in Dubai

All 300 people aboard an Emirates airliner survived a crash landing in Dubai on Wednesday, scrambling down emergency slides ...

August 02, 2016

Family: British-Iranian woman held in Iran appears in court

A British-Iranian woman held in Iran for months over accusations she planned the "soft toppling" of the government while ...

August 02, 2016

Iranian official acknowledges porn actress visited country

Apparently unaware she could face a death sentence, a British porn actress says she flew to Iran to undergo a nose job and ...