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Thousands of children in UAE have no access to schooling: Report

INTERNATIONAL An investigation says many children also go without medical care as they have no birth certificates. Thousands of migrant children in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) go without schooling and healthcare, according to a story by The Washington Post. Many of the children are without birth certificates because they were born without married parents, because their families could not pay hospital bills, or for other reasons, the news report […]

22 February 2022

International News

UAE says agreement with Israel is ‘not directed at Iran’

The United Arab Emirates' agreement to normalise ties with Israel is a "sovereign decision" that was not directed at Iran, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said. Israel and the UAE announced they were establishing full diplomatic relations in a US-brokered deal that will see Israel delay plans for annexation of land it already illegally occupies that is sought by the Palestinians for their future state. "The […]

17 August 2020

International News

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad makes first known flight to Israel, carrying Palestinian aid

An Etihad Airways plane flew from the United Arab Emirates to Israel on Tuesday to deliver coronavirus supplies to the Palestinians, a spokeswoman for the Abu Dhabi airline said, marking the first known flight by a UAE carrier to Israel. Israel does not have diplomatic relations with any of the six Gulf Arab countries, and there are no commercial flights between them. However, shared concerns over Iran’s influence in the […]

20 May 2020

International News

Saudi Arabia, UAE, launch attack on Yemen’s port city of Hudaida

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have launched an assault on Yemen's port city of Hudaiba, in the biggest battle of a three-year war between a Saudi-backed coalition and Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels. The air strikes on Wednesday morning targeting Houthi positions are supported by ground operations by Yemeni troops south of the Red Sea port, the internationally recognised Yemeni government-in-exile said in a statement. The exiled government "has exhausted […]

13 June 2018

International News

Qatar bans goods from UAE, Saudi as embargo anniversary approaches

Qatar said it was banning products originating from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain, almost a year after those states imposed an embargo on Doha, accusing it of supporting terrorism. “Products originating from the blockading states, which as a result of the blockade cannot pass the Gulf Cooperation Council Customs Territory, have to undergo proper import inspections and customs procedures,” a government statement said late on Saturday. […]

27 May 2018

International News

Blockade impact on Qatar fading but risks remain: IMF

The economic and financial impact on Qatar of a nine-month Saudi-led blockade is fading, but some risks for the Gulf emirate remain, the International Monetary Fund has said. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut all diplomatic and trade ties with Qatar last June, closing its only land border and banning all flights to and from the emirate. In a report released late Monday, the IMF said […]

6 March 2018

International News

Turkey summons UAE envoy after Ottoman insult retweet

Turkey has summoned a United Arab Emirates diplomat over a recent social media post insulting an Ottoman-era governor that was shared by the UAE's foreign minister. Acting UAE ambassador Hawla Ali al-Shamsi was summoned to the Turkish foreign ministry, sources from the ministry told Anadolu news agency on condition of anonymity because of restrictions on speaking to the media. The diplomat was informed of Turkey's concern over the post retweeted […]

22 December 2017

International News

Qatar seeks Kuwaiti mediation after Arab rift

Qatar’s ruler postponed an address to his country today following its sudden diplomatic isolation from other leading Arab nations, in order to allow Kuwait some time and room to mediate. In a sign of the potential consequences for the Qatari economy, a number of banks in the region began stepping back from business dealings with the Gulf state. Qatar’s Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, said Doha was ready […]

6 June 2017

United Arab Emirates

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