Contents: UAE official says Arab blockade was engineered to prevent Qatar hosting 2022 World Cup; Numerous controversies surround FIFA’s award of World Cup 2022 to Qatar; A new ‘risk report’ raises doubts about Qatar hosting World Cup 2022
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A top Emirati security official has said the only way for “Qatar’s crisis” to end is if Doha gave up hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup, his comments coming amid the ongoing diplomatic dispute between the energy-rich nation and four Arab countries.
A Scottish man holidaying in Dubai is facing up to three years in jail for allegedly putting his hand on another man’s hip to avoid spilling his drink.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates has begun collecting new “sin” taxes on tobacco products, energy drinks and soft drinks.
Contents: Donald Trump promises to solve the Gulf crisis ‘fairly easily’; Qatar and Saudi Arabia have vitriolic exchangeContents: Donald Trump promises to solve the Gulf crisis ‘fairly easily’; Qatar and Saudi Arabia have vitriolic exchange at Tuesday’s Arab League meeting
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UAE reacts furiously to Qatar’s restoring diplomatic relations with Iran; As Hajj approaches, Iran and Qatar remain in dispute with Saudi Arabia
The United Arab Emirates has sentenced a transgender Singaporean and her friend to one year in prison “for dressing in a feminine way,” according to a report.
TEL AVIV – Ahead of the arrival of a senior U.S. delegation to the region to jump start the peace process, Palestinian leadership has reiterated that “there will be no peace” without the establishment of a Palestinian state.
TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday declared the Trump administration to be in “chaos” and that the White House’s plans for peace were incomprehensible.
TEL AVIV – Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers on Saturday said they were anticipating renewed efforts by the U.S. to jumpstart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations ahead of a visit to the region by advisers to President Donald Trump Jared Kushner and
Turkey has begun a modest and long-planned, but perhaps politically significant, joint military exercise with Qatar, the Gulf state shunned by several of its Sunni Muslim neighbors in a bitter diplomatic dispute.
The man who killed one and injured several during a knife attack at a supermarket in Hamburg, has been identified as a Palestinian immigrant and a known Islamist.
Contents: Kuwait expels Iran’s diplomats after ‘Abdali terror cell’ ruling; Iran says that it’s open to ‘dialog’ with Saudi Arabia over Qatar crisis; Saudi-led coalition replaces its 13 demands with 6 principles
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — A top UAE official on Wednesday accused Qatari broadcast giant Al-Jazeera of anti-Semitism, discrimination and inciting religious hate, in a rebuttal to UN accusations of attacking freedom of expression.
Contents: Saudi Arabia extends sanctions deadline for two days; Saudi Arabia and UAE threaten Qatar with additional sanctions; North Korea launches another ballistic missile
TEL AVIV – Following Tuesday’s strikes from Israel’s Air Force into Gaza in response to rocket fire, the Gulf press has come out in an attack of Hamas and said the nations supporting it were using Palestinian lives in as pawns to divert attention from their own countries.
The United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, has denounced the demand for Qatar to shut down its Al-Jazeera news network as an “unacceptable” attack on freedom of expression.
Contents: Hezbollah’s Nasrallah makes delusional speech about ‘foreign fighters’ attacking Israel; Saudis report close relationships between Hezbollah and Qatar; How to do a generational analysis of the Mideast.
Contents: Saudi Arabia, UAE leak 13 demands to end Qatar crisis; UAE threatens ‘parting of the ways’ unless Qatar meets 13 demands; Al-Jazeera takes center stage in the Gulf crisis
A top United Arab Emirates official said Saturday the Arab countries isolating Qatar do not seek to force out the country’s leadership over allegations it supports extremist ideology but are willing to cut ties altogether if it does not agree to their demands.
Contents: Iran says Tehran terror attack was by Iranian nationals in ISIS; Turkey approves troop deployment to Qatar after split with Saudi Arabia
Contents: Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations cut ties with Qatar in new Mideast crisis; Arab nations’ split caused by Qatar’s relations with Muslim Brotherhood and Iran
Contents: Trump’s Mideast visit triggers renewal of sharp split between Saudi Arabia and Qatar; Qatar claims that it was cyber-attacked after media reports supporting Iran; Vitriolic Saudi-Qatari fault line reopened this week by Trump’s visit; Some useful information that’s good to know
The Egyptian government announced on Wednesday that it was blocking a list of 21 websites for “having content that supports terrorism and extremism as well publishing lies.”
Qatar said hackers allegedly broke into the website of its state-run news agency on Wednesday and published a fake story quoting the ruling emir making controversial comments.
Virgin Atlantic have evacuated a flight from Dubai to Heathrow as a “precautionary measure” following a bomb threat.
A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based international gold refinery has established a branch that launders money for criminal and terrorist groups alike in the small “criminalized” South American country of Suriname, according to a national security think tank.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is contemplating forming a military coalition with several Arab allies to combat their mutual enemy, state sponsor of terrorism Iran, reports the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Women clad in emerald green abayas and men in crisp white gandoura gowns, Emirati folk dancers sway to the steady beat of a Bedouin drum against the desert skyline.
The Gulf boycott Israel movement issued a statement slamming Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal (pictured) for meeting with Israel’s former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni at the World Economic Forum last week.
The private ownership of wild animals has been outlawed in the United Arab Emirates, where keeping exotic creatures as pets is a status symbol for some, reports said Wednesday.
TEL AVIV – Fanaticism has accompanied Arab societies throughout Islamic history and is not a new phenomenon but today the media, the left and Islamic preachers are blaming its rise on wild conspiracy theories, a Qatari law professor said.
Contents: Mahmoud Abbas, 81, reelected leader of Fatah/Palestinian Authority; Hopes again grow for Gaza-West Bank unity government
Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador the UN, made a clandestine visit to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to take part in a UN development conference, Channel 2 reported on Thursday.
Yemeni rebels have launched one of their longest-range strikes against Saudi Arabia, firing a ballistic missile that was shot down near the holy city of Mecca, the Saudi-led coalition fighting them said Friday.
Two missiles fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen fell short of a US warship patrolling the Red Sea off the coast of the war-torn country, the US navy said Monday.
Arab Fashion Week opened Thursday with hopes of establishing Dubai as a top destination for the “ready couture” genre and as a major fashion capital.
TEL AVIV – The nephew of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is reported to be the most likely successor to head the Palestinian Authority after an aging Mahmoud Abbas steps down.
Saudi Arabia began live-fire military exercises in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz this week, triggering a stern warning from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) to stay far away from Iranian waters.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched an airstrike against an aid ship owned by a company from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a member of the largely Sunni Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and part of the Saudi-led Arab alliance fighting the Shiite rebels, according to the state-controlled Emirates News Agency (WAM).
