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SOME OF Dubai’s top chefs competed last night to create the winning menu from a selection of Irish ingredients. The Taste of Ireland event was organised by the Irish Business Network in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to promote Irish produce.

With about $60m investment from the European Union and the United Arab Emirates, north of Afghanistan is soon to get its own international airport.

LAHORE - Pakistan is likely to host home series against Australia in United Arab Emirates as Australians have refused to play in Zimbabwe, it has been learnt reliably. Earlier, Sri Lankan have offered Pakistan to host their home series against Australia in Sri Lanka but after the announcement of inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League schedule, Lanka has withdrawn their offer for the series due...

They enjoy cradle-to-grave benefits, but citizens of the United Arab Emirates want a taste of democracy

American and Emirati business women are striving for the same goals: diversity on corporate boards, improved business operations and gender equality.

A serendipitous satellite image in Google Earth. Snapshots from a photographer on assignment at a Spanish air base. The crash of an Air Force fighter-bomber in the United Arab Emirates. These are some of the fragments of information that Italian aviation blogger David Cenciotti has assembled to reveal the best picture yet of the Pentagon's secretive war in the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa.

I read the story in the United Arab Emirates to kids attending a religious school. There were questions after the reading; because Rocket Richard appears in the church, the question was: ‘Is he your Jesus?’”

Land Rover likes to brag that its vehicles are best suited for off-road excursions. And to ensure the company's customers in the United Arab Emirates survived a long drive into the desert, it created this handy survival guide that can even be eaten when food is scarce. More »

Tweet Widget Facebook Like United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities have expanded their crackdown on peaceful political activists with the recent arrests of two more members of a non-violent political association advocating greater adherence to Islamic precepts. (Beirut) – United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities have expanded their cr...

Asamoah Gyan has cast doubt over his future by admitting it could lie 'anywhere'. The 26-year-old is currently on a year-long loan deal with United Arab Emirates side Al-Ain after making a shock exit from Sunderland

The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates writes about a dispute with Iran over Abu Musa.

The latest twist in the foiled Yemen bomb plot is straight out of a James Bond film, as the New York Times reports: The would-be suicide bomber dispatched by the Yemen branch of Al Qaeda last month to blow up a United States-bound airliner was actually an intelligence agent for Saudi Arabia who infiltrated the terrorist group and volunteered for the suicide mission, American and foreign offic...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri has built a reputation as al-Qaida's bomb-making savant one potential near miss at time: Explosive-rigged underwear aboard a Christmas flight to the U.S. in 2009, printers fitted with high-grade explosives the next year and now possibly a metal-free device that could avoid airport detectors....

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah is in the United Arab Emirates for talks with Asamoah Gyan over his international future.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is enjoying a surge of support and nationalism in a feud with the United Arab Emirates over Abu Musa.

DUBAI (Reuters) - State security men on Sunday detained an Islamist activist who had criticized the United Arab Emirates' security apparatus, his son said, amid a crackdown on Islamists in the Gulf Arab country.

Balad leader Zahalka, United Arab List-Ta’al MK Tibi participate in "Nakba Day" demonstration as Israeli celebrate Independence Day.

Soccer:Great Britain’s men face a tough group in the Olympic football tournament after being drawn against Uruguay, the United Arab Emirates and Senegal for the London 2012 tournament.

Iran’s military escalated tensions with the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, warning the country’s leaders to cease their claims of sovereignty over three islands in the Persian Gulf.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- For Bahrain's embattled rulers, the return of the Formula One race is a chance to rebuild their credibility on the world stage amid the longest-running clashes of the Arab Spring....

An American Muslim, 33-year-old Yonas Fikre claims that he was detained for three months, arrested, beaten and tortured at the request of the FBI while he was on a business trip to the United Arab Emirates.

An island resort in the United Arab Emirates ( UAE) has come up with a residential complex where people will be able to rent an apartment for three years, and at the end of the lease period choose an option to own it.

Last June, while Yonas Fikre was visiting the United Arab Emirates, the Muslim American from Portland, Oregon was suddenly arrested and detained by Emirati security forces. For the next three months, Fikre claims, he was repeatedly interrogated and tortured. Fikre says he was beaten on the soles of his feet, kicked and punched, and held in stress positions while interrogators demanded he Read ...

A United Nations independent human rights expert today urged the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) authorities - at Federal and Emirate level - to further concentrate on the plight of the victims of trafficking, while keeping up their fight against human trafficking.

As the late Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi's forces prepared to crush the Libyan uprising last summer in Benghazi, Britain, France, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and other allies moved quickly to reinforce the beleaguered rebel forces. With military supplies, training, advice -- and of course the backing of NATO war planes -- this coalition of governments provided critical su...

Britain has been ranked behind the likes of Costa Rica, Israel and the United Arab Emirates in a global league table of happiness.

Maradona, coaching in the United Arab Emirates, says his team's wives and girlfriends were being heckled.

DUBAI (Reuters) - HSBC , Europe's largest bank, is buying the onshore retail, corporate and commercial banking business of Lloyds Banking Group in the United Arab Emirates, to strengthen its Middle...

Harry Harling, 15, wrote online that he was enjoying ‘beers and tanning’ with friends in the United Arab Emirates last Friday.

Release Time:  For Immediate Release On the occasion of their participation in the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, Algeria, Australia, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary,  Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Ukraine, United Ar...

LAHORE – United Arab Emirates is a time-tested friend and a brotherly nation for the people of Pakistan, said PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and senior leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. The PML-Q top leaders expressed these sentiments during a meeting with UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, who called on them at ...

LAHORE – United Arab Emirates is a time-tested friend and a brotherly nation for the people of Pakistan, said PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and senior leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. The PML-Q top leaders expressed these sentiments during a meeting with UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, who called on them at ...

Jose Mourinho and Co. unveil a new $1bn Real Madrid-themed resort.

SPANIARDS' holiday resort will open in the United Arab Emirates in January 2015

SPANIARDS' holiday resort will open in the United Arab Emirates in January 2015

The battle of Homs is over and Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have taken control of the besieged city. Yet despite what they viewed as a "tactical defeat," Syria's armed rebels, who are operating under the umbrella of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) -- a group of defected soldiers from the Syrian military -- vowed to continue the fight until the Syrian regime is toppled. The ba...

March 6 (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates-based solar cell maker Microsol has acquired the key assets of Solon and its subsidiaries, including U.S.-based Solon Corp, the insolvent German solar group...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Novak Djokovic lost for the first time this season, falling to Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5 Friday in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships.

Lebanon lost, 4-2, to the United Arab Emirates, but still advanced to the final stage of World Cup qualification.

Viktor Bout made his first major foray into the weapons business in 1995, on a pleasant summer day in Bulgaria. A Russian entrepreneur who was then twenty-eight years old, he had flown to Sofia from Sharjah, the third-largest city in the United Arab Emirates, where he had lived . . . (Subscription required.)

CRICKET/THIRD TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL:IRELAND CAME out on the right side of a tense finish to their tour of Kenya yesterday, securing a two-run victory in Mombasa that will stand to them at next month’s World Twenty20 qualifier in the United Arab Emirates.

By global standards, health risks caused by environmental factors are low in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), new studies by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers show.

“Happy hour” is not when you might expect it to be, according to a new analysis of about half a billion Twitter messages from around the globe. On average, people are chipper when they wake up and become grouchy as the day wears on. This pattern holds true on weekends, too, but is delayed by about two hours--a trend confirmed in tweets from the United Arab Emirates, where the workweek is Sunday...

The soaring incidence of diabetes is driving the United Arab Emirates' science ambitions.

A teenage boy in the United Arab Emirates has been sentenced to up to three years in detention for kissing two 13-year-old girls.

The Sikh community has got their first official gurdwara in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a media report said Saturday.

Premier Wen Jiabao's six-day trip to the Arabian Peninsula has brought China's bilateral relations with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar to a new level.

A British engineer is facing jail in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for allegedly insulting Islam with an angry comment during a meeting, a media report said here.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — China will this week launch its highest-level diplomatic visit to the Persian Gulf in more than two years, seeking to bolster its growing energy ties to the region amid jitters over possible Western sanctions against Iranian oil and Tehran’s counter-threat to block the Strait of Hormuz. Read full article >>

The Guggenheim wants to build a 140 million euro (£116m) museum on the Helsinki waterfront as it expands its satellite of contemporary art galleries to new locations such as Bilbao in Spain and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

Ashes winner Tim Bresnan is ruled out of England's Test series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

In the wake of the online theft of at least 6,000 credit card numbers belonging to Israelis, Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said that "Israel has active capabilities for striking at those who are trying to harm it, and no agency or hacker will be immune from retaliatory action." Also at Reuters, with a few more details about the believed thief, known as OxOmar: "After Israeli med...

6 January 2012 -- Six Gulf States detail how they plan to tackle noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) during the coming years. The regional strategy by Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates lays out details on setting targets and measuring results, advancing multisectoral action, and strengthening national capacity to combat NCDs.

The United Arab Emirates welcomed 2012 with an extravagant firework display around the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has signed a $3.5 billion sale of an advanced antimissile interception system to the United Arab Emirates, part of an accelerating military buildup of its friends and allies near Iran.

The US has reached a deal to sell $3.48 billion worth of missiles and related technology to the United Arab Emirates, a close Mideast ally, as part of a massive build-up of defence technology among friendly Mideast nations near Iran.

U.S. reaches deal to sell $3.48B worth of missiles and technology to United Arab Emirates, including contract with Lockheed Martin to produce the THAAD anti-ballistic missile system, seen left, as U.S. builds up defense systems of allies near Iran.Report: Iran to Propose New Nuclear Talks

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Novak Djokovic routed Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1 on Friday to reach the final of the World Tennis Championship exhibition event. The top-ranked Djokovic finished off the No. 3 Federer in 44 minutes. Second-ranked Rafael Nadal faced No. 5 David Ferrer in the second semifinal. Read full article >>

The Portuguese footballer was in the United Arab Emirates to attend the International Sports Conference

Pakistan recall left-arm pace bowler Wahab Riaz for the three-Test series against England in the United Arab Emirates.

The Department of Commerce is placing restrictions on a person and a company in the United Arab Emirates for supplying Syria with Internet-filtering devices made by California-based Blue Coat Systems Inc.

The U.S. Department of Commerce is placing restrictions on a person and a company in the United Arab Emirates for supplying Syria with Internet-filtering devices made by California-based Blue Coat Systems Inc.

Despite immense oil and gas wealth, the UAE has a high youth jobless rate. Irish exports and inward investment are envied, writesJOHN ARMSTRONG

Index compiler MSCI is due to decide this week whether to upgrade the status of stock markets in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, a move that would encourage more foreign investment.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy shot a 30 on the back nine Thursday at the Dubai World Championship to take an early lead on top-ranked Luke Donald for the European money title....

Five political activists in the United Arab Emirates receive a presidential pardon, a day after they were jailed for anti-state crimes, reports say.

Five men sentenced to up to three years in jail for insulting leaders of the United Arab Emirates in online messages.

Relations with the United Arab Emirates are improving after a fallout last year resulted in Canada being evicted from a military base it was using in the Middle East country, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Tuesday

Boeing (BA) announced on Monday that it had landed a deal to deliver 50 planes to Emirates Airlines, the carrier for United Arab Emirates, and General Electric (GE) said it had signed a $6 billion contract to make and maintain the engines on those planes. The $18-billion contract is “the single largest commercial airplane order [...]

Five pro-democracy activists imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates since April are planning to start a hunger strike

Asamaoh Gyan has no regrets about leaving Sunderland and the Premier League and says his arrival in the United Arab Emirates can help boost football in the Middle East.

Interceptions of two recent food shipments at the L.A.-Long Beach port containing Khapra beetles illustrate the heightened push by U.S. authorities to prevent the aggressive agricultural pest from reestablishing itself in the country.