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Guests look at a model of the largest data center in the UAE under construction in Abu Dhabi as the Stargate initiative, a joint venture between G42, Microsoft, and OpenAI, during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi on November 3, 2025
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UAE revises AI data centre plan after Iranian attacks

The UAE is rethinking plans to build one of the biggest AI data centres outside the US due to the Iran war

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 September, 2026
Algerian Prime Minister Aimene Benabderrahmane presents the Government's general policy declaration to members of the Council of the Nation (Senate), in Algiers, Algeria on October 17, 2023
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Algeria closes airspace to UAE after diplomatic break

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 September, 2026
Jason Oppenheim attends the We Do It Together's 10th Anniversary Gala at Mr. Brainwash Art Museum on November 18, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Selling Sunset stars to open first Dubai real estate office

The New Arab Staff
10 September, 2026
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s government launches crackdown on Algerian activists [Getty]
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Algeria cuts ties with UAE over 'hostile actions'

Sarah Khalil
10 September, 2026
Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President of the FIA, attends the presentation of the 2007 F2 car in the paddock before the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d'Italia at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy, on September 5, 2026.
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FIA chief says F1 drivers won’t be put ‘at risk’ in Middle East

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 September, 2026
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UAE builds alternative energy routes amid Iran attacks: official

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 September, 2026
Sudanese soldiers march after completing a training courses, with the aim of supporting the Sudanese regular army in the Ombada locality west of Omdurman
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UN's Sudan probe says foreign fighters fuelling conflict

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 September, 2026
A flock of pigeons flies past the high-rise commercial building (L) serving as the modern headquarters of Banque Misr (Bank of Egypt), Egypt's first wholly nationally-owned bank (established in 1920), in Cairo on 9 February 2023. [Getty]
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Cairo, Abu Dhabi unite on Banque Misr after US Iran sanctions

Saleh Salem
03 September, 2026
A view of a new anti-U.S. billboard featuring President Donald Trump alongside a slogan reading, 'Great Victory, Strait of Hormuz', outside a train station in southern Tehran
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US and Iran exchange strikes as lull in fighting ends

The New Arab Staff
02 September, 2026
Banque Misr headquarters, downtown Cairo.
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UAE to inspect Egyptian bank's branches after US sanctions

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 August, 2026
A person holds Iranian Rial cash as the offices have not yet returned to normal operations in Tehran, Iran on January 15, 2026.
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'Economic D-Day': How the US is trying to crush Iran's economy

Matthew Hoare
25 August, 2026
Demonstrators carry placards of Iran's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei and Akram al-Kaabi, Secretary-General of the Kataib al-Nujaba, an armed faction loyal to Iran, in Baghdad on 19 August 2026
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Iran warns Gulf against helping US after UAE cuts trade ties

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 August, 2026
A commercial ship is viewed anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, in the Strait of Hormuz, Dubai on March 2, 2026
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How important is UAE trade to Iran's economy?

The New Arab
19 August, 2026
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Saudi Arabia tightens anti-crime oversight on UAE bank transfers

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 August, 2026
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Egyptian workers fear return as UAE residency cancelations mount

Saleh Salem
18 August, 2026
The exterior view of Bank Melli Iran building seen next to Emirates NBD Bank by the Dubai Creek in Deira on September 6, 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [Getty]
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Flown from UAE, alleged cartel boss Kinahan charged in Ireland

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 August, 2026
United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Aerial view of airport
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UAE extradites suspected cartel boss to Ireland

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 August, 2026
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UAE says Iran attacked ADNOC vessel with missile in Hormuz

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 August, 2026
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Israel, Arab states step up security coordination against Iran

Sarah Khalil
27 July, 2026
Dubai beach [Getty]
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War-hit Dubai offers discounts to residents bringing in tourists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 July, 2026
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DAWN calls for UN arms embargo on UAE over Sudan role

The New Arab Staff
18 July, 2026