United Arab Emirates

FlyDubai
FlyDubai
MENA
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UAE investigators say flydubai co-pilot planned 'terrorist act'

The co-pilot, who remains in custody in the UAE, was identified by multiple media outlets as Omani national Hamam al-Hammami.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 October, 2026
Commercial vessels anchored between Iran's Qeshm, Larak islands
Strait of Hormuz
Economy
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Gulf oil exports rebound despite Iranian blockade on Hormuz

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 October, 2026
Plane crash near Juba kills 14 as bad weather hits South Sudan, highlighting ongoing aviation safety and infrastructure challenges
Human Rights Watch
MENA
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HRW calls for the release of a South Sudanese critic held in UAE

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 October, 2026
A flydubai Boeing 737-800 pictured at Muscat airport on 27 June 2025.
Israel
MENA
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Dubai-Tel Aviv flight diverts to Saudi Arabia after hijack scare

The New Arab Staff
30 September, 2026
President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (C - R) welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C - L) as he arrives at Al-Ain International Airport for a 'special visit' in Abu Dhabi
UAE
MENA
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UAE vice president visits Saudi Arabia in first visit since rift

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 September, 2026
CHRISTY KINAHAN
United Arab Emirates
MENA
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Dubai days over: Where next for Irish mob boss Christy Kinahan?

The New Arab Staff
29 September, 2026
General view outside the stadium prior to the Emirates FA Cup Third Round match between Manchester City and Exeter City at Etihad Stadium on January 10, 2026 in Manchester, England.
sports
Sports
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UAE's Man City found guilty on Premier League charges: report

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 September, 2026
An Iranian woman walks past a branch of the state-owned Melli Bank. [Getty]
US-Israel war on Iran
MENA
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UAE sanctions local branches of Iran's Bank Melli

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 September, 2026
Maldives Saudi
United Arab Emirates
World
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Maldives unveils $20 billion UAE investment

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 September, 2026
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
United Arab Emirates
MENA
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UAE revises AI data centre plan after Iranian attacks

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
Algeria
MENA
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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.
Netflix
Offbeat
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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]
Algeria
MENA
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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.
Formula 1
Sports
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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
Anwar Gargash
Anwar Gargash
Energy
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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
Sudan
MENA
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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]
Egypt
MENA
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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
US-Israel war on Iran
MENA
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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.
Iran sanctions
MENA
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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.
US-Israel war on Iran
Explainer
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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
Iran
MENA
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Iran warns Gulf against helping US after UAE cuts trade ties

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 August, 2026