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High UAE gas prices stand out where cheap fuel was the norm

July 15, 2022 Isabel Debre, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Mere years ago, fuel was cheaper than bottled water in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates. Now, long lines snake outside gas stations on the eve of price hikes each month. […]

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Turkey’s flag flies high as Erdogan’s Dubai trip marks reset

February 18, 2022 Aya Batrawy, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Turkey’s red flag illuminated buildings in the United Arab Emirates and flew high in a ceremony in Dubai on Tuesday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spent a second day in […]

Bustling bars, surging business: Dubai sees a post-vax boom

December 26, 2021 Isabel Debre, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nations around the world are lurching into lockdown, steeling themselves for a brutal surge as the omicron variant spreads like wildfire. But in Dubai, Donna Sese is bracing for a […]

Abu Dhabi issues law on divorce, inheritance for non-Muslims

November 13, 2021 Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The capital of the United Arab Emirates has issued new rules governing divorce, inheritance and child custody for non-Muslims in Abu Dhabi, the country’s state-run news agency reported. The report […]

Afghan president latest leader on the run to turn up in UAE

August 20, 2021 Aya Batrawy, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Afghanistan’s president, driven out by the Taliban, is the latest leader on the run to turn up in the United Arab Emirates. Others who found refuge here include Spain’s disgraced […]

British navy group: ‘Potential hijack’ of ship off UAE coast

August 4, 2021 Isabel Debre and Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates — The British navy warned of a “potential hijack” of a ship off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday, though the circumstances remained […]

New Israeli foreign minister in the UAE on 1st state visit

July 2, 2021 Aya Batrawy and Isabel Debre, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel’s foreign minister kicked off the highest-level visit by an Israeli official to the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, nine months after the two countries established relations in a deal […]

Dubai’s deputy ruler Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid dies at 75

March 26, 2021 The Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and the finance minister of the United Arab Emirates, has died, his brother said on Wednesday. He was 75. Sheikh […]

At Dubai airport, travelers’ eyes become their passports

March 13, 2021 Isabel Debre, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai’s airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, can already feel surreal, with its cavernous duty-free stores, artificial palm trees, gleaming terminals, water cascades and near-Arctic levels of air conditioning. […]

UAE weapons show draws major deals, traders amid pandemic

February 22, 2021 Isabel Debre, Associated Press

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — In spite of the surging coronavirus pandemic, major arms makers descended Sunday on a convention center in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, hoping to make […]