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Two Fires Hit UAE Buildings, Killing 10 Foreign Workers

Updated at 1:40 pm (GMT+2): Ten foreign workers have died in a fire that hit a tire shop in Abu Dhabi, apparently trapping the laborers in a...

Saturday, February 21, 2015

HRW Calls on UAE to End Worker Abuse at Museum Development Sites

Human Rights Watch urged the Louvre and Guggenheim museums Tuesday to pressure the United Arab Emirates to end worker abuse on a project that will...

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

An Emirati Rebellion Against Saudi Royal Orders?

Duaa Sweidan

The Emirate contingent at the funeral of the late Saudi King Abdullah was small, considering the strategic relationship between the two countries....

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

UAE arrests woman suspected of stabbing US citizen, planning failed bomb attack

United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities said Thursday they had arrested a woman for the murder of an American teacher in a shopping center and a...

Thursday, December 4, 2014

UAE: Citizenship with a Gag Order

Muhammad Salah

Six activists were jailed after challenging the president of the UAE’s decision to revoke their citizenship for alleged terrorist links. On April 9,...

Saturday, April 14, 2012

UAE at 40: Beyond the Bubble of Dubai

Yazan al-Saadi

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is often associated with Dubai, billed as the financial and liberal capital of the Gulf. But behind this bright facade...

Monday, December 12, 2011