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President Trump waves after taking questions from reporters outside the White House on May 8.

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  • Politics

Why Trump is focusing on business deals on his Middle East trip

President Trump is yet to broker an end to the war in Gaza. So the first big trip of his second term will focus on big investments instead.

May 10, 2025
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez and
  • Tamara Keith
Atypically heavy rains in the United Arab Emirates on Monday and Tuesday caused flooding, flight cancellations and school closures. Vehicles were abandoned on highways like this one in Dubai.

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  • News

Photos: UAE sees its heaviest rains in 75 years

Schools and businesses were closed across the United Arab Emirates after about a year's worth of rain fell in a single day. Flooding has also disrupted travel at Dubai International Airport.

April 18, 2024
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
A man tries to work on his stalled SUV in standing water in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday.

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  • Weather

Storm dumps heaviest rain ever recorded in the United Arab Emirates

By the end of Tuesday, more than 5.59 inches of rain had soaked Dubai over 24 hours. An average year sees 3.73 inches at Dubai International Airport, which partially flooded and halted arrivals.

April 17, 2024
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Mission Specialist Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates, member of the SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission, gestures during the crew walkout from the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A ahead of their liftoff at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on March 1.

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  • Space

An Arab astronaut made history in space. Now his country has its sights on Mars

The United Arab Emirates celebrated after Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi splashed down to Earth following six months in space, a milestone for its growing space program.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
Members of the media watch Russia's President Vladimir Putin address via videolink the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

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  • World

Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are among 6 nations set to join the BRICS economic bloc

Iran and Saudi Arabia are among 6 nations invited Thursday to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies. United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia are also set to join the bloc from 2024.

August 24, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Climate

UAE names its oil company chief to lead U.N. climate talks

The United Arab Emirates nominated Sultan al-Jaber, who both leads Abu Dhabi's state-run oil company and oversees its renewable energy efforts, to be the president of climate negotiations in Dubai.

January 12, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • World

Security underpins U.S. ties with Gulf states like Saudi Arabia. But tensions linger

Visiting Saudi Arabia last summer, President Biden tried to reassure Arab leaders of U.S. commitment to the region's security. But Gulf nations aren't necessarily rushing to side with Washington.

January 12, 2023
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
GPB News NPR

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  • World

An Israeli far-right leader's Al-Aqsa visit sparks outrage and calls for U.N. meeting

Israel is lobbying against calls for an urgent session of the U.N. Security Council, following Tuesday's visit by far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to a sensitive holy site.

January 04, 2023
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
People leave a grocery store with Christmas decorations on Rigga Street in Dubai. Many Filipinos working in Dubai call this area home.

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  • World

Filipino workers in Dubai gather to celebrate Christmas far away from home

Filipino workers come to the United Arab Emirates seeking opportunity and to support relatives back home. Christmas isn't a UAE holiday, so many will work — but also manage to find joy and community.

December 23, 2022
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a payload including two lunar rovers from Japan and the United Arab Emirates, lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.

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  • Space

A Japanese company has fired a rocket carrying a lunar rover to the moon

A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates' first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan.

December 11, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
This image released by Disney/Pixar shows character Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Chris Evans, in a scene from the animated film "Lightyear," releasing later this week.

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  • Movies

The United Arab Emirates is banning Disney and Pixar's 'Lightyear' spinoff

The movie, which chronicles the adventures of space cadet Buzz Lightyear, is slated to be released June 16.

June 14, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Marine Gen. John Allen, the former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 20, 2012.

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  • National Security

FBI seizes retired general's data related to Qatar lobbying

The seizure of data from the former leader of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan is part of a probe that has ensnared a former ambassador who pleaded guilty to charges of illegal foreign lobbying.

June 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in 2007.

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  • Middle East

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, the UAE's long-ailing leader, has died

The United Arab Emirates' long-ailing ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, died Friday, the government's state-run news agency announced in a brief statement. He was 73.

May 13, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
People enjoy drinks at a restaurant overlooking the Marina district in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2019. The country is loosening its liquor laws and other restrictions.

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  • World

Why United Arab Emirates is relaxing laws on sex, marriage, liquor, vapes and more

The UAE is overhauling laws on an array of business, cultural and social norms. On paper, it makes the emirate one of the region's most progressive countries, but critics say the reality is complex.

January 11, 2022
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By:
  • Ruth Sherlock
Men stand next to a torn poster of ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the Kabul airport on Monday. Ghani fled Afghanistan over the weekend as Taliban forces closed in on Kabul.

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  • World

The United Arab Emirates Is Sheltering Afghanistan's Ousted President, Ashraf Ghani

Ghani said on Sunday that he had left the country to avoid further bloodshed.

August 18, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
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