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Foreign direct investment in Dubai fell by 74% in the first half of the year compared to the same period of 2019, as the coronavirus pandemic stalled parts of the global economy. The Middle East financial and trade hub drew in 12 billion…

The United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs said on Saturday that Turkey should stop interfering in Arab affairs, criticising comments on Libya made by Turkey’s defence minister. “Relations are not managed by threats…

The UAE’s ambassador to Washington, Youssef Al Otaiba, said that Israel cannot expect to normalise relations with the Arab world if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank. In the Israeli daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, newspaper on Friday,…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) economy is likely to contract by 3.6% this year after economic activity slowed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the central bank said on Wednesday. “As the drop in economic activity is expected to be…

Dubai will allow the full reopening of malls and private businesses starting on Wednesday, its media office said, after the United Arab Emirates business hub began easing restrictions last month.

Emirates will decide over the next few months on the size of its future fleet, the company's president said on Tuesday. “We need a little more time to see how this is all going to pan out,” he said in an online interview with industry…

The United Arab Emirates will shorten from Saturday by two hours a nightly curfew meant to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the country’s state news agency said on Friday. The curfew, officially called “the national…

The United Arab Emirates will extend a nightly curfew by two hours starting this week after reporting an increase in the number of novel coronavirus cases, an official said on Monday. The curfew, which currently runs from 10 p.m. to 6…

Emirates Airline from May 21 plans to operate scheduled flight services from Dubai to London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Chicago, Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne, it said in a statement on Wednesday.

Religious authorities in the United Arab Emirates said medical workers treating COVID-19 patients are exempt from fasting during Ramadan and urged Muslims not to congregate for prayers during the holy month expected to start this week.…