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Dubai

Children play in the surf at Kite Beach with the Burj al Arab, the Dubai Marina and a man flying a powered parachute in the background in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 8, 2016.
Climate Change
To beat the heat, beach lovers in Dubai head to the shores at night
competitive camel racers pose for a picture with their camels
Sports
Women’s camel racing team takes an ancient sport back to the future
Soldiers are shown standing guard near a barbed-wire fence with a larger crowd of people shown standing and waiting.
Afghanistan
Taliban announce ‘amnesty,’ urge women to join government
A woman poses in front of a Black Lives Matter mural on the street as a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Brooklyn, New York, June 16, 2020.  
Identity
‘We need to talk about racism,’ these Middle Easterners say 
A long escalator is shown nearly empty with a person riding down and looking at their phone.
COVID-19
Coronavirus causes historic market drop, global scramble to contain ‘invisible enemy’
Young soldier wearing uniform raises his fist alongside other cheering soldiers
Conflict
Cheap drones are changing the calculus of war in Yemen
Women at the Corniche in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
A Troubled Kingdom
How rising numbers of Gulf women are escaping abuse to seek asylum
Shaheen Pasha
Culture
As a woman in media, sexual harassment was the norm. I was told to keep it to myself.
Ayesha Albusmait, and her daughter, Reem Abdullah Rashid. Albusmait is one of the small, but growing number of single Emirati woman choosing to adopt.
Belief
When you’re a single woman in the Emirates, but you still want a child
Climate conditions in much of the Persion Gulf/Arabian Peninsula area will often push past the limits of human adaptability by the end of this century under current greenhouse gas pollution trends, according to a new report in Nature Climate Change. These
Environment
Climate change may soon make much of the Persian Gulf region too hot for humans
A female rider on International Female Ride Day in Dubai.
Culture
On Dubai’s roads, women hop on Harleys and shatter stereotypes
Conflict & Justice
‘Extremely sophisticated’ explosives passed through cargo screening
Developer Maximiliano Firtman wears a prototype Google Glass device in November 2013.
Global Scan
Dubai’s traffic cops are getting Google Glasses
Health & Medicine
Autistic kids star in a new play — and documentary — from the United Arab Emirates
Global Politics
Qatar’s neighbors are pressuring the small Gulf country to fall in line
Champ of the Camp
Arts, Culture & Media
A new documentary gives us a peek at life inside the labor camps of Dubai
Arts, Culture & Media
A late bell, silent prayers and the world’s largest fireworks show greet the new year
Democrat Bill de Blasio (2nd R) hugs his wife Chirlane McCray (R) and children Chiara and Dante
Global Politics
New York has a new mayor and the whole world is watching
The Prudential Center Food Court
Lifestyle & Belief
After the attack in Nairobi, will going to the mall ever feel the same?
One Year Later, Undocumented Youth Program a Success
Global Politics
Horse doping scandal rocks Dubai’s racing empire
Development & Education
United Arab Emirates makes Missouri town beneficiary of expanded endeavor on foreign aid
American cars a sign of status, admiration in Kosovo
Arts, Culture & Media
Summer film festivals play important role for independent film industry
Arts, Culture & Media
American WNBA basketball stars moonlight in Russia for extra money
VIDEO: Hopes fading for finding survivors of boat crash off Indonesia
Business, Economics and Jobs
Protecting Filipino workers everywhere
Thailand’s political crisis escalates
Arts, Culture & Media
The market for modern Middle Eastern art
Global Politics
Horse Doping Scandal Rocks Dubai’s Racing Empire
Arts, Culture & Media
Journalist Mai El Shoush Creates Arab Comic Book Heroine, Rayann Lawsonia
How Would John O. Brennan Change the CIA?
Investigating the Underground Trade of Human Trafficking
Business, Economics and Jobs
Rise of the Emirates as an Airline Traffic Hub
Arts, Culture & Media
D’Banj: Nigeria’s Latest Music Sensation
Global Politics
National Democracy Institute Office Closes in Dubai
Sports
How American Basketball Talent Gives a Russian Team the Edge
Arts, Culture & Media
Nettle’s ‘El Resplandor’ Inspired by Stephen King’s ‘The Shining’
Conflict & Justice
The Political Comeback of Pervez Musharraf
Conflict & Justice
Is the Blackberry too secure for government intervention?
Conflict & Justice
Times Square bomber arrested on commercial flight to Dubai
Conflict & Justice
NYPD spokesman on the arrest of the alleged Times Square would-be bomber
Arts, Culture & Media
Our man in Dubai: a spy novelist on a real life assassination
Conflict & Justice
Who was behind Dubai killing?
Global Politics
Takeouts: Dubai finances, party crashers, Black Friday lines
Sports
In Dubai, all that glitters is not gold
Global Politics
Keeping Filipino workers in the Philippines
Lifestyle & Belief
Update: Plane terror alert
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Conflict & Justice
British Israeli relations
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Global Politics
Geo Quiz
Conflict & Justice
Beach behavior in Dubai
Global Politics
Dubai debt crisis and you
Conflict & Justice
Dubai in trouble
Lifestyle & Belief
Dubai launches subway system
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Conflict & Justice
California man charged with terror offenses
Business, Economics and Jobs
Dubai’s job market attracts Americans
Global Politics
Financial crisis finally hits Dubai