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United Arab Emirates

‘Tell the world I was here’: Documenting life in Gaza
Full Episode
50:18
The vinyl-collecting scene in Dubai
8:39
Transportation
Uber partners with Chinese firm to launch robotaxis in Middle East
4:34
Uber launching self-driving cars in Middle East
4:34
Trump greeted with Al-Ayyala performance in UAE
1:01
US and UAE ink deal to build world’s largest data center for AI
6:43
Royal princess defies norms in Dubai and publicly divorces husband
4:20
Global weather woes as ‘rain bomb’ strikes Dubai
Full Episode
47:10
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
A person in all black walks past a logo at the media center ahead of the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit.
Environment
Confidence in UN climate talks at a low point ahead of COP28 in Dubai
A photographer takes pictures of the Khurais oil field during a tour for journalists, 150 km east-northeast of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Energy
Saudi Arabia says it’s not responsible for high oil prices
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks to a group of Bahraini businesspeople during an official visit to Manama, Bahrain
Global Politics
What’s at stake for Israel and Gulf Arab countries in light of the Abraham Accords?
A logo adorns a wall on a branch of the Israeli NSO Group company, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity expert: Israeli spyware company NSO Group poses ‘a serious threat to phone users’
A closeup photograph showing the inside of a computer with micro-chips and other wiring.
Top of The World
Ex-US intelligence officers accused of hacking for UAE
Samples of a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm subsidiary CNBG are displayed near a 3D model of a coronavirus during a trade fair in Beijing on Sept. 6, 2020.
Top of The World
UAE reports success with Sinopharm vaccine; Ethiopia rejects Tigray probes; EU plans to tighten Turkey sanctions
A group of three people are shown from behind standing at a ticketing agent desk at Ben Gurion airport.
Conflict
Israel urges citizens to avoid Gulf, cites Iran threat
A supporter of US President Donald Trump waves Israeli and US national flags on the day of the U.S. presidential election, in Carmiel, northern Israel, Nov. 3, 2020.
Foreign policy
Amid US-UAE arms deal and US election, Israelis wonder how balance of power in region might change
Heba Nabil Iskandarani received her new passport in the mail in September after a long process of researching her family's history and finding documentation. 
Identity
Stateless Palestinian becomes Spanish citizen after proving Sephardic origin
signing ceremony
Global Politics
Palestinians worry about the impact of the Abraham Accords. They say it’s time to elect new leaders.
A Boeing 737 Max jet is shown in the air with its wheels down prepared for a landing.
Top of The World
House report faults Boeing, FAA; Yoshihide Suga elected new PM of Japan; Report alleges Venezuela committed human rights abuses
National flags of Bahrain, UAE, Israel and the US are projected onto the walls of Jerusalem's Old city, Sept. 15, 2020.
Global Politics
Israel hoping to boost regional security with Abraham Accords
A man rides a scooter past the flags of the US, United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain along a road in Netanya, Israel, Sept. 14, 2020.
Top of The World
Israel, UAE, Bahrain to sign historic agreement; US presidential candidates spar over climate; federal court rules against TPS
A large group of men are shown sitting in a street with cardboard cutouts of President Donald Trump and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lay on the ground in front of them with shoes placed.
Top of The World
Israel and UAE cut diplomatic deal; Despite flooding North Korea refuses aid; Spain tightens coronavirus restrictions
Tel Aviv City Hall is lit up with the flags of the United Arab Emirates and Israel as the countries announced they would soon be establishing full diplomatic ties, Aug. 13, 2020. 
Conflict
UAE-Israel normalization: A ‘real breakthrough’ for Arab Gulf state, former ambassador says
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 
The closed Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel and Casino sign is seen illuminated as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, on the Las Vegas strip.
COVID-19
Las Vegas gets a boost for coronavirus testing from the United Arab Emirates
A man at a podium with groups of seated people around him
Global Politics
Is Turkey seeking a neo-Ottoman Empire?
Protesters hold signs with images of Saudi journalists on them
Justice
International community has ‘failed’ in the aftermath of Khashoggi’s death
Saudi cargo ship Bahri Yanbu, that was prevented by French rights group ACAT from loading a weapons cargo at the French port of Le Havre due to concerns they might be used against civilians in Yemen, is seen at the Port of Genoa, Italy May 20, 2019.
Military
Protesters disrupt Saudi weapons ships
President Donald Trump met with Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani
Global Politics
The Gulf sees Qatar as ‘an outlaw,’ but Trump needs everyone to get along
President Donald Trump holds a chart of military hardware sales as he welcomes Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 20, 2018. 
Conflict
Trump’s override of Congress on weapons deals ‘is exactly what Iran would want’
A family portrait with several younger children in the front row and adults in the back row.
Migration
Torn apart by the Syrian war, these siblings struggle to stay connected across 6 different countries
A port technical staff member is shown in the near ground wearing a red jumpsuit with several ships seen in the distance.
Saudi Arabia says oil facilities outside Riyadh attacked
A crowd of young men in military clothes raise their fists in the air. Some have weapons on their shoulders.
Conflict & Justice
With veto, Trump keeps the US in Yemen. Did he ‘greenlight a failed strategy?’
Women at the Corniche in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
A Troubled Kingdom
How rising numbers of Gulf women are escaping abuse to seek asylum
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo just after departing a plane is greeted by Saudi's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 13, 2019.
Global Politics
Urging Gulf states to heal rift, Pompeo lands in Riyadh
Students attend a class at the teacher's house, who turned it into a makeshift free school that hosts 700 students, in Taiz, Yemen October 18, 2018.
Global Politics
What Secretary Mattis didn’t say about Yemen peace talks
This bright red New York City tour bus carries a message about the war being fought in Yemen.
Conflict & Justice
An ad targeting world leaders, delivered on a big red bus
a woman's face painted with ethiopian and eritrean flags
Global Politics
In peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea, UAE lends a helping hand
An aerial view shows the diplomatic area in Doha, Qatar, March 21, 2013. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Enirates led other Arab countries in cutting diplomatic relations with Qatar in June 2017. Organizations with ties to Saudi and the UAE then spent mi
Global Politics
How a diplomatic crisis among Gulf nations led to a fake news campaign in the United States
A deserted cell in the public section of Aden Central Prison is shown in this May 9, 2017 photo in Aden, Yemen. A separate, closed wing is run by Yemeni allies of the United Arab Emirates, part of a network of secret prisons in southern Yemen into which h
Conflict & Justice
US risks fallout from UAE’s prisoner abuse scandal in Yemen
Children stand behind a fence at a school to which they have been evacuated from a village near Hodeidah airport amid fighting between government forces and Houthi fighters in Hodeidah,
Conflict
In Yemen, the battle for Hodeidah moves closer to city center
A view of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen May 10, 2017
Conflict
US stands by as Saudi coalition begins assault on Yemeni port city
A cargo ship unloads a shipment of fuel at the Hodeida port, May 27, 2018.
Conflict
Residents of Yemeni port city prepare for an invasion
An aerial view of Doha's diplomatic area March 21, 2013.
Global Politics
Middle Eastern rift with Qatar looks set to continue indefinitely
members of a battalion lining up in front of a palace
Global Politics
There are 28 other monarchies in the world
Boats anchored at Qalansiya, Socotra, Yemen
Conflict
Yemen’s war hasn’t yet reached this remote island paradise. But conflict is brewing.
The entrance of Trump International Hotel
Justice
Commentary: Americans should demand reforms that ensure government serves the people
Doha, Qatar
Global Politics
Qatar responds to Gulf nations’ demands as deadline is extended
Nike Pro Hijab
Religion
What the Nike Pro Hijab is really about
A teacher and her students at an advanced Arabic class at a private school in Dubai.
Culture
‘I’m Arab but I don’t speak Arabic’
Scientists at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai.
Technology
The United Arab Emirates is jumping on the Mars exploration bandwagon
The Burj Khalifa (C) skyscraper is seen as the sun sets over Dubai on Oct. 5, 2010.
Health
Yes, there are people with vitamin D deficiency in this sunny country
An owner picks up his falcon from the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital.
Culture
There’s a hospital in the United Arab Emirates that serves only falcons
Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter
Conflict
A massive US weapons deal with Israel means more weapons for its Arab neighbors, too
Aviation ordinancemen organize 1000 pound MK-83 JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) bombs on their racks on the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in this archival photo taken in the northern Persian Gulf March 18, 2003.
Conflict
The US is dropping bombs quicker than it can make them
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
Girls demonstrate against the Saudi-led coalition outside the offices of the United Nations in Yemen's capital Sanaa August 11, 2015.
Conflict
Saudi and UAE boots on the ground intensify the Yemen war