United Arab Emirates

Dubai flooding amid atypical heavy rains snarls traffic on UAE roads and airport runways

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Heavy rains lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, flooding porti...

world | 5 months ago

Heavy floods hit Dubai, airport as Oman toll rises to 18

Torrential rain flooded roads, homes and malls and briefly halted operations at Dubai’s airport as s...

world | 5 months ago

What caused the storm that led to Dubai floods? | Explained

A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highwa...

world | 5 months ago

Indian mission in Dubai launches helpline numbers for Indians affected due to extreme rain in UAE

India's consulate here has launched helpline numbers for Indians and stranded passengers affected by...

world | 5 months ago

United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ever hits desert nation

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) struggled on April 18 to recover from the heaviest recorded rainfall ...

world | 5 months ago

Dubai airport operations ramp back up as flooding from UAE's heaviest rains ever recorded lingers on roads

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates struggled Thursday to recover from the heavie...

world | 5 months ago

What is cloud seeding and did it play any role in the Dubai floods?

Stranded airline passengers and a cat submerged in floodwaters clinging to a car door handle became ...

world | 5 months ago

Dubai plans to move its busy international airport to $35 billion new facility within 10 years

Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, will move its operations ...

world | 5 months ago

Bad weather returns to U.A.E., several flights cancelled

Heavy rains and thunderstorms lashed the U.A.E. on May 2, leading to the cancellation of several int...

world | 5 months ago

Indian delegation holds talks with key entities in UAE on IMEEC

An inter-ministerial Indian delegation on the framework agreement on the India-Middle East-Europe Ec...

world | 4 months ago

UAE looking to expand scope of trade under CEPA with India: official

The United Arab Emirates is looking to expand the scope of trade and services covered under the Comp...

world | 4 months ago

Gold worth tens of billions smuggled to the UAE each year

Gold smuggling out of Africa, mainly to the United Arab Emirates, has surged over the last decade, w...

world | 4 months ago

UAE sentences 43 Emiratis to life for ‘terror’ links in mass trial

A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed life sentences to 43 Emiratis for "terrorist" links, ...

world | 3 months ago

Tori Towey, woman detained in Dubai over suicide attempt amid alleged domestic violence, allowed to leave UAE

An Irish woman who had been charged by authorities in the United Arab Emirates with attempting suici...

world | 3 months ago

With mosque attack in Oman, Islamic State group aims to show it can still strike: Expert on jihadi groups

At the corner of the Arabian Peninsula, Oman has long been seen as one of the safest, secluded count...

world | 2 months ago

UAE orders trial of Bangladeshi nationals arrested for protesting their home government

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ordered an investigation and an expedited trial of Ban...

world | 2 months ago