United Arab Emirates government

Supporters of Iranian president-elect Ebrahim Raisi celebrate after he won the presidential election in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 19, 2021. Initial results released Saturday propelled Raisi, a protege of the country's supreme leader, into Tehran’s highest civilian position. The vote appeared to see the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Hard-line judiciary head wins Iran presidency in low turnout

By Jon Gambrell Jun. 19, 2021 02:21 AM EDT

Brazil, UAE, Albania, Ghana and Gabon win UN council seats

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 11, 2021 12:18 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations elected five countries to join the powerful U.N. Security Council on Friday with no suspense because all were...

Map locates protests. Scattered protests in Oman over layoffs and poor economic conditions have drawn a massive police presence in at least one city in the sultanate.

Rare protests in Oman over jobs draw massive police response

By Jon Gambrell May. 24, 2021 08:39 AM EDT

Abu Dhabi to host remaining Pakistan Super League matches

May. 20, 2021 05:37 AM EDT
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistan Super League will play its remaining 20 matches in Abu Dhabi next month, the Pakistan Cricket Board said Thursday. ...

A healthcare worker injects a teacher with a dose of the CanSino COVID-19 vaccine, on the grounds of the National Polytechnic Institute, in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Mexico is mounting a final push to get all of the country's school teachers vaccinated so that it can reopen schools, perhaps by June. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

The Latest: Las Vegas Strip rules to end for vaccinated

By The Associated Press May. 18, 2021 02:02 AM EDT

Members of a civil society group burn representations of Israeli, U.S. and Indian flags during a demonstration in support of Palestinians during the latest round of violence in Jerusalem, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

The Latest: Israeli aircraft strike another building in Gaza

May. 11, 2021 09:22 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2011, file photo, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and United Arab Emirates minister of finance attends the opening of Arab Finance Ministers Exceptional meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He has died, his brother said on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. He was 75. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Dubai deputy ruler, famed horseman Sheikh Hamdan dies at 75

By Isabel Debre Mar. 24, 2021 04:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2020, file photo, from left; Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, sit during the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington. As Israel heads to the polls next week for the fourth time in two years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought to capitalize on his new partnership with the United Arab Emirates in his desperate campaign to stay in power. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Despite ties, UAE stays clear of Netanyahu election maneuver

By Isabel Debre Mar. 18, 2021 08:57 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 8, 2021 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, speaks to journalists after meeting the Israeli citizen, who is the 5 millionth person to be vaccinated in Israel, at a ceremony in Tel Aviv. An Israeli official says Netanyahu will travel to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, March 10. It will be Netanyahu's first official trip to the Gulf Arab nation after the two countries established diplomatic relations. (Miriam Alster/Pool via AP)

Israel's Netanyahu cancels UAE trip in pre-election setback

By Josef Federman Mar. 11, 2021 07:24 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2017 file photo, men walk past a Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Leopard tank with a "sold" sign on it at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference, known by the acronym IDEX, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Israel has decided not to send a delegation of defense companies to the 2021 IDEX arms fair in the United Arab Emirates next week. Officials on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, cited coronavirus restrictions that have forced the closure of Israel’s international airport. Dozens of Israeli companies, including state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, had planned on sending delegations. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Israel decides not to participate in Emirati arms fair

Feb. 15, 2021 07:43 AM EST

File - In this Friday, March 15, 2013 file photo, a Bahraini anti-government protester throws a piece of wood at an armored police vehicle during clashes in Jidhafs, Bahrain. A decade ago, against all odds, a popular uprising convulsed the monarchy of Bahrain as a wave of revolutionary protests swept across the Middle East. But after a brutal crackdown and years of escalating repression, activists say the small kingdom is less free now than even before the Arab Spring, as authorities crush hopes for political reform. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

A decade after 2011 protests, Bahrain suppresses all dissent

By Isabel Debre Feb. 11, 2021 08:47 AM EST

Israel's Netanyahu postpones planned visits to UAE, Bahrain

Feb. 04, 2021 03:37 AM EST
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday indefinitely postponed planned visits this month to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain...

Tourists party on a yacht in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Since becoming one of the world's first destinations to open up for tourism, Dubai has promoted itself as the ideal pandemic vacation spot. With peak tourism season in full swing, coronavirus infections are surging to unprecedented heights, with daily case counts nearly tripling in the past month, but in the face of a growing economic crisis, the city won't lock down and can't afford to stand still. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Denmark suspends Dubai flights amid doubts over virus tests

By Jan M. Olsen Jan. 22, 2021 09:04 AM EST

In this photo released Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, by Tasnim News Agency, the MT Hankuk Chemi, a South Korean-flagged tanker is escorted by Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats on the Persian Gulf. Iranian state television acknowledged that Tehran seized the oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The report on Monday alleged the MT Hankuk Chemi had been stopped by Iranian authorities over alleged “oil pollution” in the Persian Gulf and the strait. (Tasnim News Agency via AP)

Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment, seizes South Korean ship

By Jon Gambrell And Isabel Debre Jan. 04, 2021 03:11 PM EST

Egypt receives 1st shipment of Chinese vaccine tested in UAE

By Samy Magdy Dec. 10, 2020 05:36 PM EST
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt on Thursday received its first shipment of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine, which was tested in the United Arab Emirates and is said to be 86%...