Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
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...

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 file photo, a thick blanket of early morning fog partially shrouds the skyscrapers of the Marina and Jumeirah Lake Towers districts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Travel agencies in countries across the Middle East and Africa say the United Arab Emirates has temporarily halted issuing new visas to their citizens, a so-far unexplained ban on visitors amid both the coronavirus pandemic and as the UAE normalizes ties with Israel. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
UAE top diplomat acknowledges visa restrictions on Pakistan

Dec. 21, 2020 03:14 AM EST

In this image made from UNTV video, Kyaw Tint Swe, Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. (UNTV via AP)
The Latest: Mali notable in its absence from UN meeting

Sep. 29, 2020 12:47 PM EDT

President Donald Trump meets with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan in the Oval Office, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Israel signs pacts with 2 Arab states: A 'new' Mideast?

By Deb Riechmann, Matthew Lee And Jonathan Lemire Sep. 15, 2020 12:43 AM EDT

This undated photograph provided by the family of Jamshid Sharmahd shows the 65-year-old man from Glendora, California. Iran abducted Sharmahd, a leader of a California-based Iranian militant exile group, while he was in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and apparently smuggled him into Oman before bringing him to the Islamic Republic, his family told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Iran has only said they detained Sharmahd in what it describes as a "complex operation." (Sharmahd family via AP)
Family tells AP: Iran abducted California man while in Dubai

By Jon Gambrell Aug. 04, 2020 07:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2018 file photo, Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, speaks at the Iranian Materiel Display at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington. An expiring United Nations weapons embargo on Iran must remain in place to prevent it from "becoming the arms dealer of choice for rogue regimes and terrorist organizations around the world," Hook told The Associated Press on Sunday, June 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
AP Interview: US envoy calls for Iran arms embargo renewal

By Jon Gambrell Jun. 28, 2020 06:20 AM EDT