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Qatar ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Much better off without UAE, Saudi alliance: Qatar Emir

4 Arab states severed ties with Qatar for supporting Islamist extremism and fostering close ties with Iran.

15 Nov 2017 11:15 AM GMT

In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008 file picture, French Architect Jean Nouvel poses in front of a model of the Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum at a cultural exhibition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo: AP)

Dome of light to delight visitors to Louvre Abu Dhabi

With the Louvre name on the Abu Dhabi museum, the outcome had to be grand

27 Sep 2017 12:54 PM GMT

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UAE claims world's longest zipline

The zipline can handle as many as 100,000 people a year.

7 Feb 2018 7:29 AM GMT

The 12th edition of the IPL will be held from March 29 to May 19 next year but BCCI are aware that there remains a possibility of elections happening around that time of the year. (Photo: PTI)

IPL 2019 will be shifted to UAE if general election dates clash

The IPL has been shifted out of India twice in the past due to general elections.

26 April 2018 5:56 AM GMT

Prior to the accident, Italian aerospace company Avio Aero, which built the Vega, said it had a 100 per cent success rate. (Photo: AFP)

Space insurance costs to rocket after satellite crash

The Vega rocket carrying a military observation satellite for the United Arab Emirates veered off course shortly after...

1 Aug 2019 5:32 AM GMT

Reportedly, it has been said that the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) is thinking to scrap the opening ceremony for the next seasons Indian Premier League (IPL). (Photo:Twitter)

IPL to be held in UAE; tournament to start on September 19 and end on...

The IPL has been made possible by the ICC's decision to postpone the October-November T20 World Cup in Australia.

24 July 2020 9:20 AM GMT

An artists concept of a Mars Ascent Vehicle (left) releasing a sample container (right) high above the Martian surface. The UAE has a goal of building a human settlement on Mars by 2117. The Mars probe project, beyond scientific goals, is also designed to inspire a region too often beset by turmoil, and recall the heyday of scientific advances during the Middle Ages. (Image | NASA)

Mars probe next for UAE space mission, which has sent one Emirati and...

The 1,350-kg probe named Al-Amal, meaning Hope, is due to blast off from Japan's Tanegashima Space Centre on July 15.

10 July 2020 12:19 PM GMT

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. (Photo: AP)

UAE says Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is in the country

Ghani fled Afghanistan just as the Taliban approached Kabul

18 Aug 2021 5:41 PM GMT

Taliban fighter stand guards in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Manish Tewari | Why the US capitulated to Taliban in Afghanistan

Why did the United States after investing humungous amounts of blood and treasure in Afghanistan cut and run in this...

25 Sep 2021 8:42 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being seen off by Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as he concludes his visit to UAE, in Abu Dhabi, Saturday, July 15, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Syed Ata Hasnain | West Asia gaining strategic significance for New...

India is a major stakeholder in West Asia through its diaspora, remittances and growing economic relations, besides the...

17 July 2023 6:40 PM GMT

If they have banned the slaughter of cattle today, they will ban the consumption of fish tomorrow: Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala CM

Kerala floods: India declines UAE's Rs 700 crore offer for relief

The state level bankers committee has also decided to declare a moratorium on agriculture loan for one year.

21 Aug 2018 8:24 PM GMT

In this handout photograph released on July 20, 2020, by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries an H-2A rocket carrying the Hope Probe, known as Al-Amal in Arabic, developed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in UAE to explore Mars, blasts off from Tanegashima Space Centre in southwestern Japan. (Photo by Handout / Mitsubishi Heavy Industries / AFP)

Arab spacecraft closes in on Mars on historic flight

For the UAE, it was the country's first venture beyond Earth's orbit, making the flight a matter of intense national...

9 Feb 2021 6:55 AM GMT