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Flight ban stranded many Qataris passengers at airports

NeighboringcountriestoQatar,whichincludetheUAE,Bahrain,EgyptandSaudiArabia,havesuspendedtheflightsofQatarAirways,andmanyQatarisarestrandedattheairportsofSaudiAr

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Qatar faces food shortages as diplomatic crisis with neighbors continues

ResidentsofQatarhavebeenflockingtosupermarketstostockuponsupplies,worryingthatcuttingofdiplomatictiesandtransportlinkswiththeircountrybymajorGulfstates'willlead

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Saudi-Qatar diplomatic dispute escalates

Thepoliticaltug-of-warbetweenaSaudi-ledgroupofArabcountriesandtheGulfstateofQatarescalatedonearlyMondaywhenSaudiArabia,Bahrain,UnitedArabEmirates(UAE)andEgyptsa

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Afghan attack: UAE ambassador dies from injuries

The United Arab Emirates ambassador to Afghanistan has died from injuries sustained in a bomb attack in Kandahar province last month, officials say.

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UAE launches first robot pharmacy

​The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has inaugurated its first "robot pharmacy" at Rashid Hospital in Dubai, UAE state news agency WAM reported on Friday.

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UAE warns of "long-term" impact of U.S. congress 9/11 ruling

​The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said Thursday the UAE condemns U.S. Congress' overriding of a presidential veto of a bill targeting Saudi Arabia, UAE daily Gulf news reported.

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Favorable visa policy aims to attract Chinese visitors to United Arab Emirates

A decision by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to grant visas on arrival for Chinese visitors makes it the 58th country to offer visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to Chinese citizens. Experts anticipate that the policy change will boost the country’s tourism industry.

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UAE confirms full solidarity with France in face of Nice terror attack

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abu Dhabi on Friday condemned in the strongest possible terms the heinous terrorist crime that killed at least 84 civilians in Nice of France.

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Rocket attacks target government headquarters in Yemen's Aden

About three rockets hit the headquarters of Yemen's prime minister and his cabinet in the southern port city of Aden on Tuesday morning, causing massive explosions that rocked the whole city, local sources told Xinhua.

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India's Modi praises India-UAE ties ahead of visit

​Ahead of his two-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Gulf state and India were "top priority for each other" and the rise of Dubai as a global economic and trade hub was "remarkable and visionary."

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Chinese firms, tourists fuel UAE events industry

​Growing number of firms and tourists coming from China is a blessing for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which emerged as a hotspot for corporate events, concerts and entertainment shows, experts said here Tuesday at the ongoing Middle East Event Show.

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China-UAE trade to hit 100 bln USD in 2015: association

Bilateral trade between China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will reach 100 billion yuan (around 16 billion U.S. dollars) this year, nearly double 2014, a Chinese association predicted.

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UAE central bank partners with China's UnionPay

​The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and UnionPay International (UPI) of China said Sunday they have signed a deal for linking with UAE-Switch, a service that connects ATMs across the Gulf Arab country, state news agency WAM reported.

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Apple's co-founder calls for regulation of drone usage

​American IT legend Steven Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer (Apple Inc.) together with the late Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne in the late 1970s, said Tuesday in Dubai that while drones for private use is positive technological development, but the usage should be government-regulated to avoid accidents.

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4 army officers killed in Egypt military plane crash

​An Egyptian military plane crashed Wednesday during Egypt-UAE joint military drill, killing 2 Egyptian and 2 UAE officers, state-run Nile TV reported.

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UAE ban of Muslim Brotherhood backs Egypt's war against terrorism

​The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has termed the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group, a decision seen by observers as a "serious attempt" to back Egypt in combating terrorism.

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Nigerian traveling via UAE shows Ebola signs

​A 35-year-old Nigerian woman who was traveling from Nigeria to India for cancer treatment has died in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after showing symptoms similar to those of the lethal Ebola virus, Abu Dhabi's health authority said on Sunday, according to UAE's state news agency WAM.