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Here's what life is like in a city in the grip of Sudan’s brutal war

12:42pm November 01, 2024

The Sudanese city of Omdurman lives in the shadow of war, facing daily shelling and battered medical services. But some people are trying to eke out a return to life, however precarious.

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Atypically heavy rains in the United Arab Emirates on Monday and Tuesday caused flooding, flight cancellations and school closures. Vehicles were abandoned on highways like this one in Dubai.

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Photos: UAE sees its heaviest rains in 75 years

10:51am April 18, 2024

by Aya Batrawy

Schools and businesses were closed across the United Arab Emirates after about a year's worth of rain fell in a single day. Flooding has also disrupted travel at Dubai International Airport.

Haze obscures the Dubai skyline including Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. The United Arab Emirates is choking under "alarmingly high" air pollution levels fed by its fossil fuel industry, Human Rights Watch warned on December 4. The oil-rich country hosts the UN's COP28 climate talks in Dubai.

What it means for an oil producing country, the UAE, to host U.N. climate talks

10:55am December 09, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

The United Arab Emirates is a major oil producing nation, and that's drawing attention to the role oil and gas has at this year's COP28 climate negotiations.

The Emirati Minister of State and the CEO of Abu Dhabi's state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber speaks at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Oct. 31, 2022.

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UAE names its oil company chief to lead U.N. climate talks

11:57am January 12, 2023

by The Associated Press

The United Arab Emirates nominated Sultan al-Jaber, who both leads Abu Dhabi's state-run oil company and oversees its renewable energy efforts, to be the president of climate negotiations in Dubai.

Worshipers light candles next to a statue of the Virgin Mary.

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Filipino workers in Dubai gather to celebrate Christmas far away from home

9:30am December 23, 2022

by Aya Batrawy

Filipino workers come to the United Arab Emirates seeking opportunity and to support relatives back home. Christmas isn't a UAE holiday, so many will work — but also manage to find joy and community.

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Rulers in the United Arab Emirates announced Saturday that they unanimously appointed Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the president of this hereditarily ruled nation on the Arabian Peninsula.

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Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is named the UAE's new president

8:35am May 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

The ascension of Sheikh Mohammed, 61, had been expected after the death Friday of his half-brother and the UAE's president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at the age of 73.

This satellite image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows the aftermath of an attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels on an Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. fuel depot in the Mussafah neighborhood of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022.

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UAE says it has intercepted 2 missiles from Yemen's Houthis

2:45am January 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

The missile fire further escalates tensions across the Persian Gulf, which previously had seen a series of assaults near Emirati soil.

In this satellite image provided by Planet Labs PBC, smoke rises over an Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. fuel depot in the Mussafah neighborhood of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.

Photos show the aftermath of the fatal Abu Dhabi attack

3:58am January 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

The images by Planet Labs PBC show smoke rising over an Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. fuel depot in the Mussafah neighborhood of Abu Dhabi on Monday.

Emirates passenger planes are parked at their gates at Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates.

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A drone attack in Abu Dhabi claimed by rebels in Yemen has killed three people

12:01pm January 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

While Abu Dhabi police did not immediately offer any suspects, Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for an attack targeting the United Arab Emirates.

People enjoy drinks at a restaurant overlooking the Marina district in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2019. The country is loosening its liquor laws and other restrictions.

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Why United Arab Emirates is relaxing laws on sex, marriage, liquor, vapes and more

3:34pm January 11, 2022

by Ruth Sherlock

The UAE is overhauling laws on an array of business, cultural and social norms. On paper, it makes the emirate one of the region's most progressive countries, but critics say the reality is complex.

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