United Arab Emirates

Lima hails UAE's demolition of Qatar as best performance of 2026 qualifiers

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 - 05:24 GMT

Brazil-born Lima opened the scoring in the fourth minute in Abu Dhabi, before netting a pair of penalties and a brilliant free kick from distance to consolidate the UAE's hold on third place in Group A.

Egypt extends condolences to UAE, Bahrain on victims in Somali military base attack

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 - 12:52 GMT

The terror attack occurred in the General Gordon military base in Mogadishu on Saturday.

United Media Services inaugurated the largest 5D advertising screen at Cairo International Airport

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 - 08:04 GMT

United Media Services inaugurated the largest 5D advertising screen at Cairo International Airport.

UAE renews $1B deposit with Egypt's central bank for additional 3 years

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 - 05:25 GMT

The deposit was due to mature in June 2023, but the UAE extended it for three more years until June 2026.

FM: Egypt to launch initiatives on food, energy during climate conference

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 - 09:35 GMT

Shoukry, in an interview with WAM news agency, articulated the central importance of the ‘COP27’ , calling for pulling the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC out of the ongoing context of “strong political and economic polarisation and the dynamics of politicisation and contestation.”

In Pics: UAE bids farewell to President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Fri, 13 May 2022 - 11:20 GMT

The United Arab Emirates [UAE] bid a farewell to President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Friday.

1 week after truce declaration: Yemeni president steps down, passes on duties to presidential council

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 - 11:19 GMT

The move follows an agreement among warring parties in Yemen to hold a two-month truce.

Standard Chartered asserts strength, resilience of economy in Egypt

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 - 03:20 GMT

Over the past years, the banking sector in Egypt was strong and stable and showed capability of handling several crises, added the Bank in a press release, a copy of which was obtained by MENA on Thursday.

In Pics: Cairo Tower lights up in red to celebrate UAE's Hope Probe's arrival to Mars

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 - 11:07 GMT

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi hailed the arrival of the UAE's spacecraft to the "red planet".

Egypt signs final statement of 41st Gulf Cooperation Council Summit

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 - 01:58 GMT

Minister Sameh Shokry attended the summit held in Saudi Arabia's Al Ola town on January 5, 2021.

Egypt’s Immigration Ministry schedule new flights for expats stranded in UAE

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 - 03:37 GMT

Egypt’s Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expats Nabila Makram, announced Wednesday the rescheduling of flights for Egyptians travelers stranded in the United Arab Emirates;

U.S. President Trump says Bahrain, Israel agree to ‘Peace Deal’

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 - 06:59 GMT

The United States President Donald Trump announced, Friday signing new agreement of normalization between Bahrain and Israel,

Huge Ajman fire fueled by welding materials, plastic in popular market: top official

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 - 11:34 GMT

However, Emirati media reported that an investigation into the cause of the fire is still ongoing. The fire did not cause any casualties.

Pics: Huge fire breaks out at market in UAE’s Ajman

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 - 05:01 GMT

A popular market in the new industrial zone in UAE’s Emirate of Ajman witnessed a huge fire on Wednesday, Emirati Al Bayan reported, adding that civil defense teams are trying to put out the fire.

UAE backs Egypt’s stance on Libya as military intervention put on the table

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 - 04:33 GMT

The United Arab Emirates supports efforts of the international community to reach a political solution to the Libyan crisis and Egyptian “great” efforts in this regard, out of a belief that stability in a Libya is a pillar of Egyptian and national security to Egypt, the Emirati foreign minister said.

GCC chief commends Arab solidarity with Palestine

Thu, 09 Jul 2020 - 10:54 GMT

Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf lauded the supportive stance expressed by the Arab foreign ministers council towards Palestinians.

UAE voices support to Egypt’s stance on Libya, right to defend its security

Sat, 20 Jun 2020 - 09:58 GMT

The United Arab Emirates affirmed its support to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s remarks on Libya on Saturday, and said it backs Egypt’s measures to protect its security and stability, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.

Egypt repatriates 160 stranded nationals from UAE

Wed, 27 May 2020 - 03:15 GMT

The expatriated arrivals have been tested for coronavirus and were moved to be quarantined for seven days.

EU, UAE condemn terrorist attack against army in Egypt's North Sinai

Fri, 01 May 2020 - 01:04 GMT

The United Arab Emirates on Friday denounced a terrorist attack on North Sinai's Bi'r al-Abd city, which caused the death or the injury of eight army soldiers and two officers, according to the military spokesman.

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