The pilot of an Indian combat plane has died after a crash during a demonstration flight at the Dubai Air Show.

The Trump administration says it's seeing signs that its sanctions on Russian oil producers are working.

FlyDubai has announced an initial order for 150 Airbus A321neo aircraft at the Dubai Air Show.

The Dubai Air Show has opened, with hometown airline Emirates ordering 65 Boeing 777-9 aircraft as the carrier looks to increase its fleets off record earnings and unending demand for flights through this East-West travel hub.

Rory McIlroy is closing in on a fourth straight Race to Dubai title.

Baseball United has launched its inaugural season in Dubai, aiming to bring baseball to the Middle East.

Rory McIlroy has already won the Masters to complete the career Grand Slam, a home Irish Open and an away Ryder Cup.

Aaron Rai will take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Abu Dhabi Championship as he seeks a first title on the European tour in five years.

Thousands of bicycles have taken over Dubai's busiest highway as part of an annual ride for the city's fitness challenge.

A cargo plane has skidded off a Hong Kong runway and collided with a security vehicle, killing two people in the car.

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on a group of 50 people, companies and ships largely out of the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and China.

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Oman — all nations in the thick of the unrest that has pervaded the Middle East — confronted the crisis in the region at the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders.

The U.S. has sanctioned two Iranian financiers and several firms in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates for allegedly coordinating $100 million in cryptocurrency transfers from Iranian oil sales.

The United Arab Emirates has summoned Israel's envoy to condemn Israel's attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar.

The United Arab Emirates has warned that any Israeli move to annex the occupied West Bank would be a “red line,” without specifying its possible impact on the landmark normalization accord between the two countries.

A highway in Fujairah, UAE, now plays Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as cars drive over special rumble strips.

Dubai's 13,000 food and drink establishments go all out to attract customers in one of the world's most saturated dining markets.

If oil prices are any measure, Iran just flinched.

The U_S_ entry into Israel’s war with Iran caused travel disruptions to pile up globally this week — with flight cancellations continuing Tuesday, even after President Donald Trump claimed a ceasefire was “in effect.”.

Oman plans to levy a personal income tax as part of a broader push to move the sultanate’s economy away from reliance on hydrocarbons.

Two giants of the women’s rights movement, Gloria Steinem and Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee, have teamed up for a picture book with the mission of inspiring young people to change the world.

The Senate has voted to move forward with legislation to regulate a form of cryptocurrency called stablecoins, two weeks after Democrats blocked the measure.

A humanities federation and a state council have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to reverse local funding cuts made by Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Long-haul carrier Emirates has reported it earned annual profits of $5.2 billion.

The top United Nations court has dismissed a case brought by Sudan accusing the United Arab Emirates of breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s deadly civil war.

The International Monetary Fund says that countries across the Middle East and North Africa face significant challenges to economic growth as the region faces economic uncertainty due to tariff measures, lower-than-recent oil prices and cuts to financial aid.

Surging U.S. tariffs will weaken the global economy and push up inflation this year, according to projections to be released next week by the International Monetary Fund.

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has made his first visit to the United Arab Emirates.

A rare blue diamond was displayed at an exhibition of $100 million worth of the world’s rarest diamonds in the United Arab Emirates’ capital.

A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Mariah Carey did not steal her perennial holiday hit "All I Want for Christmas Is You” from other songwriters.

The United Arab Emirates’ Federal Supreme Court has rejected appeals on behalf of dozens of dissidents convicted in a mass trial that faced widespread international criticism.

Mirra Andreeva has risen to a career-best No. 9 in the rankings.

Long-haul carrier Etihad Airways has announced it made a record $427 million profit in 2024, part of a financial rebound for the Abu Dhabi-based airline.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met with the leader of the United Arab Emirates, wrapping up an overseas trip that saw the highest-level outreach between the United States and Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Li Haotong has holed a birdie putt from 15 feet at the last hole to secure a one-shot win at the Qatar Masters on Sunday for his fourth title on the European tour.

Englishman Tyrrell Hatton has held off Daniel Hillier of New Zealand to win the Dubai Desert Classic by a stroke.

Rory McIlroy says golf fans might realize what they're missing when PGA Tour and LIV Golf stars clash next week in Las Vegas.

Jill Biden has used a tour of the United Arab Emirates’ capital to praise efforts to fight cancer and call for more attention on women’s health issues as part of her final solo foreign tour as first lady.

An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion he may have been kidnapped as tensions remain high with Iran.

The PGA Tour board has approved sweeping changes to eligibility that wipes out 25 cards starting in 2026.

Since the Mideast wars began with Hamas’ initial Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, many international airlines have halted, restarted and halted again their flights into Israel’s main gateway to the rest of the world.

Paul Waring cards a 6-under 66 to win the Abu Dhabi Championship for the biggest victory of his career.

Paul Waring has hit the shot of his life to complete a career-low 11-under 61 in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Championship on Friday and establish a five-stroke lead heading into the weekend of the European tour’s first playoff event.

The United Arab Emirates has opened its annual oil-and-gas summit as it plans to increase energy output even as global prices have fallen.

The world’s second Sphere will be built in the capital of the United Arab Emirates after the opening of the first in Las Vegas.

The NBA returned to the Persian Gulf on Friday for the third consecutive year.

As conflict casts a shadow across the Middle East, people are getting rich in Dubai.

Dubai-based port operator DP World has reported its half-year profits fell by nearly 60%, in part over the ongoing attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over the Israel-Hamas war that have affected shipping through the Red Sea.

Officials in Greece say they have formally approved the purchase of 20 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from the United States as part of a major defense overhaul.

A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced dozens of Bangladeshi nationals to prison, including three for life imprisonment, over protests against their home government in the Gulf country.

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates ordered an investigation and an expedited trial of Bangladeshi nationals arrested after protesting against their home government across the Gulf country.

An oil tanker held by Iran for over a year after being seized has reached international waters.

A mass trial in the United Arab Emirates of dissidents that was widely criticized abroad has sentenced 43 people to life in prison, while others received other prison terms.

The United States has imposed a $1.8 million fine against Middle Eastern airline Emirates for flights that passed too low over Iraq, in violation of U.S. restrictions.

Kuwait’s ruling emir has named the small nation’s new crown prince, nearly six months after he took the throne.

Yemeni authorities have deployed security forces and armored vehicles across the port city of Aden, in preparation for the latest in a series of protests over hours-long electricity outages caused by a shortage of fuel for power stations.

Airport authorities in Dubai say several flights have been cancelled and diverted as heavy rains hit the United Arab Emirates for the second time in a month.

An explosive device has killed six troops loyal to a United Arab Emirates-backed secessionist group in southern Yemen.

A new report says circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that flooded Dubai and surroundings.

The United Arab Emirates is struggling to recover from the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, as its main airport worked to restore normal operations even as floodwater still covered portions of major highways and roads.

With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai.

The United Arab Emirates was attempting to dry out from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded.

Heavy thunderstorms have lashed the United Arab Emirates, dumping the heaviest rain ever recorded in the country in the span of hours as it flooded out portions of major highways and Dubai’s international airport.

Mali’s ruling junta has banned the media from reporting on activities of political parties and associations, a day after barring political parties and groups.

A top U.S. commander says Houthi rebels in Yemen may be running through their supplies of drone swarms and anti-ship ballistic missiles as the pace of their attacks has slowed a bit.

The Biden administration sided with a promoter who filed an antitrust suit against FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation over the world governing body’s policy against hosting league matches from other countries, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the case to proceed to trial.

Small groups of protesters have taken to the streets in the eastern Cuba city of Santiago decryng power outages lasting up to eight hours across the Caribbean nation.

Negotiators taking part in a World Trade Organization meeting in the United Arab Emirates have ended their summit after failing to reach agreements on several major initiatives.

Andrey Rublev has been defaulted from his semifinal at the Dubai Championships for yelling in the face of a line judge, allowing Alexander Bublik to advance to the final.

Andy Murray has hinted he is heading into the “last few months” of his career after rallying past Denis Shapovalov 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 at the Dubai Championships for his 500th hard-court win.

The head of the World Trade Organization says war, uncertainty and instability are weighing down the global economy.

The al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab has claimed an attack that killed four Emirati troops and a Bahraini military officer at a military base in the Somali capital.

Senegalese President Macky Sall has postponed presidential elections scheduled for Feb. 25, citing controversies over the disqualification of some candidates and allegations of corruption in election-related cases.

Boeing says it lost $30 million in the fourth quarter, and revenue was stronger than expected.

Tyrrell Hatton is the newest member of Saudi-funded LIV Golf.

The British navy says two of its warships have collided in a harbor in Bahrain, causing damage but no injuries.

Chants of “free, free Palestine” rang out again during the Palestinian soccer team’s game against United Arab Emirates at the Asian Cup.

The U.S. hit a United Arab Emirates shipping firm and its 18 vessels with sanctions after it transported Russian crude oil above the $60 per barrel price cap.

Tommy Fleetwood has birdied the 18th to win the Dubai Invitational by one stroke from Rory McIlroy, who made bogey at the last after driving into the water.

Tommy Fleetwood has surged into the lead of the Dubai Invitational after shooting an 8-under 63 in the third round to overtake Rory McIlroy by one stroke.

Rory McIlroy has recovered from a quadruple bogey to shoot a 1-under 70 and maintain the lead at the halfway point of the Dubai Invitational.

Rory McIlroy is playing the Dubai Invitational as a favor to a friend and to get in some early-year practice in pleasant weather conditions.

The United Arab Emirates has acknowledged it is conducting a mass trial of 84 inmates previously reported by dissidents as it hosted the United Nations COP28 climate talks last month.

Azerbaijan’s ecology minister has been named to lead the United Nations’ annual climate talks later this year.

Brazil’s lower house has approved a major reform of the nation’s notoriously complicated tax system.

BP says its former chief executive has been denied a payout of 32.4 million pounds, or $41 million, after he was found to have misled the company over his past relationships with colleagues.

Lawmakers from 39 states came to the White House for a discussion with Biden administration officials about ways to better reduce gun violence.

The Biden administration is hitting hundreds of people and firms around the globe with new economic and diplomatic sanctions as the U.S. targets third-country contributors that are equipping Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Hopes for finishing a critical climate summit on time faded early Tuesday as countries were still far apart on key issues, including an agreement on what to do about the fossil fuels that are causing dangerous global warming.

An activist organization says the United Arab Emirates is conducting a mass trial of nearly 90 prisoners on terrorism charges as it hosts the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit.

Indigenous women at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai are coming together to share some of their innovative ideas on how communities on the front lines of climate change can contend with it.

Activists designated Saturday a day of protest at the COP28 summit in Dubai.

A bold, innovative project begun nearly a generation ago to erect a “green-city” in the United Arab Emirates has run into realities and largely missed its mark.

House Republicans have approved a bill to block strict new tailpipe pollution limits proposed by the Biden administration, calling the plan a back-door mandate for electric vehicles.

This year’s United Nations climate talks may have seen record numbers registered to attend, but activists who have spent years demonstrating at the annual event say their space to voice their demands is shrinking year on year.

A Dubai-based British hedge fund trader sought by Danish authorities for allegedly orchestrating a $1.7 billion tax fraud, considered one of the largest in the Scandinavian country, has been extradited from the United Arab Emirates.

Thousands of people have marched through the center of Brussels in a boisterous rally highlighting the dangers of climate change, as the COP28 climate summit draws to an end in the United Arab Emirates.

As participants at the United Nations’ COP28 climate talks filed in for another day of talks, they found themselves greeted by a rare sight in the United Arab Emirates — a protest.

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has welcomed the U.N. Security Council vote to lift an arms embargo imposed on the Horn of Africa nation more than 30 years ago.

Friday was a day for speechmaking at the United Nations annual climate conference known as COP28, as heads of state each gave short speeches to deliver their views on the planet’s climate crisis, what their nation is doing and what they think others should do.