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The United Nations Climate Change conference opens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with an agreement to provide funding to least developed countries that are most at risk from the effects of climate change.
2023-11-30

Dubai closes all restaurants, cafes and food locals for two weeks.
2020-03-23

Citing a drop in demand, the Dubai-based, United Arab Emirates-owned airline Emirates Air announces a cut in flights to five of its 12 U.S. destinations. The airline’s Dubai hub, third-busiest in the world, is a major stop for travelers in countries affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban, and is also one of several Middle East airports affected by a U.S. ban on tablets, laptops, and similar devices in the passenger cabin.
2017-04-19

Images emerge on YouTube of a man being shot at close range, possibly by police, in Cairo - Alexandria; his condition is unknown.
2011-02-6

Egyptian prime minister Ahmad Shafiq says "sorry" for all the violence that has occurred in Tahrir Square and promises there will be no more.
2011-02-3

Mubarak supporters, rumored to be directed by the Mubarak regime, protest in central Cairo, Alexandria and other cities, attacking anti-government protestors with stones, knives and Molotov cocktails.
2011-02-2

Google and Twitter team up to build a voice-to-tweet system to allow Egyptians to tweet despite the closure of Internet and mobile phone systems.
2011-02-1

Wealthy Egyptian businessman Ahmed Ezz, a close confidante of Mubarak's son, resigns from the ruling NDP party. At least one of his steel company's offices has been targeted by protesters.
2011-01-29

President Mubarak calls on the government to resign, but gives no indication that he will stand down.
2011-01-28