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The United States Department of the Treasury announces economic sanctions on 50 people and companies in Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, and the Marshall Islands, for allegedly funding and helping Iran's military gain access to the international financial system.
2024-06-25

The Supreme Court of Pakistan upholds the 2019 death sentence upon former leader Pervez Musharraf, who lived in exile in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, until his death in February 2023.
2024-01-10

The United Arab Emirates confirms that it has withdrawn from the United States Navy-led Combined Task Force 150 mission in the Persian Gulf amid recent seizures of oil tankers by Iran.
2023-05-31

Israel Foreign Minister Yair Lapid visits the United Arab Emirates, making it the first visit to the country by an Israel government official since the two countries normalized relations nine months ago.
2021-06-29

Forces of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) seize control of the island of Socotra. President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi condemns it as a "full-fledged" coup, while the governor of the island condemns the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for "turning a blind eye".
2020-06-21

The United Arab Emirates announces its first two deaths from COVID-19.
2020-03-20

Matthew Hedges, the British student who was sentenced last week by a judge in the United Arab Emirates to life in prison on espionage charges, is pardoned and released by authorities. The UAE maintains that he was an MI6 agent.
2018-11-26

The Somali pirates that hijacked the "Aris 13", a United Arab Emirates-owned oil tanker, release it without condition.
2017-03-16

The United Arab Emirates suspends air strikes against the Islamic State after a video of a Jordanian air force pilot being burned alive is published online. The suspension involves concerns over a lack of coalition search and rescue capabilities in Syria to recover downed pilots.
2015-02-5

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates open new pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping lane that Iran has repeatedly threatened to close.
2012-07-15