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Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates report that they have intercepted missile and drone attacks from Iran.
2026-03-27

The United States approves $16.46 billion in military sales to the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait amidst the Iran war.
2026-03-19

Multiple Iranian Shahed drones strike French naval air station Camp de la Paix in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
2026-03-1

The foreign ministries of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates announce that they will restore diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies in Doha and Abu Dhabi, after relations were suspended six years ago during the Qatar diplomatic crisis.
2023-06-19

Two people are killed and 120 others are injured when a gas cylinder catches fire and explodes at a restaurant in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
2022-05-23

The Hay Festival announces it will cease hosting festivities in Abu Dhabi unless Emirati minister Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan resigns. Yesterday he was accused of sexually assaulting a female British curator last February.
2020-10-18

Israeli flag carrier El Al launches the first direct commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates following the normalization of relations between the two countries. The inaugural flight, which transported high-level delegations from Israel and the United States from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi, flew over Saudi Arabian airspace for the first time by an Israeli commercial aircraft. High-level officials on the flight include Senior Advisor to the U.S. President Jared Kushner, U.S. National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien, and Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat.
2020-08-31

Two explosions in the United Arab Emirates kill three people and injure several others. One of the explosions occurred in Abu Dhabi and the other in Dubai.
2020-08-31

Solar Impulse 2, a plane powered only by the sun, takes off from Kalaeloa, Hawaii, USA, on the ninth leg of its around-the-world journey. This portion of the trip will cover 2,542 nautical miles and, in about three days, is scheduled to touch down in Mountain View, California. The journey originated in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on March 9, 2015, and, after another 8,130 nmi, will complete the circle when it lands in Abu Dhabi.
2016-04-21

Israel will open a diplomatic mission to the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena), the headquarters of which are located near the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. Israel will be the first Irena member to open such a mission; other member nations work Irena relations from their missions to the UAE, which Israel does not have.
2015-11-30