EMIRATES SECRETLY SENDS COLOMBIAN MERCENARIES TO YEMEN FIGHT

A number of Westerners, including several Americans, live at the camp and serve as trainers for the Latin American troops... READ MORE›

ARAB ALLIES SLIP AWAY AS US AIR WAR ON ISIS INTENSIFIES

They have conducted a smattering of strikes in Syria, but have reserved most of their firepower for Islamic State targets in Iraq... READ MORE›

CABLES RELEASED BY WIKILEAKS REVEAL SAUDIS CHECKBOOK DIPLOMACY

BEIRUT Lebanon It seems that everyone wants something from Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

AMERICAN TEACHER STABBED TO DEATH IN ABU DHABI

The stabbing happened on Reem Island in the United Arab emirate on Monday afternoon, a statement on the Abu Dhabi Police website said... READ MORE›

U.S. SAYS IRAN TESTED ROCKETS 1,500 YARDS FROM AMERICAN CARRIER

The United States on Wednesday accused Iran of carrying out rocket tests near American warships and commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz last week... READ MORE›

DUBAI SKYSCRAPER ADDRESS HOTEL ENGULFED IN HUGE FIRE

Local media say the hotel and the nearby Dubai Mall have been evacuated... READ MORE›

WHAT IS THE WORLDS GREATEST SKYLINE?

For, once seen, how could anyone forget the lyrical skylines of Edinburgh, Manhattan, Hong Kong or Helsinki?... READ MORE›

DUBAI HOTEL FIRE: INFERNO AT 63-STOREY ADDRESS DOWNTOWN HOTEL NEAR NEW YEAR'S EVE FIREWORKS DISPLAY - LIVE

The 160-storey Burj Khalifa was at the centre of Dubai's New Year firework display, which went ahead despite the fire... READ MORE›

The United States has identified ISIS targets in Iraq over the past several weeks... READ MORE›

BLAZE HITS DUBAI SKYSCRAPER, NEW YEAR'S FIREWORKS PROCEED NEARBY

All the buildings around here had fireworks prepped on the roof, Paul Mithun, a U.S. consultant in downtown Dubai said... READ MORE›

AFTER LONDON FIRE CLADDING ON 600 HIGH RISES IS BEING TESTED

Safety checks after the deadly blaze at the 24-story Grenfell Tower have so far found three other buildings clad in potentially combustible materials... READ MORE›

EDITORIAL THE WORLD REAPS WHAT THE SAUDIS SOW

Most Kosovars have resisted such proselytizing, and officials in Kosovo say that support for the United States and the West remains strong... READ MORE›

MASSIVE FIRE AT DUBAI SKYSCRAPER INTERRUPTS NEW YEAR'S EVE FIREWORKS

We were immediately shown where to leave, said David Moran, a Dubai-based businessman who was dining in the hotel... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA CANT FIND ITS WAY OUT OF YEMENS MESSY WAR

The rebels toppled the Yemeni government in February, forcing President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

US AND IRAN KEEP WARY EYE ON EACH OTHER AT SEA

Benjamin Hewlett, the commander of the air wing aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, which is in the Persian Gulf keeping an eye on Iran right now... READ MORE›

SYRIA DENOUNCES SAUDI CRITICISM OF IRAN ON PEACE TALKS

Until two weeks ago the idea that Saudi Arabia and Iran would sit at the same table was unthinkable... READ MORE›

DUTCH WOMAN FACES CHARGE AFTER REPORTING RAPE

Dutch woman jailed in qatar after reporting rape may face charges... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA SAID TO ARREST SUSPECT IN 1996 KHOBAR TOWERS BOMBING

The United States deported him to Saudi Arabia in 1999... READ MORE›

FIRE ENGULFS LUXURY DUBAI HOTEL FORCING EVACUATION OF NEW YEARS CROWD

The fire at the hotel, the Address Downtown Dubai, occurred just hours before a fireworks display was scheduled to take place nearby... READ MORE›

HOW A BLOND AMERICAN KID BECAME A HUGE STAR IN SAUDI ARABIA

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Say the name Joshua Van Alstine in Saudi Arabia and the likely response is a blank stare... READ MORE›

'QATAR MUST LOSE WORLD CUP OVER TERROR LINKS'

'Qatar must lose World Cup over terror links'... READ MORE›

KERRY HAILS PROGRESS TOWARD TRANS-PACIFIC TRADE PACT

He plans to visit Hanoi, Vietnam, on Friday to observe the 20th anniversary of the re-establishment of United States-Vietnamese diplomatic relations before returning to Washington... READ MORE›

QUIET SUPPORT FOR SAUDIS ENTANGLES US IN YEMEN

The help is coordinated by a 45-person American military planning group with personnel in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and overseen by Maj... READ MORE›

IRAN FREES 'UNJUSTLY DETAINED' REPORTER JASON REZAIAN, 4 OTHER AMERICANS

Iran frees unjustly detained reporter Jason Rezaian 4 otherAmericans... READ MORE›

DUBAI NEW YEAR'S FIREWORKS GO AHEAD AS FIRE ENGULFS HIGHRISE HOTEL

New Year's Eve fire engulfs highrise hotel in Dubai... READ MORE›

FLYDUBAI PLANE CRASHES IN RUSSIA, KILLING ALL ON BOARD

An airliner with 61 people aboard coming from Dubai crashed early Saturday while landing in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said... READ MORE›

HUGE FIRE ENGULFS HIGH-RISE HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN DUBAI

DUBAI - A fire broke out at the Address Hotel in downtown Dubai on Thursday just hours before a planned New Year's Eve fireworks display nearby... READ MORE›

BAHRAIN, SUDAN CUT TIES WITH TEHRAN AS CRISIS WIDENS IN SAUDI-IRAN SPLIT

Saudi Arabia, whose population is about a third the size of Iran's, carried out 157 in all of 2015, according to Amnesty and media reports... READ MORE›

COMMENTS WON'T IMPACT DUBAI GOLF COURSE

Other Trump Organization golf venues including British Open venue Turnberry, which is undergoing a multimillion dollar revamp, and the famed Doonbeg course in Ireland... READ MORE›

DUBAI TO BUILD TALLEST TOWER, BEATING ITS OWN RECORD

Dubai plans to build a tower that will stand higher than its Burj Khalifa, currently the world's tallest skyscraper, property developer Emaar said on Sunday... READ MORE›