US puts hold on foreign arms sales, including F-35s to UAE
World | Jan 28, 2021, 08:06 AM ISTThe Biden administration has put a temporary hold on several major foreign arms sales initiated by former President Donald Trump.
The Biden administration has put a temporary hold on several major foreign arms sales initiated by former President Donald Trump.
Siddhant Gumber, an Abu Dhabi-based homeschooled boy who identified 39 aeroplane tails in 60 seconds, is also the youngest Indian to identify top 100 tallest buildings, Gulf News reported.
A 30-year-old unemployed Indian man has won USD 1 million in a raffle draw contest in the UAE, according to a media report on Monday.
It was not immediately clear how many categories of visas would be affected by the suspension. The UAE has various visa categories, including business, tourist, transit and student.
The United Arab Emirate (UAE) has approved the issuance of a 10-year golden visa for more professionals, including PhD holders, engineers, physicians as well as graduates from certain universities, Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said on Sunday.
The United Arab Emirates has announced a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions and criminalizing so-called “honor killings.”
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Prime Minister and the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Tuesday received a shot of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm. Sheikh Mohammed tweeted about this development along with his photo getting vaccinated.
US President Donald Trump announced Friday that Sudan will start to normalize ties with Israel, making it the third Arab state to do so as part of U.S.-brokered deals in the run-up to Election Day.
Two Nigerian women are undergoing trial at a Dubai court for luring an Indian man to an apartment on the pretext of giving a massage and assaulting and confining him, with the help of others, and taking his credit cards to withdraw over 33,000 dirhams (approx Rs 6.5 lakh), media reports said on Monday.
Yuzvendra Chahal has taken five wickets in three games so far with his triple strike in RCB's opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad setting up an emphatic win.
Israel on Tuesday signed historic diplomatic pacts with two Gulf Arab states at a White House ceremony that President Donald Trump declared will mark the “dawn of a new Middle East," casting himself as an international peacemaker at the height of his reelection campaign.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved the use of emergency authorisation of the coronavirus vaccine to at-risk workers on Monday. In a series of tweets, UAE allowed the emergency use of coronavirus vaccine saying one of the very first doses will be available to "first defence" workers who are at risk.
Experts believe that Abraham Accord deal can change the geopolitics of West Asia like no other even in recent history and has its own shares of winners and losers.
A 35-year-old Indian man in the UAE has won a whopping jackpot of 10 million dirhams (19.90 crores) in a raffle in Abu Dhabi, the latest addition to the long list of lucky winners from India.
Dubai-based Emirates airline has commenced repatriation flights between the UAE and India. The airline will operate flights to Bengaluru, Kochi, Delhi, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram from August 20 to August 31.
The US government said that it has blacklisted two United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based companies over their ties to Iran's Mahan Air. In a statement on Wednesday, the Treasury Department said that the two companies, Parthia Cargo and Delta Parts Supply FZC, provided key parts and logistics service for Mahan Air, which has been blacklisted by the US since 2011.
Telephone service between the United Arab Emirates and Israel began working Sunday as the two countries opened diplomatic ties, part of a deal brokered by the U.S. that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex West Bank land sought by the Palestinians for a future state.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he is considering breaking off all diplomatic ties with the UAE after the Gulf nation announced a landmark deal establishing formal relations with Israel.
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt the annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state.
Indians with any type of valid United Arab Emirates visa can now travel to UAE. This will be a part of the Indian government's ‘Air bubble’ scheme, which is valid until August 31.
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