Commentary U.S. and Western influence over the critical Red Sea/Suez Canal sea lines of communication (SLOC) is now estimated to be at its lowest ebb in more than a century, even when the USSR had a period of presence during the Cold War. Russia and China, although suffering from their own strategic constraints, have made…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—A house fire in Abu Dhabi killed six people and injured seven on Monday, according to the civil defense authority in the United Arab Emirates. An Investigation is underway to find out the cause of the fire which erupted in the city’s Al Moazaz area. The UAE has been grappling with a…

DUBAI—A United Arab Emirates court has lifted a prison sentence but upheld a conviction on money laundering charges for U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor, who was detained while transiting through Dubai last month, the Judicial Department and a lawyer for Ghafoor said on Wednesday. The court ordered Ghafoor to pay a 5…

WASHINGTON—The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Chinese and other firms it said helped to sell tens of millions of dollars in Iranian oil and petrochemical products to East Asia as it seeks to raise pressure on Tehran to curb its nuclear program. The U.S. Treasury and the U.S. State Departments imposed sanctions on…

PARIS—The governments of France and the United Arab Emirates signed on Monday a strategic agreement to cooperate in the energy sector, the French government said. The partnership aimed to identify joint investment projects in France, the UAE or elsewhere in the sectors of hydrogen, renewable, and nuclear energy, the French government said in a statement….

As Congress crafts a new piece of gun control legislation, the State of Ohio has enacted a new law that relaxes the training requirement for teachers to carry guns on school grounds. Disney and Pixar Studio’s new movie “Lightyear” will be in theaters this Friday, but not in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Middle…

Two people were killed and 120 injured on Monday when a gas cylinder exploded inside a restaurant in the United Arab Emirates’ capital Abu Dhabi, police said. Civil defense firefighters managed to contain the fire, which damaged several shops and the facades of six buildings, the police added. They had said earlier that four buildings…

RABAT—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought to assure Gulf monarchies on Tuesday that Washington is determined to help them fend off attacks from the Iran-aligned Houthi group in Yemen. Blinken met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates, in Morocco as part of…

This episode will premiere at 8 p.m. ET.             “Can you remember the last time that the leader of the Saudi Kingdom ignored a president of the United States’ request for a phone call?” America’s traditional allies in the Middle East, from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates, are turning…

This episode will premiere at 8 p.m. ET.    “Can you remember the last time that the leader of the Saudi Kingdom ignored a president of the United States’ request for a phone call?” America’s traditional allies in the Middle East, from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates, are turning away from America, says…