United Arab Emirates

Support for King Abdulla comes as former Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein says he is under house arrest.

The new plant, a joint venture with Sinopharm, will have a production capacity of 200 million doses a year.

Sheikh Hamdan, also UAE’s finance minister, had been been unwell for months.

Tensions between the two neighbours have escalated over the al-Fashaqa farmlands and the GERD.

The funds will be used for infrastructure, tourism, agriculture and other ‘strategic sectors’, UAE’s state news said.

The move comes after Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince ‘outraged’ at Netanyahu using his name during Israeli election campaign.

Since the Arab Spring, the media has been muzzled, but independent voices and a new US president offer hope.

All firms listed on UAE stock exchanges were told they must have at least one woman member on their boards of directors.

UN Security Council calls for foreign fighters to leave Libya ‘without further delay’ in rare show of unity.

Ties between Egypt and Turkey deteriorated after a coup spearheaded by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2013.

Neither Israel nor the UAE formally confirmed the planned visit – the first by an Israeli PM to the Gulf country.

Israeli media reports PM will hold talks with Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

A study released by the Tax Justice Network found that over $200bn flowed into the United Arab Emirates.

UAE foreign minister calls for return of Syria to the Arab League saying it is in the interest of the region.