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November, 09th 2011
Russia opposes new sanctions on Iran
Iran has dismissed a new report by the UN’s atomic watchdog which claims its developing nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency says Tehran is on the brink of developing a warhead. |
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June, 12th 2011
UAE has actively enforced UNSC resolutions on Libya: Abdullah bin Zayed
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has actively engaged in enforcing the United Nations Security Council resolutions 1970 and 1973 which call on the international community to accelerate and boost efforts to bring about stability and security in Libya, UAE Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan affirmed on Thursday.
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May, 02th 2011
UAE urges stern steps on N-arms
The United Arab Emirates, Germany, Japan, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Chile, Poland, Mexico, Turkey urged other countries in the international community on Saturday to renew efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear material. |
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April, 29th 2011
A statement from the General Command of the UAE Armed Forces
The General Command of the UAE Armed Forces, in a statement Wednesday, announced that a UAE Air Force fighter jet taking part in the international patrols to enforce the No-Fly Zone over Libya, veered off the runway after landing at an air base in Italy due to bad weather. |
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April, 04th 2011
Stop meddling in our affairs: GCC countries tell Iran
The GCC Ministerial Council has expressed concern over Iran's ongoing interference in the GCC countries' internal affairs by conspiring against their national security and sowing communal sedition among their citizens, in an apparent violation of these countries' sovereignty and independence good neighbourliness principles, international laws and conventions and the UN and OIC charters.
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April, 03th 2011
UAE Armed Forces free ship from pirates
A unit from the UAE's Anti-Terrorist Special Forces, supported by the Air Forces and Air Defence units, yesterday successfully freed a UAE-flagged vessel, MV Arrilah, from pirates in the Arabian Sea, east of Oman, an official source from the Armed Forces said. |
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March, 27th 2011
Maliki warns of risks in Bahrain
Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has warned that the "intervention" in Bahrain by the kingdom's neighbours risked a sectarian war in the region. In an interview with the BBC television's Arabic service aired late Friday, Maliki said a Shia-led revolt in Bahrain was different from other uprisings in the Arab world. |
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March, 27th 2011
UAE updates support to UN resolution 1973
The UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Highness Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Thursday issued a statement updating the status of the UAE's participation in support of UN resolution 1973.
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March, 14th 2011
GCC military enters Bahrain
Saudi Arabian and UAE military vehicles and soldiers have crossed over into Bahrain where there are continuing protests against the ruling royal family. |
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January, 31th 2011
The UAE denies link with spy network in Oman
Hence, the UAE expresses its full willingness to cooperate with the Sultanate of Oman in any investigations that it carries in full transparency in order to uncover all relevant parties that attempt to mar the relations between the two countries.
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October, 03th 2010
UAE to raise disasters and UAE islands' issues on IPU's agenda
The UAE, he affirmed, demands her right to these islands through the international arbitration through the International Court of Justice as the UAE political leadership believes in the peaceful solution and negotiations to end the Iranian occupation and get back its legitimate right |
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July, 14th 2010
Aid ship bound for Gaza sets course for Egypt
A Libyan chartered ship carrying aid for Palestinians has set a new course for Egypt after been warned off by the Israeli navy. The Moldovan-flagged Almathea is said to be heading to the port of El Arish. Egyptian government officials say the authorities plan to transfer its declared haul of 2,000 tonnes of food and medicine overland to neighbouring Gaza.
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July, 08th 2010
Al-Haidan: UAE Ambassador's statements on Iran not accurately quoted
UAE Assistant Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Tareq Al-Haidan said "the statements attributed by the Washington Times to the UAE Ambassador to the United States Youssef Al-Otaiba are not precise." "These statements came as part of general discussions held on the sidelines of an unofficial gathering and were taken out of their context in which Mr. Otaiba was speaking," the senior official said. |
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June, 06th 2010
Israel likely to reject international inquiry
I think that Israel can investigate all events by itself,” said the Science Minister Daniel Hershkowitz. “We always check ourselves that we want to know whether… something went wrong and if so, how to fix it. I think that Israel can do it, we do not need any international help in doing it.”
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June, 03th 2010
UAE delegation at UN Human Rights Council renews its condemnation to "Freedom Flotilla" attack
Geneva - The UAE delegation to UN Human Rights Council in Geneva has offered condolences to the families of the victims who sacrificed their lives with courage and bravery in carrying out their humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people in a bid to break the siege of the Gaza Strip. The delegation also expressed UAE's solidarity with the injured and detainees on board the "Freedom Flotilla". |
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May, 14th 2010
GCC throws its weight behind UAE's peaceful drive to settle islands' issue
The GCC leaders reiterated today their support for the UAE's right to its three islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb, occupied by Iran. At the end of the 12th GCC consultative summit in Riyadh, the GCC leaders threw their weight behind all peaceful measures the UAE is taking to restore its full sovereignty over its three islands.
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April, 21th 2010
Islands issue will always mar relations with Iran, says UAE Foreign Minister
UAE Foreign Minister H.H Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan has stressed that the issue of the three UAE's islands of Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa, still under Iranian occupation, will always be a "negative factor" in bilateral relations between the two countries and "painful thing for all the UAE nationals." The Minister was answering questions by members of the Federal National Council, FNC, during its session yesterday t discuss the Foreign Ministry's policies. |
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March, 14th 2010
UAE fully committed to protecting its territory: Sheikh Abdullah on Mabhouh murder
The UAE definitely cannot and will not tolerate such a crime happening on its soil, commented UAE Foreign Minister of H.H Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on the killing of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, a top Hamas military leader, last January in a Dubai hotel. "The UAE has got full support of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Arab League in following these criminals",- Sheikh Abdullah told reporters at a joint press conference in Abu Dhabi in presence of visiting Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Kyprianou. |
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March, 03th 2010
CNIA signs several large-scale training contracts
HE Staff Brigadier Pilot, Faris Al Mazrouei, Director General of CNIA in Abu Dhabi, said during the press conference that the contracts are specially designed to guide security personnel in the development of skills at global professional standards.
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February, 16th 2010
Saudi official questions new sanctions on Iran
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Monday expressed doubts about the usefulness of more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. Prince Saud al-Faisal told a news conference in the Saudi capital that the threat posed by Iran's nuclear ambitions demands a more immediate solution than sanctions. He described sanctions as a long-term solution, and he said the threat is more pressing. |
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January, 11th 2010
Iran sets Dubai TV reporter free
Iran authorities have released the Dubai TV Correspondent in Tehran, Redha Al Basha, Managing Director of Dubai Media Incorporated Ahmed Al Sheikh announced yesterday. |
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December, 31th 2009
Iran’s reformist leaders ‘flee’ Tehran
Iranian reformist leaders Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karouobi are reported to have left Tehran. The circumstances of their departure remain shrouded in mystery. The official IRNA news agency says they have fled voluntarily to the north of the country after seeing a “surge of anger from people who desire to punish”. |
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