36-hour exercise, set to involve more than 170 countries, will be held at the UAE's Barakah nuclear power plan, some 340 kilometers from Iran's shores

Future of opaque initiative meant to back Arab-Israel normalization unclear after political appointee heading initiative quits and Biden administration appears set to shut spigot

Abu Dhabi sends Russian Sputnik V vaccines from Egypt via Rafah crossing; Hamas officials say they hope for more shipments

Travel restrictions force Israeli arms producers to skip what would have been first time participating in lucrative expo

United Nations raises case with UAE after footage emerges of Sheikha Latifa saying she was being held captive and feared for her life

Abu Dhabi sends Russian Sputnik V vaccines to Egypt, from where they are to enter Gaza through Rafah crossing; doses en route after Ramallah sent 2,000 to Strip's medical staff

BBC airs video of Sheikha Latifa, who hasn't been seen since trying to flee the UAE in 2018, in which she says she is held in a villa: 'I don’t really know if I’m going to survive'

Spurred by new accords with Israel, communities in UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia create new body under Beirut-born Rabbi Elie Abadie to oversee Jewish life

Unclear when Muhammad Mahmoud Al Khajah will arrive in the Jewish state to take up his post

Picture taken Wednesday shows sunlight coming across the surface of the planet, as well as its north pole and largest volcano