United Arab Emirates

UAE Halts New Tourist, Work Visas For Nine Nations

UAE Halts New Tourist, Work Visas For Nine Specified Nations

September 29, 2025 1:58 am

UAE blocks visas of Afghanistan, Lebanon, Sudan, Somalia, Bangladesh, Yemen, Cameroon, Uganda, and Libya citizens amid security and health reviews.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has temporarily suspended new applications for tourist and work visas from citizens of nine countries, in a move officials say is tied to national security, public health, and migration control policies.

The suspension, which took effect immediately, impacted nationals from Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Sudan, and Uganda. Those who already hold valid visas are not affected and may continue to travel to, live, and work in the country as normal.

The UAE, …

Seven Reported Dead In UAE Flooding After Unseasonable Rains

July 29, 2022 4:59 pm

It has been reported that at least seven people have been killed in the United Arab Emirates after a barrage of unseasonable downpours had triggered flash flooding in eastern districts of the normally parched Gulf state, authorities said.

“We regret to announce that six people of Asian nationalities have been found dead as a result of the floods,” the interior ministry’s chief of central operations, Ali al-Tunaiji, said.

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The ministry later announced the death of a seventh Asian migrant.

July temperatures in the UAE regularly hit 40 …

Israel Breaks Record As It Pioneers First UAE Free Trade Deal

June 1, 2022 1:24 pm

In a historical landmark deal, Israel has signed a free trade deal with the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, which would make it one of the first deals with an Arab country.

Israel’s ambassador to the oil-rich UAE, Amir Hayek, tweeted “mabruk” — congratulations in Arabic — with a photo of Emirati and Israeli officials holding documents at a signing ceremony in Dubai.

The Emirati envoy to Israel, Mohamed Al Khaja, hailed as an “unprecedented achievement” the deal that, according to the Israeli side, scraps customs duties on 96 percent of all products traded.

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U.S. Senate Backs Arms Sales To UAE After Trump Veto Threat

December 11, 2020 3:41 am

The United States of America is to proceed with its plan to sell high tech weapons to UAE after an effort to stop President Donald Trump’s high-tech weapons deals with the United Arab Emirates failed to succeed on Wednesday in the U.S. Senate as Trump’s fellow Republicans opposed resolutions of disapproval seeking to block the sale of drones and advanced F-35 fighter jets.

The Senate voted 50-46 and 49-47, mostly along party lines, to stop consideration of the resolutions, killing them at least until President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20.

The Trump administration had issued a formal notice …

Despite Oil Wealth, UAE Provides Potable Water For Abuja Communities

June 12, 2020 12:17 pm

In yet another reminder of the infrastructural deficit in Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said many places and people across Nigeria lack clean and potable water.

Daily post reports that this is despite funds earmarked annually for water projects in the country.

UAE Deputy Ambassador, Khalifa Al- Mehrezi, spoke on Friday at the commissioning a borehole project in L.E.A Primary School in Dutse Baupma, Bwari Area of Abuja.

Al- Mehrezi explained that the outreach was informed by a lack of access to clean and potable water in some rural communities in the country.

“This particular project was as …

UAE Doubles Stimulus To Counter Coronavirus Impact

April 5, 2020 6:03 pm

The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates said Sunday it has doubled to $70 billion a stimulus package to support the Gulf state’s economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“The aggregate value of all capital and liquidity measures adopted by the CBUAE since 14 March 2020 has reached 256 billion dirhams ($70 billion),” the central bank said in a statement.

Last month, oil-rich UAE announced stimulus worth $35 billion that included aid to the banking system, facilities for loans and injecting funds into the bourses.

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Most of the new …

UAE The World Health Organisation, WHO, Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has disclosed that there are now 1,117 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 42 countries across Africa.

Coronavirus: UAE, Saudi Arabia Take Drastic Steps

March 23, 2020 11:58 am

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia have ramped up measures to curb the spread of coronavirus.

While the Saudis slammed a 21-day curfew, the UAE suspended all flights.

The UAE said on Monday that all passenger flights to the country would be suspended for two weeks. The decision will take effect within 48 hours.

According to the official WAM news agency, cargo and emergency evacuation flights are exempted.

The UAE’s Health and Emergency authorities said that commercial centres and shopping malls, along with fish, meat and vegetables markets would be closed within 48 hours for two weeks.