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USA · 17 Jul 2019 Suspicions Iran may have seized UAE-based oil tanker A small oil tanker that stopped transmitting its location more than two days ago while traveling through a vital waterway near the… UAE · 10 Jul 2019 UAE scaling back military role in Yemen conflict The UAE is beginning a partial military withdrawal in Yemen. Experts say the country is pushing for a political solution to end… Libya · 3 Jul 2019 UAE Denies Sending American Missiles to Libya The United Arab Emirates denied on Tuesday that it had supplied a Libyan armed group with powerful American-made missiles, after a Democratic… UK · 3 Jul 2019 Wife of ruler of Dubai reported to have escaped to the UK Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein, a wife of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, is in hiding in London and said… USA · 19 Jun 2019 U.S. Navy link mine fragments to Iran The United States Navy on Wednesday displayed mine fragments it said it had removed from one of two oil tankers attacked in… Iran · 17 Jun 2019 Tankers targeted in the Gulf of Oman arrive in the UAE The two tankers that were the target of a mysterious attack blamed on Iran, on Sunday arrived safely at locations off the… Saudi Arabia · 7 Jun 2019 UAE claims ‘State actor’ behind tanker attacks The United Arab Emirates has told the UN Security Council that a "state actor" was most likely behind attacks on four tankers… Jordan · 23 May 2019 UAE to guarantee maritime freedom in the region While hosting Jordan's King Abdullah, on an official visit to Emirates, Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince said the United Arab Emirates is working… Libya · 17 May 2019 Filipinos and Korean released in Libya after months of captivity Authorities in Seoul and Abu Dhabi announced that one South Korean and three Filipinos have been released following months of captivity in… Iran · 13 May 2019 UPDATED: Four commercial vessels sabotaged in UAE… reports of explosions at Fujairah port denied Four commercial vessels have been targeted by "sabotage operations" near territorial waters of the United Arab Emirates. The UAE foreign ministry said… Libya · 2 May 2019 ‘Extremist militias’ control Libyan capital – UAE "Extremist militias" controlling the Libyan capital, Tripoli, were "derailing" the search for a political solution to the country's crisis, United Arab Emirates… Medical News · 23 Apr 2019 Woman wakes up after 27 years in a coma A woman from the United Arab Emirates who was seriously injured in a traffic accident in 1991 has emerged from a 27-year-long…