Tag: Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

Pressure Grows for U.A.E. to Free Asim Ghafoor, American Lawyer

Pressure is mounting in the United States for the United Arab Emirates to release a Virginia lawyer who…

Sheikh Khalifa, U.A.E. Ruler, Is Dead at 73

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who marshaled the oil wealth of the United Arab Emirates to develop…

Yemen’s Houthis Went From Ragtag Militia to Force Threatening Gulf Powers

BEIRUT, Lebanon — When a band of scrappy rebels known as the Houthis stormed out of the mountains…