The United Arab Emirates has received its first Rafale fighter jet under a deal with France amid ongoing US-French competition for influence in the UAE’s arms industry.

United Arab Emirates billionaire Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, who this week scrapped his investments in Lebanon, said the country was still not safe and that he had been threatened with being "slaughtered and killed" last year.

The United Arab Emirates is aiming to connect all seven emirates through a 900-kilometer (559-mile) high-speed rail network. The Etihad Rail passenger service will connect two of the largest cities in the Middle East, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, making the journey between them less than an hour.

The first of 80 Dassault Rafale combat aircraft have been formally handed over to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), it was announced on 29 January.

The United Arab Emirates is testing technologies aimed at boosting the rain generated by cloud seeding, as the desert nation bids to improve water security.

The United Arab Emirates and Israel agreed that the Gulf emirate would take over the management of the Gaza Strip after the war, according to a report by Israel Hayom.

The Dean of Bradford is set to take on his first triathlon - in the United Arab Emirates - to raise funds for Bradford Cathedral.

An international lineup of the world’s leading healthcare start-ups competed in the final of the Innov8 competition

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The deal comes after the deadline for a firm offer was extended three times, and Good Energy said the takeover deal is a 'good deal which will ramp up the company's renewable purpose'

By expanding renewables domestically, these petrostates are freeing up more of their oil and gas for export instead of burning it for power

Russia and the United Arab Emirates ended the final round of negotiations on the agreement on avoidance of double taxation of income and capital, earlier reports said