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Qatar and the United Arab Emirates share a naval border and are part of the Arabic-speaking Persian Gulf region. They are both members of the GCC. [ 1] On 5 June 2017, as part of the Qatar diplomatic crisis, the UAE cut diplomatic relations with Qatar. [ 2] On 6 January 2021, Qatar and the UAE agreed to fully restore diplomatic ties. [ 3]
The United Arab Emirates [b] (UAE), or simply the Emirates, [c] is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East.Located at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula, it shares land borders with Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the southwest; as well as maritime borders in the Persian Gulf with Qatar and Iran.
Attendance. 38,646. An AFC Asian Cup match between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates occurred on 29 January 2019, as part of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. It was held at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. The match is referred as the Blockade Derby, due to the then-ongoing Qatar diplomatic crisis ...
In April 2009, a video tape of torture was smuggled out of the UAE showed Sheikh Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan torturing a man with whips, electric cattle prods, and wooden planks with protruding nails, and running him over repeatedly with a car. [68] In December 2009, Issa appeared in court and proclaimed his innocence. [69]
In March 2020 following the COVID-19 outbreak, social networking channels and video streaming services, achieved a double-digit growth in the number of users, according to the UAE's telecoms regulator. YouTube saw a 16 per cent month-on-month increase in users during March, whereas Facebook and Twitter experienced 17 per cent and 22 per cent ...
www .gulfnews .com. Media of the United Arab Emirates. List of newspapers. Gulf News is a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was first launched in 1978, and is currently distributed throughout the UAE and also in other Persian Gulf Countries. Its online edition was launched in 1996.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Russian invasion of Ukraine. Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion. Ukraine reports capturing 82 Russian settlements within an area of 1,150 square kilometres (440 sq mi) since the start of the Kursk incursion on August 6.
Al Jazeera Media Network ( AJMN; Arabic: الجزيرة, romanized : Al-Jazīrah, lit. 'The Peninsula' [æl (d)ʒæˈziːrɐ]) is a private-media conglomerate headquartered at Wadi Al Sail, Doha, [ 3][ 4] funded in part by the government of Qatar. The network's flagship channels include Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English, which provide ...