Analysis: Some in the region question their effectiveness, and are also keeping a cautious eye on the UAE's nuclear aims.
Expats who took out loans to finance extravagances during Dubai's good times now flee or face jail.
Dubai's technologically and aesthetically dazzling metro has already upset this rich Emirate’s rigid social hierarchy.
Fear of terrorism, Iran and pirates at issue in court battle over holding the cup race in the United Arab Emirates.
But a less in-your-face wall still stands, farther east.
Abu Dhabi builds the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste city powered by renewable energy.
Global markets fall as Dubai World investments suspends payments on its $59 billion debt.
Islamic finance, little affected by the global economic meltdown, faces its biggest test: a Dubai default.
In Poland, claims the "Molotov-Ribbentrop" natural gas pipeline is an attempt to weaken the EU and NATO, much as the Nazis and Soviets did to Poland in WWII.
Despite a graphic videotape of him beating and raping an Afghan merchant, court acquits Abu Dhabi royal.
How long can the US and its allies wait before taking action to stop Iran's nuclear program?
The glitzy city on the Gulf has become a kind of Arabian Big Easy where a senior political operative can be assassinated in a five-star hotel.
Human rights advocates warn that the workers building NYU's new campus could be forced laborers.
Unlikely, but English has become the lingua franca of commerce, media and education in parts of the Arab world.
New information has emerged about the assassination of a senior Hamas operative by Israeli agents in Dubai.
Why the wealth under the soil should bring together a divided society at the polls.
It's known as the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Gulf. But careful where, when and which you use.
The launch of several small animals into space sends a strong message about Tehran's military intent and capabilities.
Can the single accomplishment of Nouri al-Maliki's tenure weather the transition?
Iraq and Iran vie to best Saudi as the world's leading producer of oil and it's China that looms as final arbiter.
