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UAE shared FlyDubai crew list with Israel, officials say
The United Arab Emirates gave Israel a list of passengers and crew before FlyDubai flight FZ1073 took off, regional officials told The Associated Press on Sunday. The list included the pilots' names and nationalities. On that flight, the Omani co-pilot…
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UAE moves AI data centers underground after Iranian strikes
The United Arab Emirates is abandoning its plan for a single massive AI data center campus, instead dispersing facilities across multiple emirates and moving critical server infrastructure underground into blast-reinforced bunkers — a direct response to Iranian drone and missile…
Anthropic says it disrupted UAE-linked AI influence op targeting UN Sudan critics
Anthropic said it detected and disrupted an influence operation it linked "with high confidence" to UAE government officials, in which a single operator used the company's Claude chatbot to target the Muslim Brotherhood and United Nations experts critical of Abu…
UAE redesigns massive AI data center project after Iranian attacks
The United Arab Emirates is quietly reshaping one of the world's largest AI infrastructure projects after the Iran war exposed the vulnerability of concentrated technology sites in the Gulf, Reuters reported on Friday, citing six people familiar with the matter.
UAE’s OPEC exit, pricing shift dominate Singapore summit
Energy executives, traders, and analysts convened in Singapore on Monday for the 42nd Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC), where the consequences of the UAE's departure from OPEC and a sweeping change to Abu Dhabi's crude pricing methodology have emerged as…
Gulf states press ahead with AI buildout despite war
The Persian Gulf's wealthiest states are forging ahead with plans to build out massive artificial intelligence infrastructure, even as the US war with Iran has turned data centers into repeated military targets and disrupted the region.
UAE police detain two Binance employees amid fraud probe
Two employees of Binance Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, were detained in the United Arab Emirates in recent weeks as police investigated potential financial crimes involving the platform, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
Oil hits three-week high as Hormuz impasse chokes supply
Oil prices climbed for a fifth consecutive session on Thursday, reaching their highest levels in nearly a month, as the ongoing impasse in the US-Iran war continued to choke supply through the Strait of Hormuz and stoke fears of a…
Oil settles at 4-week high as UAE suspends Iran trade
Crude oil prices settled at nearly four-week highs on Wednesday as escalating Middle East tensions — including the United Arab Emirates' suspension of all trade with Iran and continued uncertainty over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz — kept supply…
Trump shifts to long-term economic pressure on Iran after talks collapse
The Trump administration has abandoned its pursuit of a rapid diplomatic breakthrough with Iran and pivoted toward a long-term campaign of economic and military pressure, after the 60-day window established by the June memorandum of understanding expired without a final…
UAE suspends all trade with Iran after missile attack
The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it was suspending all trade, commercial exchanges, and financial transactions with Iran after accusing Tehran of firing two ballistic missiles toward the country — the first such attack since May and a…
ADNOC sells 94M barrels since June as UAE’s post-OPEC oil push accelerates
The United Arab Emirates formally withdrew from OPEC and OPEC+ on May 1, 2026, ending nearly 59 years of membership in the oil producers' cartel and freeing the Gulf state to pursue an aggressive production expansion without quota constraints. In…
UAE condemns Iranian missile strike on ADNOC tanker in Strait of Hormuz
The United Arab Emirates on Saturday condemned an Iranian missile attack on a tanker belonging to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) as it transited the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a "flagrant violation" of UN Security Council Resolution…
ADNOC spends $1.3B on 11 tankers as UAE crude exports surge
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's logistics arm has spent $1.3 billion to acquire 11 vessels, nearly doubling its supertanker fleet as the UAE ramps up crude exports following its departure from OPEC amid ongoing tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.
UAE, Ghana raise fuel prices as US-Iran conflict roils oil markets
Consumers in Ghana and the United Arab Emirates face higher costs at the pump starting Friday, as both countries adjust fuel prices upward in response to surging global crude oil prices driven by the US-Iran conflict and disruptions near the…
Bahrain and Kuwait secretly struck Iran, WSJ reports
Bahrain and Kuwait covertly dispatched fighter jets to strike military sites inside Iran earlier this month, marking their first direct offensive action against Tehran since the war began in February, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The United Arab…
UAE oil output surged 80% in June after OPEC exit
The United Arab Emirates reported to OPEC that its crude oil production jumped roughly 80% in June to 3.8 million barrels per day, according to Bloomberg, underscoring how quickly Abu Dhabi moved to capitalize on its newfound freedom after exiting…
UAE frees 55 Iranian fishermen amid Gulf war tensions
The United Arab Emirates has released 55 Iranian fishermen who had been held in detention, with the group set to be repatriated to Iran, according to a report from Iran's Mehr news agency published on Tuesday.
UAE says Iranian missiles struck two tankers in Hormuz, killing one
Two UAE-flagged oil tankers were hit by Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, killing one Indian crew member and wounding eight others, according to the UAE Ministry of Defence. The attack marks a further escalation of…
Dubai plans new Fujairah port to bypass Strait of Hormuz
DP World, the Dubai-based port operator, is planning to build a new multipurpose port and container terminal on the UAE's eastern coast near Fujairah, according to a report published Monday by the Financial Times London Stock Exchange Group plc. The…
Iran says UAE ‘must be held accountable’ after US eases export controls
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi accused the United Arab Emirates of complicity in the U.S.-led military campaign against Iran, saying Abu Dhabi "must be held accountable" after a U.S. government document explicitly credited the Gulf state for supporting Operation…
UAE crude output hits record after OPEC exit, IEA says
The United Arab Emirates pumped a record 4.1 million barrels of crude oil per day in June, the International Energy Agency said in its monthly Oil Market Report published on Thursday, marking the highest output in the country's history and…
UAE crude output nears record after OPEC exit
The United Arab Emirates raised its crude oil production to above 3.8 million barrels per day in June, the second-highest monthly output in the country's history, according to a Reuters exclusive published on Monday. The surge came just weeks after…
Gulf oil exports top 10M bpd in June on record UAE flows
Oil prices held steady near recent lows as Gulf oil exports jumped sharply in June, driven by record shipments from the United Arab Emirates, though lingering regional tensions continued to cloud the outlook for the waterway that carries roughly a…
UAE hits record oil exports after OPEC exit
The United Arab Emirates pushed crude oil and condensate exports to a record high in June, averaging about 3.7 million barrels per day, according to ship-tracking data from Kpler and Vortexa cited by Reuters. The milestone marks the UAE's emergence…
ADNOC proposes new crude pricing system after UAE’s OPEC exit
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. is proposing a new pricing methodology for crude sales to long-term customers, a move that would bring the UAE's largest oil producer more in line with regional trading norms, according to people with knowledge of…
EIA says UAE exit cut OPEC’s global oil output share to 31%
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported this week that the United Arab Emirates' departure from OPEC, effective May 1, 2026, reduced the group's share of global crude oil production from 35% to 31% and cut the broader OPEC+ coalition's share…
UAE oil exports hit 85% of pre-war levels, IEA says
The United Arab Emirates' oil exports rebounded to nearly 85% of pre-war levels in early June, according to the International Energy Agency, marking a rapid recovery enabled by pipeline infrastructure and alternative shipping routes that have allowed Gulf producers to…
UAE agreed to unlock billions for Iran, sources say
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to release billions of dollars for Iran in a tactical shift aimed at halting Iranian attacks on the Gulf state, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing four sources with knowledge of the arrangement.
UN Security Council condemns drone strike on UAE nuclear plant
The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday unanimously condemned the drone attack on the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates, calling it a violation of international law, according to Reuters. The statement came more than a week…