Tag Archives: United Arab Emirates





Iran

Iran, trying to skirt sanctions, attempts to set up banks worldwide



Iran

Iran’s top leader seeks to end rifts with clerics


Russia

Trapping the lord of war: The rise and fall of Viktor Bout





China

Risk-tolerant China investing heavily in Iraq as US companies hold back



United Arab Emirates

A court convicted five Emiratis and an Afghan of funneling money to the Taliban in Afghanistan. The six men received sentences of three to four years in jail. The men claimed they were coerced into signing confessions.





United Arab Emirates

Security forces arrested 45 suspects thought to be involved with a plot to blow up the Burj Dubai, or Dubai Tower, the tallest building in the world. Palestinians, Syrians, and Lebanese were among those arrested. Iran is accused of being behind the plot.