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19 April 2022; MEMO: Two UAE airlines have agreed to take part in a flyover organised annually by Israeli airlines to mark Israel's Independence Day, which marks the 1948 Nakba.

14 April 2022; MEMO: Secretary of State Antony Blinken apologised to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last month for the US response to attacks on the emirates from Yemen's Houthi rebels, according to a report published Wednesday.

Anadolu Agency reported that Blinken issued the mea culpa to Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan during a meeting last month in Morocco, the Axios news website reported.

DUBAI, April 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said on Wednesday it was establishing a new multinational task force that would target arms smuggling in the waters around Yemen, the latest American military response to Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The effort follows a series of Houthi missile and drone attacks this year on the two Gulf countries, which have since received additional American military assistance but see the United States as weakening its commitment to the region.

11 April 2022; MEMO: Jordanian fencing player on Saturday refused to face an Israeli opponent in the Junior and Cadet group of the World Fencing Championships held in Dubai; one week after a Kuwaiti fencing player pulled out of the competition for the same reason.

DUBAI, April 10 (Reuters) - Iranian lawmakers have set conditions for the revival of a 2015 nuclear pact, including legal guarantees approved by the U.S. Congress that Washington would not quit it, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.

Iran and the United States have engaged in indirect talks in Vienna over the past year to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers which then-U.S. President Donald Trump left in 2018 and Iran subsequently violated by ramping up its nuclear programme.

DUBAI, April 9 (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it had imposed sanctions on 24 more Americans, including former Army Chief of Staff George Casey and former President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani, as months of talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal have stalled.

Almost all the people named were officials who served during Trump's administration, which imposed sanctions on Iranian officials, politicians and companies and withdrew the United States from Iran's nuclear agreement with world powers.

DUBAI, April 9 (Reuters) - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday Tehran would not give up its right to develop its nuclear industry for peaceful purposes, and all parties involved in talks to revive the 2015 nuclear accord should respect this.

Eleven months of indirect talks between Iran and the United States in Vienna have stalled as both sides say political decisions are required by Tehran and Washington to settle the remaining issues. 

05 April 2022; MEMO: An Israeli woman was sentenced to death by a Court in the United Arab Emirates after she was convicted of drug smuggling, lsrael's Channel 12 reports.

According to the report, Fidaa Kiwan, a resident of Haifa who owns a photography studio, was convicted of possessing half a kilogram of cocaine while visiting Dubai for work.

She says the drugs are not hers and were planted in her bag and in the apartment she was staying in, the report says.

DUBAI, April 4 (Reuters) - The United States is responsible for the pause in talks between Tehran and world powers in Vienna aimed at reviving their 2015 nuclear deal, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.

"America is responsible for the halt of these talks ... a deal is very much within reach," Saeed Khatibzadeh told a weekly news conference.

"Washington should make political decision for the deal's revival," he said, adding that Tehran would "not wait forever".

DUBAI, Apr 1 (NNN-WAM) – The Expo 2020 Dubai, the first world expo held in the Middle East, closed yesterday, with tens of thousands of visitors attending its official closing ceremony.

The ceremony was held at the iconic dome-structured Al Wasl Plaza, the central stage of the Expo’s site, with the attendance of Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and deputy prime minister and minister of finance of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as, other UAE and Expo officials.