UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

The recent bloodshed in Cairo and elsewhere has left many travelers wondering: Is Egypt safe?

Faced with growing protests, Gulf state monarchs are trying to diffuse opposition by exploiting old rivalries between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.

The German auto giant built a $771-million plant in march 2009. Since then it has averaged 189 cars a day.

The United States has extended the closure of embassies across the Middle East and Africa until the end of this week as "abundance of caution" with mounting fears of terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda.

Norwegian business traveler Marte Deborah Dalelv was sentenced to 16 months in jail for reporting rape in Dubai.

Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed al-Nayhan sells his stake in Barclays after saving them from a UK government bailout five years ago

Dubai officials have started the "Your Weight in Gold" campaign that will pay individuals a gram of gold for every kilogram of weight lost.

Malala Yousafzai delivered the following speech before the United Nations Youth Assembly on 'Malala Day', to celebrate her 16th birthday

OPEC's latest monthly forecast shows growing demand for oil but shrinking demand for its own product.

Adly Mansour becomes interim president as thousands celebrate for a second night in Cairo Square; Obama doesn't call ousting a "coup."

Citi is already present in other Middle Eastern countries, like Qatar, Kuwait and Egypt, but would be the first American bank in Iraq.

As the West re-evaluates nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster, Middle Eastern countries look to build more plants.

The Dubai Municipality announced plans this week to build Holy Quran Park, a themed destination designed "from an Islamic perspective."

The UAE is funding clean energy, but eight new wind turbines in the Seychelles can’t stop the water from rising.

A new IEA report also said OPEC countries' crude oil supply rose in May to its highest level in seven months.

Some 2.2 million Keralites live and work outside India, with 875,000 in the UAE and 574,000 in Saudi Arabia.

MSCI has removed Greece from its index of developed markets after the country's markets shrunk and liquidity dried off.

About 40,000 Kenyan guest workers currently live in the UAE, primarily in the construction, hotel and travel industries.

It's been a while since the world's tallest building was an American feature. Currently it's in Dubai; soon it will be in Changsha, China.

The path to payback involves banks, processors, insurers, creditors and courts, plus contracts that don't yet cover such crimes.

In search of resources and trade options, China has turned to the Middle East, including volatile areas where the West fears to do business.