The Latest Breaking News from United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates will build an airlock for NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway space station, and will get to send an astronaut to the outpost for the contribution.

300 Indian citizens suspected of human trafficking have been sequestered in a small airport in France. Judges to decide their fate. Urgent situation.

Watch as the European Union held a news conference at Cop28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Monday 4 December 2023.

The United Arab Emirates is choking under "alarmingly high" air pollution levels fed by its fossil fuel industry, Human Rights Watch warned on Monday as the oil-rich country hosts the UN's COP28 climate talks in Dubai.

Thousands of people have marched through the center of Brussels in a boisterous rally highlighting the dangers of climate change, as the COP28 climate summit draws to an end in the United Arab Emirates

Most events will now be enjoying a deserved rest period over the Christmas break but events such as Asian Le Mans kicked off in early December, while the 2024 Formula E season begins mid-January, so there are plenty of events to watch.   

It's off the charts. All evidence points to an acceleration of the planet’s record-breaking heat. So the blame game begins, as the COP 28 summit opens in the oil and gas-rich United Arab Emirates, between those who provide fossil fuels, those who consume them and those in the front lines…

As the UN's annual climate summit gets underway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, one underlying question is set to top the agenda: can the world finally agree to ditch fossil fuels? Down to Earth takes a closer look.

The United Nations climate conference opens in Dubai on Thursday with nations under pressure to increase the urgency of action on global warming and wean off fossil fuels, amid intense scrutiny of oil-rich hosts United Arab Emirates.