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ABU DHABI, Nov 17 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), launched here, the Global Media Congress (GMC), a platform to boost business connections and foster innovation in the media sector.

The event, which runs from Tuesday to Thursday (today), under the theme of “Shaping the Future of the Media Industry,” gathered more than 1,200 media practitioners, experts and social media influencers from across the world.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy said Tuesday it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen from Iran, the first-such seizure in that country’s yearslong war as a cease-fire there has broken down.

13 Nov 2022; MEMO: The UAE has sought to influence US political decisions to serve its own interests according to a classified US intelligence report.

9 Nov 2022; MEMO: An investment company in the United Arab Emirates is attempting to submit an offer to purchase Liverpool Football Club from its current American owner, Fenway Sports Group.

Express quoted sources as saying that Dubai International Capital was the "leading contender to come in with a bid worth £4.3 billion [$5 billion]."

DUBAI, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Iran's intelligence minister told its regional rival Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that there is no guarantee of Tehran continuing its "strategic patience," according to semi-official Fars news agency.

"Until now, Iran has adopted strategic patience with firm rationality, but it cannot guarantee that it will not run out if hostilities continue," Fars quoted Esmail Khatib as saying.

"If Iran decides to retaliate and punish, glass palaces will crumble and these countries will not experience stability anymore."

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire broke out early Monday at a 35-story high-rise in downtown Dubai near the world’s tallest building, racing up the side of the structure in the same way seen in other blazes fueled by flammable siding material.

DUBAI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Hardline Iranian lawmakers urged the judiciary on Sunday to "deal decisively" with perpetrators of unrest, as the Islamic Republic struggles to suppress the biggest show of dissent in years.

Widespread anti-government demonstrations erupted in September after the death of young Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by morality police for allegedly flouting the strict dress code imposed on women.

06 Nov 2022; MEMO: Archaeologists in the UAE have unearthed what they consider to be the remains of an ancient Christian monastery on the Al-Sinniyah Island belonging to the emirate of Umm Al-Quwain.

On Thursday, the Umm Al-Quwain Tourism and Archaeology Department announced the find which included a church, refectory, cisterns and individual cells for monks.

DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - President Ebrahim Raisi said Iran's cities were "safe and sound" after what he called a failed attempt by the United States to repeat the 2011 Arab uprisings in the Islamic Republic, Iranian media reported on Saturday as protests continued for a 50th day.

Iran's clerical leadership has struggled to suppress the demonstrations which erupted in September after the death of a young Kurdish Iranian woman who had been detained by morality police for flouting strict laws on women's dress.

03 Nov 2022; MEMO: Oil is clearly in long-term "decline mode", according to the Energy Minister of the United Arab Emirates, one of the world's biggest exporters of the commodity, Bloomberg reports.

According to the report, the UAE will supply the world with crude for as long as it is needed, the Minister said.

"To assume oil is going to be there forever is wishful thinking," Suhail Al-Mazrouei said in a speech at the ADIPEC Energy Conference in Abu Dhabi.