--- title: UAE | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/uae/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/uae/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # UAE ## UAE *  Apr 1, 2026 ## [How the Iran War Cracked Dubai’s Liberal Facade](https://time.com/article/2026/04/01/dubai-uae-iran-war-crackdown-safety/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  Mar 20, 2026 ## [UAE Arrests More Than 100 to Keep Iran War Attacks Off Camera](https://time.com/article/2026/03/20/uae-arrests-more-than-100-as-crackdown-on-filming-iran-s-attacks-ramps-up/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Philip Wang *  Mar 9, 2017 ## [Engaged Foreign Couple Arrested in UAE for 'Unlawful Sex'](https://time.com/4696317/uae-abu-dhabi-unlawful-sex-couple/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Ryan Kilpatrick *  Feb 16, 2017 ## [Dubai Will Have Actual Passenger Drones This Summer Because the Future Is Here](https://time.com/4672881/drones-passengers-dubai-future-jetsons-ehang/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  Jan 9, 2017 ## [There Was Actually a Snake on a Plane. For Real](https://time.com/4628470/snake-on-emirates-plane-dubai/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Tara John *  Jan 5, 2017 ## [In the UAE, Owning a Big Cat Could Bite You in the Butt](https://time.com/4623131/uae-outlaw-wild-animals-cheetahs/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Joseph Hincks *  Nov 4, 2016 ## [The Election Is Driving You Insane. So Here Are 5 Good News Stories From Around the World](https://time.com/4556830/2016-election-lebanon-uae-cyprus/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Ian Bremmer *  Aug 19, 2016 ## [Australian Man Detained In Dubai for Trying to Help Refugees](https://time.com/4458791/dubai-uae-scott-richards/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Nash Jenkins *  Jun 24, 2015 ## [This Country Has the World's Most Polluted Air](https://time.com/3933487/pollution-climate-change-world-bank-report-uae/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rishi Iyengar *  May 13, 2015 ## [Watch 2 Daredevils Fly Over Dubai With Jetpacks](https://time.com/3856684/jetpack-dubai-yves-rossy/) by Jack Linshi *  Feb 9, 2015 ## [Prince Charles to Stress Christian Suffering in Saudi Arabia](https://time.com/3700684/prince-charles-saudi-arabia/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Catherine Mayer *  Dec 11, 2014 ## [Five Best Ideas of the Day: December 11](https://time.com/3629851/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-december-11/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Sep 24, 2014 ## [The UAE's First Female Pilot Was Leading Airstrikes Against ISIS](https://time.com/3426295/female-pilot-isis/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Jul 25, 2014 ## [Hamas Still Has Some Friends Left](https://time.com/3033681/hamas-gaza-palestine-israel-egypt/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Mirren Gidda *  Jul 8, 2014 ## [Dubai to Build World's First Indoor 'City'](https://time.com/2964797/dubai-to-build-worlds-first-temperature-controlled-indoor-city/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Melissa Hellmann ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/uae/","name":"UAE"}}]}] ```