Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has completed an oil pipeline that bypasses the Iranian-dominated Strait of Hormuz. Officials said the pipeline that links the Habshan oil fields to the UAE port of Fujairah was completed in April. They said the facility would allow the UAE and other Gulf Cooperation Council [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates, weathering a series of delays, has been on alert for the launch of its first military satellite. The UAE plans to oversee the launch of the Y1B satellite on April 24. The satellite, ordered by the UAE’s Al Yah Satellite Communications Co., would facilitate data [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — NATO has reported a sharp drop in Gulf piracy in 2011. “NATO has been actively carrying out counter-piracy operations for more than four years, and we have been very successful,” Turkish Navy Rear Adm. Sinan Azmi Tosun said. “We have been able to bring down pirate activities by 60 [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has become the latest Middle East state wary of Western non-governmental organizations. The UAE, despite appeals, has forced at least two leading Western think tanks to leave the emirates. They were identified as the American-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) and Germany’s Konrad Adenauer Foundation, both [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — South Korea and the United Arab Emirates have reached a major energy cooperation accord. Officials said South Korea’s state-run Korea National Oil Corp. and GS Energy have been selected to develop three crude oil fields in the UAE. They said the two South Korean companies would team with the [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — ExxonMobil expects to win major energy projects in the United Arab Emirates. The U.S. energy giant expressed confidence that it would be awarded crude oil and natural gas concessions in the UAE. The company, with two concessions in the Gulf Cooperation Council state, has been preparing for a UAE [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — An American convicted of trying to export U.S. computers to Iran has been sentenced to jail. Jeng Shih was sentenced by a federal district court for 18 months upon his conviction for conspiracy to export computers to Iran. Federal prosecutors said the computers were sent to Iran through the United [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has launched an effort to ensure logistics for its military in the Gulf in 2012. The Defense Department has awarded a more than $1 billion contract for fuel for the U.S. military presence in Gulf Cooperation Council states. The U.S. military contains a major presence in such [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Western powers intend to challenge Iran’s domination of the Strait of Hormuz. The United States and NATO allies have been sending warships through the Strait of Hormuz. Western diplomats said Britain, France and the United States deployed six warships this month through the Iranian-claimed strait. “We maintain a constant presence [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. military maintains only limited access to facilities in Turkey, a report said. The American Enterprise Institute determined that the U.S. military could not rely on facilities in Turkey for regional operations, particularly an attack on Iran. In a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina on Jan. 16, Texas [...]
