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• UAE Hospitals Make Lists of Patients to Receive Kidney Donations from Dead Donors

  With President Sheikh Khalifa issuing a law that allows transplants of organs from deceased donors, UAE hospitals have begun to make lists of patients who could be undergoing such process.

• UAE drops terrorism charges on Canadian, American detainees for allegedly funding and supporting terrorist groups

  The UAE government has downgraded the charges against four men to less serious charges for giving supplies to terrorist groups in foreign countries.

• Oil Prices Volatile Following Saudi Arabia-Iran Spat

  Saudi Arabi has just cut its diplomatic ties with Iran causing the oil prices to go on a roller-coaster ride.

• Pentagon says five Guantanamo detainees transferred to United Arab Emirates

  Five detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were transferred to the government of the United Arab Emirates, the U.S. Defense Department said on Sunday.

• France launches air strikes in Syria; Paris investigation widens

  French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday as police in Europe widened their investigations into coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more than 130 people.

• Iranian-American businessman detained in Iran: source

  A prominent Iranian-American businessman has been detained by authorities in Iran, potentially throwing up another obstacle to closer U.S.-Iran ties in the wake of the nuclear deal between the countries.

• In rich Gulf Arab states, some feel shamed by refugee response

  When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaitis. Fast forward 25 years, and the homeless from Syria's nearby war have found scant refuge in the Arab world's richest states.

• PM Modi visits UAE labour camp, underscores concern over worker welfare

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited a labour camp in Abu Dhabi on Sunday to highlight New Delhi's concern about the welfare of its migrant workers helping to build glitzy skyscrapers, hotels and museums in the oil-rich Gulf state.

• UAE sentences Emirati woman to death for killing U.S. teacher

  An Emirati woman was sentenced to death by a United Arab Emirates (UAE) court on Monday for killing an American kindergarten teacher in December, local media and Dubai-based al-Arabiya television reported.

• South Korea fights to contain MERS outbreak, considers tough measures

  South Korea struggled to contain an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Monday as health authorities announced three more cases, bringing the number of infections to 18 in just over 10 days.

• Saudi Arabia, allies launch air strikes in Yemen against Houthi fighters

  Warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies struck Shi'ite Muslim rebels fighting to oust Yemen's president on Thursday, a gamble by the world's top oil exporter to check Iranian influence in its backyard without direct military backing from Washington.

• Saudi Arabia building up military near Yemen border - U.S. officials

  Saudi Arabia is moving heavy military equipment including artillery to areas near its border with Yemen, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, raising the risk that the Middle East’s top oil power will be drawn into the worsening Yemeni conflict.

• EU accuses Syrian man of buying IS oil for govt; he denies charge

  The European Union has imposed sanctions on a Syrian businessman who it says bought oil for the Syrian government from Islamic State militants who have seized wide areas of the country including its oil-producing regions.

• Obama rejects as 'ugly lie' notion that West at war with Islam

  U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday urged countries to tackle violent Islamist militancy around the world and rejected as "an ugly lie" suggestions that the West was at war with Islam and embroiled in a clash of civilizations.

• Libya prime minister calls for international strikes on Islamists

  Libya's internationally recognized prime minister called for the West to launch air strikes to defeat Islamist militants who control Tripoli and have driven his government out of the capital.

• Jordanian king vows 'relentless' war on Islamic State's own ground

  Jordan's King Abdullah vowed a "relentless" war against Islamic State on their own territory on Wednesday in response to a video published by the hard-line group showing a captured Jordanian air force pilot being burned alive in a cage.

• Hollande says aircraft carrier could support Iraq operations

  France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier is ready to be used to support military operations against Islamic State in Iraq, French President Francois Hollande told military personnel aboard the vessel on Wednesday.

• UAE lists Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group

  The United Arab Emirates has formally designated the Muslim Brotherhood and local affiliates as terrorist groups, state news agency WAM reported on Saturday citing a cabinet decree.

• White House defends Biden after gaffes, apologies to allies

  The White House defended Vice President Joe Biden on Monday after he was forced to call leaders in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to apologize for remarks he made suggesting they had supported Islamist militants in Syria.

• Australia authorizes special forces troops to go to Iraq

  Australian special forces troops will be deployed in Iraq to assist in the fight against Islamic State militants, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday, and its aircraft will also join U.S.-led coalition strikes.

• Islamic State blows away Gulf qualms about joining U.S. military action

  It is more than 23 years since Arab countries last made common cause to join U.S.-led military action, and it has taken the threat of Islamic State to persuade them that any public backlash in an already turbulent region is a price worth paying.