Tag: United Arab Emirates

At the 2.5 year mark, Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser and presidential son-in-law, said the Trump administration is making progress on President Trump's agenda.

Jared Kushner’s no good, very bad week

Gabby Morrongiello · March 3, 2018 5:01 am

Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, have introduced a joint resolution which would end U.S. military involvement in the conflict in Yemen. (AP Photos)

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Mike Lee and Bernie Sanders come together to end US involvement in Yemen

Siraj Hashmi · February 28, 2018 9:30 pm

Jared Kushner's contacts with foreign officials were the subject of scrutiny within the White House, and reportedly played a role in his inability to secure a security clearance. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Foreign officials talked privately of manipulating Jared Kushner: Report

Melissa Quinn · February 27, 2018 11:12 pm

U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor Erik Gordon, left, helps passenger Ronan Pabhye navigate one of the new facial recognition kiosks at a United Airlines gate before boarding a flight to Tokyo on July 12, 2017, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. The Trump administration intends to require that American citizens boarding international flights submit to face scans, something Congress has not explicitly approved and privacy advocates consider an ill-advised step toward a surveillance state. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Is it time to crack down on facial recognition?

Steven Nelson · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

TSA issued an emergency amendment requiring six airlines that fly to the U.S. from seven airports to undergo enhanced screening under the Air Cargo Advance Screening protocols. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

TSA tightens screening requirements for cargo from seven Middle Eastern airports

Melissa Quinn · January 22, 2018 8:38 pm

A report submitted to the U.S. government shows that between 2004 and 2014, the governments of the UAE and Qatar have provided over $40 billion in subsidies and benefits to their state-owned airlines: Doha's Qatar Airways, Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways, and Dubai's Emirates. (iStock Photo)

Newt Gingrich: Trump should enforce our free trade agreement on air travel

Newt Gingrich · December 2, 2017 5:01 am

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon at the Hudson Institute Monday expressed support for the countries that cut ties with Qatar in June after it was suspected Qatar had financially assisted terrorist groups. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Steve Bannon: Qatar is just as important as North Korea

Diana Stancy Correll · October 24, 2017 2:05 am

Photos, documentaries, and other media capturing Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran's elite Qods Force, push the message Iran's role is more pervasive and effective than it actually may be.

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Why is Iranian master terrorist Qassem Soleimani distributing photos of himself in Iraq?

Michael Rubin · October 20, 2017 9:04 pm

The three state-owned Gulf carriers - Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways - have received over $50 billion in subsidies from their governments in the last decade, skewing the free market and putting American jobs at risk. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Gulf carrier cheaters threaten US aviation jobs

Andrea Newman · August 22, 2017 4:01 am

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson walks with Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. On June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain declared a full blockade of Qatar by land, sea, and air. They cited Qatar's alleged support for terrorism as justification. (Alexander W. Riedel/State Department via AP)

The world must take Qatar’s side against the blockade

Noor Ahmed AlKhori · August 10, 2017 4:01 am

As a UAE based airline, Etihad is despised by ISIS. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

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In July, ISIS nearly succeeded in bringing down a passenger plane

Tom Rogan · August 4, 2017 3:46 pm

"This blatant disregard for our Open Skies agreements has allowed these airlines to undercut U.S. carriers, financially damaging the U.S. airline industry, jeopardizing service to small-and medium-sized communities and threatening American jobs," wrote Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.

Ted Cruz encourages Trump Cabinet trio to take action against Gulf countries accused of unfairly subsidizing airlines

Josh Siegel · July 19, 2017 3:14 am