United Arab Emirates

Parkville man indicted on charges of exporting to Iran

2013-03-07 17:57:24

A Parkville man was federally indicted on charges that he conspired with a man in Iran to export manufactured industrial products from the U.S., state's attorney's office said Thursday. Authorities believe Ali Saboonchi, 32, ran the Ace Electric...

Maryland needs a new plan for economic development

2012-08-20 03:00:00

Maryland's economy is headed in the wrong direction. While the unemployment rate here is better than the national average, it remains high at 6.9 percent. What's more, Maryland actually lost 11,000 jobs in the month of June, the third highest loss in...

T M Fred Texas is first Arabian horse winner at Preakness

2012-05-19 14:12:00

The jockey had raced an Arabian horse only once before and had never met the trainer before. The trainer, a former jockey himself, has never actually mounted an Arabian. The owner is an 18-year-old Shiek who, according to the trainer, knows very...

Johns Hopkins patients move into new $1.1 billion facility

2012-04-29 19:05:00

At the ding of a cowbell Sunday, staffers in a command center at the Johns Hopkins Hospital began clapping and yelling out victory cheers. Another department had begun to transfer patients as part of a massive move from Hopkins' aging hospital building...

Bloomberg joins Johns Hopkins in dedicating new hospital

2012-04-12 18:31:00

Michael Bloomberg's first donation to Johns Hopkins was $5, which he gave the year after he graduated in 1964 from the university with an engineering degree. The New York mayor now ranks as Hopkins' largest contributor, and possibly the largest donor...

For a Muslim American in the Middle East, a new kind of prejudice

2011-12-19 08:42:55

As a Muslim from the United States traveling to study in the Middle East, I assumed this would be the end to discrimination and prejudice toward me for being a Muslim, but I soon discovered otherwise. Even in a Muslim country, there were ways in which I...

USS Sanctuary leaves harbor to be recycled

2011-08-19 09:38:52

The former Navy hospital ship USS Sanctuary, which served in the aftermath of World War II and in Vietnam, has been sold and is now under tow from Baltimore to Brownsville, Texas, for recycling. The move marks the end of a 22-year residence in...

Official list of Guantanamo Bay detainees

2006-05-15 00:00:00

Ehrlich objects to port deal

2006-02-21 00:00:00

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday that he was concerned that a state-owned company in the United Arab Emirates could gain control of some operations at the port of Baltimore - the highest-ranking Maryland official to weigh in on what has ballooned...

Military expands ties in the gulf

2002-09-24 00:00:00

WASHINGTON - Amid strains in American ties with Saudi Arabia, the United States has significantly expanded its strategic relationship with the smaller emirates and monarchies of the oil-rich Persian Gulf, which could play a key role as bases for U.S....

More than 100 sought in probe

2001-09-15 00:00:00

WASHINGTON - Federal investigators said yesterday that they want to interview more than 100 people who could have ties to Tuesday's devastating attacks as they released a smaller, grimmer list - the names of the 19 suspected suicide hijackers who are...

France rules out Iran taking part in Syrian peace talks

2013-05-25 08:23:02

* French foreign minister says Iran cannot be part of talks * Fabius says Tehran is involved in Syrian conflict * He is due to meet Russia's Lavrov, U.S. Kerry on Monday By John Irish ABU DHABI, May 25 (Reuters) - France's foreign minister on Saturday...

The UAE Hawks, the aerobatic team of the United Arab Emirates forces, perform during a military show in Kuwait City, as the Gulf state marks its 52nd Independence Day and 22nd anniversary of the end of the Gulf war with the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.

2013-02-25 00:00:00

Abdulla Al Abdulla of Bahrain (L) shoots for goal as Adil Ali Rahu of the United Arab Emirates attempts to block during their 5-2 loss to the UAE in their men's beach soccer match at the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, Shandong Province, China.

2012-06-18 00:00:00

United Arab Emirates Minister for Foreign Affairs HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan arrives for an International Security Assistance Force meeting.

2012-05-21 00:00:00