UAE tops MENA ranking on global index measuring rule of law, crime

The Emirates retained the top spot in adherence to order and security helping it reduce crime, a new study says

Saudi says Riyadh determined to confront Iranian expansion in region

Saudi actions had helped reduce the interference of Tehran and its regional clout in Yemen and other countries, the Kingdom’s foreign minister said

Saud al-Faisal, Saudi foreign minister for 40 years, dies

Prince Saud was the world’s longest-serving foreign minister when replaced on April 29 by Adel al-Jubeir, the then-ambassador to Washington

US-led coalition launches new counter-terrorism centre in Abu Dhabi

The Sawab Centre will use direct online engagement to counter terrorist propaganda used to attract foreign fighters to ISIL’s cause

Three Saudi brothers arrested over links to Kuwait ISIL bombing

The bombing, which killed 27 people, was Kuwait’s deadliest militant attack

Saudi-led air strikes kill nearly 100 in Yemen

The UN has been pushing for a halt to the air strikes and fighting that has killed nearly 3,000 people in Yemen since March

Egypt arrests Brotherhood members for alleged Suez plot

The security sources said the men formed a 13-member cell that included an employee at the Suez Canal Authority

Greeks defy Europe with overwhelming referendum ‘No’

Official figures showed 61 per cent of Greeks had rejected a deal that would have imposed more austerity measures

Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen cities kill 16 – Houthis

The United Nations last week designated the Yemen war as a Level 3 humanitarian crisis, its most severe category

More than 100 dead as militants, Egyptian army clash in North Sinai

The militants’ assault was the second high-profile attack in Egypt this week after a prosecutor general was killed in Cairo

Kuwait arrests two police officers in crackdown on militants

About 90 people have been detained by authorities investigating the attack on a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Kuwait City

Kuwait in “state of war” with militants, warns of other cells

Kuwaiti authorities have detained 60 people in connection with the bombing and closed a charity for alleged militant ties in raising funds for Syrians

UAE man jailed for tweets critical of high court

Nasser al-Faresi allegedly called the proceedings of a 2012 sedition trial a “judicial farce” and insulted the UAE’s president and Abu Dhabi’s crown prince

Kuwait detains 60 suspected of Islamist militant links

Arabic-language al-Qabas newspaper quoted security sources as saying that 60 people, including Kuwaiti citizens and nationals of other Gulf states, were detained.

US lifting holds on security assistance to Bahrain -State Department

Holds on security assistance to the Bahrain Defense Force and National Guard were put in place after Bahrain cracked down on demonstrations in 2011

UAE sentences Emirati woman to death for killing US teacher

The woman, referred to as the Reem Island Ghost, killed Ibolya Ryan by stabbing her in a toilet at an Abu Dhabi shopping mall.

Kuwait says mosque bomber was young Saudi man

The interior ministry named the bomber as Fahd Suliman Abdul-Muhsen al-Qabaa and said he flew into Kuwait’s airport at dawn on Friday

UAE minister says ‘solid political will’ required to fight terrorism

UAE’s minister of foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said that recent attacks indicated the severity of the challenge ahead.

Saudi-led jets bomb Yemen as Hadi government rejects new talks

Talks in Geneva last week ended without a resolution to the conflict, which has claimed more than 2,800 lives

ISIL supporters tweet alleged photos of Tunisia hotel shooter

The photos provide a view from the rear of a man walking down a street and holding an assault rifle

Kuwait says detains driver of vehicle that took bomber to mosque

The interior ministry said the driver of the car was an illegal resident named Abdul-Rahman Sabah Aidan

Coordinated or not, attacks show ISIL’s growing reach

The ultra-radical group clearly now poses a threat far beyond its heartland in Syria and Iraq as recent attacks show

ISIL suicide bomber kills 27, wounds 227 in Kuwait mosque

It was the first suicide bombing at a Shi’ite mosque in Kuwait and worst militant attack in the country for many years.

UAE officials survive bomb attack by Al Shabaab in Somalia

The attack, which was targeted at an aid convoy that included the UAE’s ambassador, took place in Mogadishu’s Hodan district

Al Jazeera journalist says surprised by arrest in Germany

Ahmed Mansour, a talk show host on the channel’s Arabic service, was detained in Germany after an international police warrant was issued by Egypt.

UAE spent $26.8bn to deal with violence in 2014

The UAE’s peace levels have deteriorated by 14 per cent over the last eight years.

Bahrain says seizes explosives intended for use in Saudi Arabia

The police chief said the seizure was made possible by information arising from the capture in May of a vehicle containing similar explosives

Al Qaeda in Yemen execute 2 Saudis accused of spying for America

Two Saudis, named al-Mutairi and al-Khaledi, were reportedly killed

Reem Island accused’s lawyer calls non-muslim witness accounts ‘invalid’

Alaa Bader Al Hashemi is charged with the murder of American schoolteacher Ibolya Ryan and for planting explosives at the doorstep of another resident

Egypt court sentences Mursi, Brotherhood leaders to death

The court last month sought the death penalty for Mursi after he was convicted of killing and kidnapping policemen