The UAE Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a statement denouncing a visit by an Iranian Shura Council delegation to the disputed islands of Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa, SPA reported May 6.

Diplomats from 11 countries met in Istanbul on April 20 to discuss the Syrian crisis, Xinhua reported.

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates on April 18 said they have arrested a seven-member group with links to al Qaeda, Al Jazeera reported, citing state news agency WAM.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit Iran near the port city of Bushehr, the Iran Seismological Centre said April 9, Al Arabiya reported.

A delegation of high-ranking Iranian officials headed by police chief Ismail Ahmadi-Moqaddam left for Abu Dhabi on Feb. 19, Mehr News Agency reported.

The United Kingdom, France, Turkey, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are crafting a plan to provide Syria's rebels with military training as well as air and naval power, The Independent reported Dec. 11.

Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have asked to purchase more than $7.6 billion in U.S. missile defense equipment, the Pentagon said Nov. 6, AFP reported.

The United Kingdom plans to establish a defense and industrial partnership with the United Arab Emirates involving close cooperation around the Typhoon fighter jet, the countries said in a joint statement Nov. 6, Reuters reported.

The United Kingdom is considering stationing Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes in the Persian Gulf, The Independent reported Nov. 2.