UAE president Nahyan dead at 90
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Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, president and founder of the United Arab Emirates, has died after many years of poor health, according to his office.
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Former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir Shah, whose 40-year reign coincided with one of the most peaceful periods in the country's recent history, died on Monday, aged 92.
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Former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir Shah died on Monday, aged 92, presidential palace sources said.
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DUBAI (United Arab Emirates): New United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan on Saturday received a &quot;pledge of loyalty&quot; from a younger brother bypassed in succession arrangements, a move which seemingly refutes claims about
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In an official message broadcast on national TV and official news agency Saba, Yemenâs president conveyed his condolences to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the demise of its president Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Aal Nahyan, who died at the age of 90
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Abu Dhabi, Nov 3 (PTI) President APJ Abdul Kalam tonight called on the new ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Al Bateen palace here and offered condolences over the death of the UAE President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan.
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DUBAI  - The death of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, president of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates (UAE), is not expected to have a major impact on already climbing world crude prices, experts said.
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Sheik Jamal al-Din Abdul Karim al-Dabban, Iraq's top Sunni Arab religious leader, died Sunday, an official said. He was 68.
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A suspected militant leader died of heart failure and not under torture, says Kuwait's interior minister.
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Former Iraqi President Abdel-Rahman Aref, overthrown more than 35 years ago in a coup that brought Saddam Hussein's Baath party to power, died in Amman early Friday at the age of 91, an Iraqi diplomat in Jordan said.
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ABU DHABI  - The emir of Abu Dhabi was elected Wednesday as president of the United Arab Emirates, succeeding his father, who died a day earlier, the official WAM news agency reported.
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New Delhi, Nov. 3. (PTI): President APJ Abdul Kalam is leaving today for Abu Dhabi to offer condolences to ruling family, Government and people of UAE on the demise of President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan.
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ABU DHABI - The National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce has expressed its deepest condolences to the UAE government and people on the recent passing of Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
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Yasser Arafat, the man who embodied the cause of the Palestinian people for four decades, died at 3:30 a.m. Thursday at a hospital outside of Paris, according to Palestinian and hospital officials. He was 75.
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A large funeral was held yesterday afternoon for Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan, late president of the United Arab Emirates, who died on Tuesday evening at 86 year old of which he had spent 33 years as a president for the country.
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SHEIKH Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates since its inception in 1971, began his adult life as a poor Beduin tribal leader and became one of the richest men in the world.
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ABU DHABI, Nov 2  - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, who died Tuesday after ruling the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the birth of the federation more than three decades ago, enjoyed the role of elder statesman in a conflict-torn region.