The central bank of the United Arab Emirates, home to the skyscraper-studded city of Dubai, announced Sunday a $27 billion stimulus package to deal with the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The money will go toward supporting the country’s banks, and regulatory limits on...

Gulf Arab states expanded measures to contain the spread of coronavirus on Sunday with Oman banning open ship-to-ship transfers with Iranian vessels, Abu Dhabi’s bourse closing trading halls and Dubai shuttering cinemas, gyms and arcades. Citizens and residents in Kuwait, which went into...

The Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi closed all tourist attractions, including its branch of famed Paris museum the Louvre, from Saturday until March 31 as a precaution against the coronavirus. "In line with precautionary measures to ensure the health and safety of visitors, #AbuDhabi's main...

Citizens and residents of Kuwait got ready for a virtual nation-wide lockdown by rushing to supermarkets as authorities took exceptional measures against coronavirus, including banning all commercial passenger flights starting Friday. Streets in the Gulf Arab state were largely empty...