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The UAE has announced plans to establish judicial bodies to prosecute money laundering and financial crime following increased monitoring by a global watchdog dedicated to battling illicit cash flows.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Tanjug News Agency and the UAE's WAM news agency signed a contract on inter-agency cooperation on Monday.

It was signed by Tacno Director Manja Grcic and WAM Director Mohammad Jalal Al Rayssi during a Zoom session.

Tacno is the holder of Tanjug trademarks.

A Turkish trade delegation held talks with officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on ways of boosting trade cooperation between the two countries, according to the UAE state news agency WAM on Oct. 17.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has spoken by phone with the UAE's de facto ruler, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his office said on Aug. 31.

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"Relations between the countries and regional issues were discussed in the talks," the statement said. It did not specify when the talks took place.

Dubai airport was the world’s busiest for international passengers in 2017 for the fourth year running, with 88.2 million travelers, the United Arab Emirates’ state news agency WAM said on Feb. 5.

Authorities in Qatar have denied that Qatari fighter jets intercepted two Emirati aircraft after the United Arab Emirates said that its civilian jets were accompanied by warplanes./ Aljazeera

Qatar's foreign ministry released a statement on Monday saying the claim was false. 

Gulf Arab states piled pressure on Qatar June 8 as U.S. President Donald Trump, Kuwait's emir and Turkey worked to end a row and resolve what Qataris say amounts to a blockade of their country, an investment powerhouse and supplier of gas to world markets.

Five United Arab Emirates officials were among 56 people killed in a string of bombings across Afghan cities, authorities said Jan. 11, as Taliban militants step up a deadly winter campaign of violence.

The United Arab Emirates carried out a rare execution on July 13, putting to death by firing squad an Emirati woman convicted of the jihadist-inspired murder of a US school teacher, media reported.