Khaleej Times

Khaleej Times is an English-language daily newspaper based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and one of the Gulf region's oldest English-language titles. It covers UAE and regional news, business, and international affairs, serving a large expatriate readership. Operating within UAE media norms, its coverage reflects the country's regulatory environment.

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Khaleej Times at a glance

Country: United Arab Emirates
Region: The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1978
Published from: Dubai
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How Crosswire groups Khaleej Times

Crosswire groups Khaleej Times as Centrist for comparisons within the United Arab Emirates' directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Khaleej Times sits in the United Arab Emirates' press

Khaleej Times was founded in 1978 and is published from Dubai. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in the United Arab Emirates, and one of 6 daily newspapers among them — the others being The National, Gulf News, Gulf Today, Al Bayan and Emarat Al Youm. By outlets tracked, the United Arab Emirates ranks third of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.

Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 49 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Khaleej Times outside the United Arab Emirates, starting with The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, are Kuwait Times (Kuwait), Gulf Daily News (Bahrain), Times of Oman (Oman) and Aden Al-Ghad (Yemen). Opening one of them beside Khaleej Times is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.