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United Arab Emirates in the 2026 Iran war
United Arab Emirates in the 2026 Iran war: the most-attacked GCC state under Iran's Operation True Promise 4 after the February 28, 2026 US-Israeli strikes, halting trade with Iran, hosting Israeli Iron Dome troops, and exiting OPEC.
United Arab Emirates national football team (منتخب الإمارات العربية المتحدة لكرة القدم)
United Arab Emirates national football team (منتخب الإمارات العربية المتحدة لكرة القدم), the Whites, AFC men's team run by the UAEFA; 1990 World Cup qualifiers, 1996 Asian Cup runners-up, Gulf Cup winners 2007 and 2013, coached since 2026 by Zlatko Dalic.
United Arab List (القائمة العربية الموحدة)
United Arab List (Ra'am, القائمة العربية الموحدة) is an Arab-Israeli Islamist party founded in 1996 from the Islamic Movement's Southern Branch; led by Mansour Abbas, it became the first Arab party in an Israeli governing coalition in 2021 and won five seats in 2022.
United Arab Republic (الجمهورية العربية المتحدة)
United Arab Republic (الجمهورية العربية المتحدة), 1958-1961 union of Egypt and Syria led by Gamal Abdel Nasser from Cairo; Syria seceded by coup on 28 September 1961, and Egypt kept the name until 1971.
United Artists
United Artists, also known as United Artists Corporation, is an American film company founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith to distribute independent producers' films.
United Association
The United Association (UA) is a labor union founded in 1889 representing about 412,000 plumbers, pipefitters, sprinkler fitters, HVACR technicians, welders, and pipeliners across the United States and Canada.
United Australia Party
United Australia Party (UAP), Australian federal party 1931–45 formed from Labor defectors, the Nationalist Party, and the All for Australia League; led by Joseph Lyons, then Menzies, then Hughes; predecessor of the Liberal Party, unrelated to Clive Palmer's later UAP.
United Bahamian Party
The United Bahamian Party was a white-dominated political party that governed the Bahamas from the late 1950s until its 1967 defeat by the Progressive Liberal Party brought majority rule.
United Baltic Duchy
The United Baltic Duchy (Vereinigtes Baltisches Herzogtum) was a 1918 project of the Baltic German nobility to unite Estonia, Livonia, and Courland under German protection.
United Bank for Africa
United Bank for Africa (UBA) is a Nigerian commercial banking group serving over 45 million customers across 24 countries, incorporated in Nigeria in 1961 and listed on the Nigerian Exchange.
United Bank of India
United Bank of India (UBI) was an Indian public sector bank headquartered in Kolkata, known as the "Tea Bank" and merged into Punjab National Bank in 2020.
United Blood Nation
United Blood Nation (UBN): East Coast Bloods offshoot founded 1993 on Rikers Island by Omar Portee and Leonard McKenzie; prison-born gang with sets, 'The 31' rules, dues, and major 2017–2019 North Carolina RICO prosecutions.
United Breaks Guitars
United Breaks Guitars is a 2009 protest song and music video by Canadian musician Dave Carroll of Sons of Maxwell, written after United Airlines damaged his $3,500 Taylor guitar and refused compensation.
United Breweries Group
United Breweries Group (UB Group), Bengaluru-headquartered Indian brewing conglomerate founded 1915 by Thomas Leishman; built by the Mallya family, now with Heineken holding ~61.5% of United Breweries Limited, maker of Kingfisher beer, and Diageo controlling former flagship United Spirits.
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) is a North American labor union representing carpenters and allied construction trades, founded in Chicago in 1881.
United Center
The United Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena on Chicago's Near West Side and home of the Chicago Blackhawks and Chicago Bulls, opened in 1994 with 20,917 basketball seats.
United Church of Canada
The United Church of Canada (Église unie du Canada) is a Protestant denomination formed on June 10, 1925, by the union of Canadian Methodist, Congregational, and most Presbyterian churches.
United Church of Christ
The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant denomination formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1957, uniting the Evangelical and Reformed Church with the Congregational Christian Churches.
United Conservative Party
United Conservative Party (UCP), Alberta conservative party formed July 22, 2017 from the Progressive Conservative and Wildrose merger; governing since 2019 under Jason Kenney then Danielle Smith, facing internal separatist pressure ahead of the 2026 referendum.
United Counties League
United Counties League (Uhlsport United Counties League), English non-league football league at steps 5-6 of the National League System, East Midlands based, with Premier Divisions North and South, Division One, and Reserve Division.
United Daughters of the Confederacy
The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is an American hereditary women's organization, founded in 1894, known for Confederate monuments and promoting the Lost Cause.
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
United Democratic Front (ഐക്യ ജനാധിപത്യ മുന്നണി), Congress-led Kerala coalition formed 1980, rival of the LDF; won 102 of 140 seats in 2026, returning to power under Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan with IUML's P. K. Kunhalikutty as Deputy CM.
United Democratic Front (South Africa)
United Democratic Front (UDF), South African anti-apartheid coalition launched 20 August 1983 in Mitchells Plain against the Tricameral Parliament; over 400 affiliates, banned 1988, MDM with COSATU 1989, disbanded August 1991. Distinct from the United Democratic Movement party.
United Democratic Party (Gambia)
The United Democratic Party (UDP) is The Gambia's main opposition party, founded 23 August 1996 under military rule and led since by lawyer Ousainou Darboe; it won 36% in 1996, backed Barrow's 2016 coalition victory, and took 15 National Assembly seats in 2022.
United Development Party
The United Development Party (Partai Persatuan Pembangunan, PPP) is an Indonesian Islamic political party founded in 1973 through a forced fusion of four Islamic parties under Suharto.
United Digestive
United Digestive Holdings, LLC is an Atlanta-based gastroenterology practice-management platform formed in 2018 with Frazier Healthcare Partners, operating GI clinics and surgery centers in four Southeastern states.
United Energy Group
United Energy Group (联合能源集团) is a Hong Kong-listed independent energy company, founded by Chinese tycoon Zhang Hongwei, producing oil and gas in Pakistan, Egypt, and Iraq.
United Engine Corporation
United Engine Corporation (Объединенная двигателестроительная корпорация, UEC) is a Russian state-owned engine-building holding company under Rostec, created in 2008 to consolidate the Soviet-era engine industry.
United Express
United Express is the regional airline brand of United Airlines, under which carriers such as SkyWest, Mesa, Republic, CommuteAir, and GoJet fly feeder routes to United's hubs.
United Farm Workers
The United Farm Workers (UFW) is an American labor union representing farmworkers, led in its early decades by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta and known for the Delano grape strike.