Algiers, Sept. 10 -- Algeria has severed diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), accusing Abu Dhabi of increasingly "provocative or hostile" actions and saying it had exhausted all means of preserving bilateral ties.

The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the decision followed repeated warnings to the UAE and efforts to address what it described as unacceptable conduct. The ministry did not specify the individual actions that led to the rupture.

Algeria said it had exercised restraint and repeatedly warned the Emirati side of the "grave consequences" of its conduct. Despite those warnings, the ministry said the UAE had continued actions that could no longer be considered acceptable or tolerable between two sover...