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The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has issued an urgent advisory for all UAE nationals, residents, and visitors to contact their airlines directly for the most up-to-date information regarding flight schedules.

A major fire that broke out in a 67-storey residential tower in Dubai Marina late on Friday night was fully contained by Dubai Civil Defence teams in the early hours of Saturday.

His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, concluded a visit to the US aimed at strengthening cooperation in economic development, trade, AI, and regional security.

His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has held a series of phone calls with his counterparts in Qatar, Oman, France, Russia and the UK to discuss rising regional tensions.

Dubai Police have recorded 13 fatalities in the first five months of this year due to jaywalking and unsafe e-scooter use.

Abu Dhabi has taken a major leap into the future of transportation with a successful public test flight of a passenger electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, or eVTOL.

UAE airlines have suspended and rerouted a number of flights due to the temporary closure of airspace over Iran and Israel.

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), through its 1 Billion Meals campaign, has successfully completed a series of impactful projects to combat malnutrition in Niger, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal.

The UAE has strongly condemned the Israeli strikes on Iran, calling on the United Nations Security Council to take urgent and necessary measures to achieve a ceasefire.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have discussed bilateral cooperation and ways to strengthen collaboration during a phone call.

The UAE's President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has expressed deep sorrow over the Air India plane crash near Ahmedabad airport on Thursday.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has held talks with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, who is on a working visit to the country.

The UAE’s first proton therapy centre will be built in Dubai, marking a major step forward in cancer treatment in the region.

A UAE aid ship carrying 2,100 tonnes of humanitarian supplies has arrived to support the people of Gaza, as part of the country’s ongoing relief efforts under 'Operation Chivalrous Knight 3'.

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been invited to take part in the G7 Summit in Canada next week.

At least nine people have been injured following a major crash in Fujairah that involved 20 vehicles.

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory cable to his counterpart in the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, on the country's Independence Day.

Khaled Al Nuaimi, Director of the Federal Youth Authority, led the UAE delegation, along with a group of "distinguished young Emiratis", at the BRICS Youth Summit in Brazil.

The UAE is strengthening its position as a global space leader with renewed focus on innovation and public-private collaboration.

Dubai recorded a busy Eid Al-Adha holiday, with over 629,000 travellers passing through its entry and exit points between June 5 and 8.

Iran and Israel targeted each other with missiles and airstrikes early on Saturday after Israel launched its biggest-ever air offensive against its longtime foe in a bid to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon. 

Israeli fire and airstrikes killed at least 35 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, most of them near an aid distribution site operated by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, local health authorities said.

The death toll from the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad rose to 270 on Saturday, as grieving families expressed frustration over delays in the release of victims' bodies, many of which were badly charred in the tragedy.

US President Donald Trump urged Iran on Friday to make a deal on its nuclear programme before it faced more attacks from Israel that he said would be "even more brutal."

Israel launched widescale strikes against Iran on Friday, saying it targeted nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders and that this was start of a prolonged operation to prevent Tehran from building an atomic weapon.

Oil prices jumped nearly 9 per cent on Friday to near multi-month highs after Israel launched strikes against Iran, sparking Iranian retaliation and raising worries about a disruption in Middle East oil supplies.

Abu Dhabi’s hospitality sector continues to thrive, with hotel revenues hitting AED 611 million in March 2025.

KEZAD Group, one of the region's largest operators of economic zones, has announced plans for Abu Dhabi’s newest commercial destination – the KEZAD Business District.

The World Bank slashed its global growth forecast for 2025 by four-tenths of a percentage point to 2.3 per cent, saying that higher tariffs and heightened uncertainty posed a "significant headwind" for nearly all economies.

Meraas, a member of Dubai Holding Real Estate, has announced the launch of Jumeirah Residences Emirates Towers, a bold new addition to Dubai’s iconic skyline.

Slovenian world champion Tadej Pogačar led UAE Team Emirates-XRG to an impressive victory in Stage Six of the Critérium du Dauphiné, a major multi-day cycling race in France.

The Japanese team Utsunomiya Brex captured the Basketball Champions League Asia (BCL Asia) 2025 title with a 94–93 victory over Lebanon’s Al Riyadi in the final match held at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.

Sam Burns earned the halfway lead at the US Open on Friday to boost his hopes of a breakthrough at Oakmont Country Club, where Rory McIlroy battled late to make the weekend and holder Bryson DeChambeau missed the cut.

Aiden Markram scored an unbeaten century as South Africa edged tantalisingly close to an unlikely success in the World Test Championship final, needing 69 runs to dethrone Australia after reaching 213-2 at stumps on the third day at Lord’s on Friday.

Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been awarded the hosting rights for the fourth round of Asia's 2026 World Cup preliminaries in October, the Asian Football Confederation said on Friday.

China has cleared 51 tonnes of trash from a scenic southern region famed for a craggy peak featured in Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar", after videos went viral on social media showing ancient caves used as a rubbish dump.

Brian Wilson, the singer-songwriter who co-created the Beach Boys rock band, has died, his family said in a statement on Wednesday. He was 82.

Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.

K-pop supergroup BTS members RM and V were discharged from the South Korean military on Tuesday after mandatory service, as fans were counting down to the band's comeback with more members finishing their national duty later this month.

With bloody body contortions, booming blasts and brooding high school angst, "Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” based on the 12-time Emmy-winning Netflix science fiction series "Stranger Things," took home a number of Tony Awards on Sunday.