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The UAE’s leaders have congratulated President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on winning Iran's presidential election.

The UAE has announced that it will be suspending all inbound flights from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Namibia.

Dubai has updated its travel protocols for inbound passengers from India, South Africa and Nigeria.

A cycling path stretching 16 km will be constructed along Dubai's Jumeirah Beach.

The UAE has become the second country in the world to approve the new lung cancer drug 'Lumakras'.

The UAE confirmed 2,109 new cases of COVID-19 from 267,968 tests on Saturday.

As many as 130,478 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the UAE in the past 24 hours.

As many as 454 bicycles have been confiscated in Dubai this year for violating traffic rules.

The use of the 'Green Pass' to access several public places in Abu Dhabi has been temporarily suspended.

The UAE confirmed 1,942 new cases of COVID-19 from 253,007 tests on Friday.

As many as 116,418 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the UAE in the past 24 hours.

Abu Dhabi has approved in-school learning for the 2021-22 academic year.

No casualties have been reported after a massive fire broke out at a residential building in Abu Dhabi's Al Nahyan area on Thursday night.

The UAE's COVID-19 contact tracing app and vaccine registry, AlHosn has been displaying error messages for many users on Thursday.

As many as 113,513 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the UAE in the past 24 hours.

The UAE has stepped in to help thousands of people in Yemen's Socotra Governorate get their first COVID-19 jab.

Authorities in Abu Dhabi have started testing advanced scanners to identify potential cases of COVID-19.

The UAE confirmed 2,167 new cases of COVID-19 from 243,844 tests on Thursday.

The UAE is the first globally in the government’s ability to adapt to changes posed by the coronavirus pandemic, a new index has revealed.

New restrictions have been announced in Oman to curb the spread of COVID-19.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was appointed for a second-five year-term on Friday by the 193-member U.N. General Assembly.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered an embarrassing defeat in a election on the outskirts of London on Friday, when his governing Conservative Party lost a previously safe parliamentary seat to the Liberal Democrats.

The Philippines has increased the number of nurses and healthcare workers allowed to go overseas to 6,500 annually, a senior official said on Friday, amid high demand for its health professionals.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged preparation for both dialogue and confrontation with the United States, particularly the latter, state news agency KCNA said on Friday, in his first direct comment on US President Joe Biden's administration.

Boeing Co prepared to stage a maiden flight of the largest member its 737 MAX family on Friday, in a further step towards recovering from the safety grounding of a smaller model.

Expo 2020 Dubai has reaffirmed its commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Flydubai has partnered with the contact tracing app Alhosn to help passengers with digital verification of COVID-19 medical records.

Expo 2020 Dubai and the United Nations Global Compact are joining forces to hold a Sustainable Development Goals Business Forum.

The UAE's Barakah nuclear energy plant has crossed another major safety milestone.

Milkha Singh, one of India's most famous Olympians died at the age of 91 on Friday.

England's ambitions to be crowned kings of Europe got a cold dose of reality as they were held to a 0-0 draw by a gutsy Scotland side in a Euro 2020 'Battle of Britain' on Friday.

Ukraine skipper Andriy Yarmolenko became the latest player at the European Championship to mess about with sponsors' drinks bottles at a post-match news conference on Thursday in a trend amusing social media users but disconcerting organisers.

Neymar scored his 68th goal for Brazil in the 4-0 victory over Peru on Thursday and with it surpassed former Real Madrid and Internazionale striker Ronaldo as Brazil's second top goalscorer behind Pele.

An early Memphis Depay penalty and a Denzel Dumfries goal gave the Netherlands a convincing 2-0 victory over Austria on Thursday and a place in the Euro 2020 last 16 as Group C winners.

Britney Spears says she has no idea whether she will ever perform again.

Kim Kardashian said her ex-husband Kanye West is like family, despite their divorce, adding in a television show to air on Thursday that she will always be his biggest fan.

American singer Diana Ross expresses her gratitude in new single "Thank You" released on Thursday, the title track from her first studio album in 15 years.

Football star Cristiano Ronaldo's removal of two Coca-Cola bottles from his table ahead of a Euro 2020 press conference in Budapest has knocked off $4 billion from the company's market value.

Fully vaccinated visitors to Walt Disney Co's US theme parks will not be required to wear face masks in most areas starting on Tuesday, the company said, as the country's COVID-19 cases continue to decline.