Local News from Tuesday, May 12th, 2026

The UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA), alongside the Ministry of Health and Prevention, has confirmed the country’s health system is fully prepared to respond to any developments related to hantavirus.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has reviewed progress on a recently announced project to transform 50 per cent of UAE government services within two years through Agentic AI-powered autonomous execution and decision-making.

The UAE has strongly condemned the infiltration of Kuwait’s Bubiyan Island by members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to carry out hostile acts.

Federal government employees in the UAE will get a week off to mark Eid Al Adha.

Private schools in Sharjah will get a 10-day break for Eid Al Adha.

The Emirates Drug Establishment (EDE) has approved Baxfendy to treat hypertension in patients who are unable to adequately control blood pressure levels through traditional medications.

Dubai's private schools will get a nine-day break after Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) announced that Eid Al Adha holidays will begin on Monday, May 25, and end on Friday, May 29.

The UAE has strongly condemned the hijacking of an oil tanker that was taken from the Yemeni coast to Somalia's territorial waters with several Egyptian sailors on board.