Latest UAE News & Aggregations

Dubai’s tourism industry is increasingly demonstrating its strength, with the city’s hotel sector delivering sustained performance growth, according to the latest data released by the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) ahead of the opening day of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2026.The performance through…

By Jana Choukeir and Eman AbouhassiraTAIZ, Yemen/DUBAI, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Arab states in the Gulf called off a meeting with Iran planned for Monday, while Yemen’s Houthis launched a new attack on Saudi Arabia after fighting that has extended the Middle East war to…

By Mohammed Ghobari , Nayera Abdallah and Bo EricksonADEN/DUBAI, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Persian Gulf powers, while fresh attacks around the region’s two most important oil…

Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana smacked blitzkrieg fifties before Deepti Sharma took a four-wicket haul as a rampant India defeated stuttering Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the final of the Women’s Asia Cup match in Dubai.With the victory, India finished their campaign unbeaten and…

The midday work ban in the UAE ends on Tuesday (Sept.15, 2026) after being implemented for three months as part of the policy to protect labour from heat stress, which prohibited performing work under sunlight and in open areas from 12:30pm to 3:00pm, according to…

After a long and arduous journey filled with fear, anticipation, and numerous pleas for assistance, a Turkish child named Göktuğ Ordu found himself in Dubai, standing on the brink of a crucial milestone that his family had been desperately hoping for over the past two…

King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan arrived in Abu Dhabi on Sunday on a fraternal visit to the UAE.UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan welcomed King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein upon his arrival.The King…

Dr Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Foreign Trade, said that the UAE’s participation in the 18th BRICS Summit in the Indian capital, New Delhi, with a delegation headed by His Highness Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu…

Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, chaired a meeting of the Supervisory Committee of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Leadership Medal.The meeting reviewed the evaluation outcomes…

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) issued a total of 119,188 driving licences during the first half of 2026, including 96,400 new licences and 22,788 licences issued in exchange for driving licences from countries recognised for exchange with a UAE driving licence.Demand for licensing services…