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Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Contemporary art gallery Lawrie Shabibi housed in Dubai’s Alserkal Avenue, has announced The Butterfly’s Burden, a solo exhibition by Egyptian artist Nada Elkalaawy (Sept. 23 – till Nov.). Borrowed from the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, the exhibition’s title speaks of the tension between sensitivity, beauty,…
By Enas Alashray, Idrees Ali and Jana ChoukeirCAIRO/WASHINGTON/DUBAI, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Iran said on Wednesday it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. sank five Iranian oil tankers, in the biggest declared wave of tit-for-tat attacks on shipping by…
The UAE’s fourth aircraft as part of its humanitarian air bridge arrived in the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on Wednesday, carrying around 38 tonnes of relief and humanitarian aid, including 500 tents and 108 relief packages.The shipment is part of the UAE’s continued efforts…
Israeli opposition leaders on Tuesday called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfit to serve after a bombshell report that the United Arab Emirates had warned him before the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. Haaretz newspaper, in a report excerpted from a forthcoming book by its reporters,…
Abu Dhabi Labour Court of First Instance has ordered a company to pay Dhs237,581, as compensation to an employee, who joined for work with it for about 19 years, but he was dismissed without receiving his entitlements which included end-of-service gratuity and annual leave allowance.In…
The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) predicted that Wednesday’s weather will be clear to partly cloudy, and the winds will be light to moderate in speed, active at times, and will be southeasterly shifting to northwesterly with speeds ranging between 10 to 25, amounting to…
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has invited Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait, to attend the next edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, taking place from Jan.10-Jan.14, 2027.The…
The targets include Iranian airlines and operators in Malaysia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates, including Mahan Air.
The Embassy of Pakistan in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General of Pakistan in Dubai have launched Punjab Land Record Services in the UAE, marking an important step towards facilitating overseas Pakistanis in accessing land and property-related services in Punjab.The services have been introduced in…
Newly appointed UAE ambassadors took the oath of office before UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court.Sheikh Mohamed wished…