Dubai Eye 103.8

A high-level UAE delegation has arrived in Lebanon’s capital to reopen the UAE Embassy in Beirut, as relations warm with the election of a new president.

The UAE has strongly condemned the targeted attack on a military site in the West African nation of Benin.

Three Emirati aid convoys have crossed into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border over the last week, as part of Operation Chivalrous Knight 3.

His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, joined foreign ministers from the region and elsewhere in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, at the first regional meeting on Syria since President Bashar al-Assad was ousted last month.

European foreign ministers will meet at the end of January to discuss the lifting of sanctions on Syria, the EU foreign policy chief said on Sunday in Riyadh ahead of a meeting of top Middle Eastern and Western diplomats and Syria's new foreign minister.

US President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said, as US officials race to reach a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal before Biden leaves office on January 20.

Israel plans to use tax revenue it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to pay the PA's nearly 2 billion shekel ($544 million) debt to state-run Israel Electric Co (IEC), Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Sunday.

Aircraft dropped water and fire retardant on steep hills to stem the eastward spread of the Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles on Saturday as on-the-ground firefighting intensified amid warnings of wind gusts of up to 110 kph that could make matters worse.

The Managing Director of social media platform X in the MENA region, Antoine Caironi, has praised the UAE’s investment in its digital economy, saying the country is at the forefront of innovation.

Jeff Bezos in an interview with Reuters on Sunday said he does not think SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will use his close ties with US President-elect Donald Trump to undercut his space company Blue Origin, adding he feels "very optimistic" about the incoming administration's space agenda.

Fatima Abdulrahman, Director of Government Communications at the Ministry of Economy, said on Sunday the strategic partnership with the 1 Billion Followers Summit will help highlight the UAE's exceptional tourism services and products, further enhancing the country's global tourism identity.

The Economic Integration Committee has held its first meeting for the year 2025, reviewing the Committee’s efforts and achievements in 2024 in promoting the growth and diversification of the national economy.

Jannik Sinner launched his Australian Open title defence with a 7-6(2) 7-6(5) 6-1 win over Nicolas Jarry on Monday in a match that put the players' contrasting doping cases in the spotlight.

The stage was set on Sunday for the highly anticipated return of the DP World ILT20 Season 3, promising to mesmerise cricket fans across the globe.

Ethiopian debutant Bute Gemechu was the surprise winner of the Dubai Marathon, one of the world’s major races at the classic distance, while Bedatu Hirpa overtook fellow-Ethiopian Dera Dida on the finishing straight to win the women's race.

Aryna Sabalenka opened her bid for a third straight Australian Open title with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Sloane Stephens on Sunday after rain had washed away a good chunk of play on the opening day at Melbourne Park.