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UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has arrived in Slovakia on a working visit.

Emirati mountaineer Fatima Abdulrahman Al Awadhi, 19, has become the youngest Arab to reach an elevation of over 7,000 metres and summit Lenin Peak.

The UAE has expressed solidarity with Japan after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook its southern region on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people, knocking out power to thousands of homes and rupturing roads across the region.

The United Arab Emirates Floating Hospital in Al Arish, Egypt has successfully fitted prosthetic limbs for 51 Palestinian amputees as part of 'Operation Chivalrous Knight 3'.

Saudia Arabia announced in the early hours of Wednesday morning it had launched targeted strikes on Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq, in coordination with US Central Command (CENTCOM).

A major blaze in central Spain has stabilised, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Wednesday, in a rare reprieve as soaring temperatures in France and Spain increased the threat from wildfires in both countries.

Rescuers were frantically searching on Wednesday for survivors of a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that shook southern Japan, killing at least 13 people, knocking out power to thousands of homes and rupturing roads across the region.

Two Greek firefighters died on Wednesday as they battled a blaze on the island of Crete as wildfires spread further in Europe, despite a rare reprieve in Spain, where a major fire stabilised.

The UAE and Egypt have agreed to establish a phased framework for the gradual expansion of air services between the two countries to meet growing demand for passenger traffic, create new opportunities for airlines and further boost economic ties.

As many as 237 hotels have been awarded the Dubai Sustainable Tourism (DST) stamp for their commitment to responsible hospitality practices.

BMW said on Wednesday it will cut several thousand jobs in Germany by the end of 2027 under a voluntary redundancy programme, the latest German carmaker to axe staff in response to squeezed profits and weak demand.

A UAE delegation has explored ways to strengthen cooperation in digital safety and responsible AI policies with representatives from Snapchat during a meeting in London.

Neymar appeared to confirm his retirement from international football, saying he no longer wanted to play for Brazil, weeks after suggesting his international career had ended following their World Cup last-16 loss to Norway.

FIFA said on Tuesday it plans to create a $20 billion subsidiary to run the World Cup and its other events and will offer stakes of up to 20% in it to external investors, a move that provoked a furious response from UEFA, who accused world soccer's governing body of putting the game's "soul" up for sale.

Paceman Jayden Seales claimed his fourth five-wicket haul to bowl West Indies to a 90-run victory over Pakistan in the opening Test in Tarouba on Tuesday.

Zinedine Zidane will take charge of France with the weight of history behind him and one of world football's most gifted squads in front of him, as the 1998 World Cup hero returns to the national team tasked with turning recent near-misses into trophies.