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The UAE will send urgent humanitarian aid into Gaza to address the needs of 15,000 civilians, in the first phase, following an agreement with Israel.

The UAE has announced an initiative to convert shipping containers into medical clinics to ensure healthcare reaches remote and crisis-affected regions.

Foreign ministers of the UAE and Spain have explored opportunities to strengthen cooperation in the economic and commercial sectors.

The UAE's Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation is urging private sector companies with 50 or more employees to meet their Emiratisation targets for the first half of 2025.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has discussed ways to enhance collaboration across key sectors with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan.

At least three children were among five people killed when a bomber targeted an army school bus in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, a government official said on Wednesday.

Russia on Wednesday rejected Ukrainian and European accusations it was trying to drag out the peace process around Ukraine, but said that no decision had yet been made on a venue for talks when asked if they could be hosted by the Vatican.

Palestinians in Gaza were left waiting for the promised arrival of food on Wednesday despite mounting international and domestic pressure on the Israeli government to allow more aid to reach a population on the brink of famine after an 11-week blockade.

Heavy rain in Australia's southeast triggered flash flooding and cut off entire towns on Wednesday, stranding some residents on the roofs of their homes, as authorities issued snap evacuation orders with rivers staying above danger levels.

Members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) adopted an agreement on Tuesday intended to improve preparedness for future pandemics following the disjointed global response to COVID-19, but the absence of the US cast doubt on the treaty's effectiveness.

Dubai Holding has announced the successful completion of the book building and subscription process for the initial public offering of Dubai Residential REIT on the Dubai Financial Market.

Etihad Airways' first-quarter profit for 2025 jumped 30 per cent to AED 685 million ($186.52 million), it said on Wednesday, citing strong demand and improved operational efficiency.

Public employees in Dubai who report financial or administrative violations will be legally protected under a new initiative to strengthen financial oversight and protect whistleblowers.

The UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology has secured over AED 40 billion in financing to boost the country’s industrial sector, following the signing of five major agreements with leading national banks.

Dubai Holding will raise the size of residential REIT’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) to 15 per cent of issued unit capital, up from the previously announced 12.5 per cent.

Manny Pacquiao will come out of retirement to face Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight championship on July 19 in Las Vegas, the 46-year-old Filipino boxer said on Wednesday.

Co-hosts England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales will not automatically be in the 2028 European Championship finals and must go through qualifying, though two spots are reserved if they fail.

Dubai Basketball have secured a historic place in the ABA League Semi-Finals after a dominant 85:76 win over Slovenia’s Cedevita Olimpija in Game 3 of the quarter-finals at Coca-Cola Arena.

Manchester City's Omar Marmoush scored a stunner in a 3-1 Premier League win over Bournemouth on Tuesday that saw them climb to third in the table, giving Kevin De Bruyne a victory in his final appearance.

Ahmedabad will host the Indian Premier League (IPL) final on June 3, organisers said on Tuesday in their revised schedule for the tournament which was briefly suspended due to the recent India-Pakistan conflict.

Palestinian-Chilean breakout star Elyanna has been added to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix After-Race Concerts line-up, joining Post Malone on Friday, December 5, for an unforgettable night of music and cultural fusion.

Post Malone will take the stage for the After-Race Concerts at the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Friday, December 5.

The highly anticipated Brad Pitt-starrer 'F1 The Movie' from Apple Original Films is set to premiere in Abu Dhabi on June 25, with the cast and crew marking a "full circle" moment by returning to the capital where key scenes were filmed.

Dubai’s Global Village has wrapped up its 29th season with a record-breaking 10.5 million visitors, surpassing last year’s milestone of 10 million.

Australian actor Nicole Kidman vowed to keep pushing for gender equality in cinema at an exclusive party attended by celebrities like popstar Charli XCX and Irish actor Paul Mescal on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.

Black-winged white stilts wade through a salt pan, plunging their beaks into the water in search for food at the Kalloni bay on the Greek island of Lesbos, as bird-lovers watch through binoculars from afar.

Seventeen footprints preserved in a slab of sandstone discovered in southeastern Australia dating to about 355 million years ago are rewriting the history of the evolution of land vertebrates, showing that reptiles arose much earlier than previously known.

A 10-carat blue diamond which could fetch $20 million when it goes under the hammer later this month was presented by auction house Sotheby's in Geneva on Thursday.

A Kenyan court has fined four men $7,700 (AED 28,300) each for trying to traffic thousands of ants valuable to the country's ecosystem, in cases experts say signal a shift in biopiracy from trophies like elephant ivory to lesser-known species.

Archaeologists in coastal Peru have discovered the 5,000-year-old remains of a woman who may have belonged to the upper echelons of the ancient Caral civilisation, a find they say points to the importance of women in the city some five millennia earlier.