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The UAE's Federal Authority for Government Human Resources has announced the official working hours for federal entities during the holy month of Ramadan.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, attended the final day of the seventh UAE SWAT Challenge at the Al Ruwayyah training ground in Dubai.

The UAE has chaired an emergency meeting of the Arab League in Cairo to address recent Israeli decisions to expand settlements in the Palestinian territories.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation shut down 230 social media accounts in 2025 for illegally promoting domestic worker recruitment services.

The UAE has strongly condemned the shooting at a school in western Canada that left 10 dead, including the attacker.

The US Federal Aviation Administration lifted emergency flight restrictions that had barred all flights to and from Texas' El Paso International Airport, which borders Mexico, after warning flights could be cancelled for 10 days, citing special security reasons.

Ten people, including the shooter, are dead after an assailant opened fire at a high school in western Canada on Tuesday in one of the country's deadliest mass casualty events in recent history.

Tropical cyclone Gezani slammed into Madagascar's eastern coastline, killing nine people in the Indian Ocean island nation's second-largest city, as walls of wind and rain left a trail of devastation, authorities said on Wednesday.

A Russian drone strike killed four people, including three small children and their father, in a town west of Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday.

Cambodia has closed almost 200 scam centres in a crackdown on transnational fraud in recent weeks, with authorities providing rare access to one centre in a bid to show they are tackling the sophisticated operations.

Dubai Holding has sold its 24 per cent shares in Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) to Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) for AED 5.184 billion, increasing DEWA's shareholding from 56 per cent to 80 per cent.

Dubai International (DXB) has welcomed 95.2 million guests in 2025, marking the busiest year in the airport’s history and the highest annual international passenger traffic ever recorded by any airport.

Dubai Chambers has unveiled DC Connect, a digital platform that brings all the chambers' services together in one easy‑to‑use portal.

The UAE’s industrial exports reached a record AED 262 billion in 2025, marking a 25 per cent growth year-on-year and more than doubling since the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology was established in 2020.

Dubai residents can now access electricity and water services by asking questions through ChatGPT, after Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) expanded its customer support onto the AI platform.

Australia launched their Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a commanding 67-run victory over Ireland in Colombo on Wednesday, powered by four-wicket hauls from Nathan Ellis and Adam Zampa.

Tottenham Hotspur have sacked manager Thomas Frank after eight months in charge, the Premier League club said on Wednesday, after a woeful run of results left the north London club hovering five points above the relegation zone.

South Africa survived Kagiso Rabada's final-over meltdown against Afghanistan and then a double Super Over drama before prevailing in a heart-stopping Group D match of the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday.

Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan has hit a swift half-century as the 2009 champions comfortably beat the US by 32 runs on Tuesday, clinching their second straight Group A win in the Twenty20 World Cup.

Australian snowboarder Cameron Bolton has been airlifted to hospital after breaking his neck in a training mishap at the Winter Olympics.

Pop star Britney Spears has sold her rights to her music catalogue to independent music publisher Primary Wave, the latest artist to strike a deal for her work.

International music stars Lewis Capaldi and Zara Larsson are set to headline the opening night of the 2026 Formula One Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Authorities have released video of an armed man in a ski mask tampering with the doorbell camera at the Arizona home of US TV journalist Savannah Guthrie's mother shortly before she was abducted nine days earlier.

Pop star Chappell Roan has announced on Monday that she was no longer represented by the talent agency led by Los Angeles 2028 Olympics chief Casey Wasserman, who has faced criticism for flirtatious email exchanges with convicted trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell more than 20 years ago.

Bad Bunny has transformed Levi's Stadium into a vibrant homage to Puerto Rico during Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, delivering a high-energy journey through the island's culture complete with a surprise appearance by Lady Gaga.

Extravagantly coloured kites duelled above Lahore and cries of victory rang out from rooftops on Friday, as the city celebrated the lifting of an 18-year ban on a spectacular three-day traditional Punjabi kite-flying festival.

Penny, a 4-year-old Doberman pinscher, won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show on Tuesday, capturing the most prestigious dog show prize in the United States.

A child who was forced off a bus in the snow in northern Italy for not having the full fare will play a part in the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday, his mother said.

Giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei arrived in Sichuan province on Wednesday, China's panda research base said in a social media post, leaving Japan without pandas for the first time since 1972 at a moment of tense relations between the two nations.

At Yiwu International Trade City, China’s largest wholesale market, customers crowd into a small shop searching for an unlikely bestseller ahead of the Lunar New Year.