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Abu Dhabi City Municipality has announced the temporary closure of parks, recreational facilities and its affiliated beaches due to expected weather fluctuations.

Foreign ministers from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt have strongly condemned Israel’s continued illegal settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Dubai Airports is rolling out a series of welcome experiences this month, bringing a touch of Arabian hospitality to travellers arriving, returning home or transiting through DXB.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and the Ruler of Dubai, will cover the treatment costs for a Jordanian girl suffering from spinal muscular atrophy.

Al Ain Misdemeanour Court has convicted two individuals of assaulting a petrol station employee by force and violence while performing his duties following a dispute over cleaning a vehicle’s windscreen. 

An 18-year-old man armed with a sword attacked students at a Swedish high school on Friday, killing one person and injuring three.

Turkey said on Friday it would seek an Interpol red notice for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a domestic criminal case linked to an attack on activists seeking to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

At least 14 people were killed and more than 120 wounded on Friday when two Russian drones struck a shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, authorities said.

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is medically fit and back in jail after being examined by a team of doctors in a hospital overnight, the country's information minister said on Friday.

More than 2,500 people have now died in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak, which is spreading exponentially in an area larger than France, senior United Nations Ebola coordinator Julien Harneis said on Friday.

Hudayriyat Island has topped Abu Dhabi’s real estate market in sales value for a second consecutive quarter.

Eleven carmakers, including Tesla and Xiaomi, launched software updates and vehicle recalls on Friday, the companies said, in China's largest-ever automotive recall campaign, as regulators tighten scrutiny of emergency door-release systems in EVs.

Airbus has watered down a drive to reduce remote working after protests from unions including a series of strikes in its Spanish facilities, people familiar with the matter said.

The reservation system of India's largest airline IndiGo was restored on Friday, hours after it faced intermittent issues that prevented people from making ticket bookings for a second time this week.

Dubai’s real estate sector recorded strong growth in the first half of 2026, according to the Dubai Land Department's latest figures.

Argentina's Leandro Paredes received a 10-match suspension for his part in a brawl after his team lost to Spain in the World Cup final while teammate Nahuel Molina was suspended for seven games, FIFA announced on Friday.

England crushed Pakistan by an innings and 103 runs to win a one-sided first test at Headingley and launch Joe Root’s second spell as permanent captain in style.

World number one Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the US Open due to a persistent right knee injury, the Italian said on Friday, depriving the season's final Grand Slam of one of its biggest contenders.

George Russell beat McLaren's Lando Norris to pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix sprint race on Friday in a strong statement of intent by the Mercedes driver as he seeks to turn around a tough first half of the Formula One season.

UAE Team Emirates-XRG cyclist Tadej Pogacar is ready to fulfil a "big dream" by adding a Vuelta a Espana title to his trophy cabinet.

Britain's Prince Harry, singer Elton John and other high-profile claimants face paying millions of pounds out of their own pockets to cover the legal costs of the Daily Mail's publisher after a judge ruled their failed privacy lawsuits were conducted in an unreasonable way.

The child star of the "Baby Shark Dance" video, the most-watched video in YouTube history, has released his first K-pop digital single on Thursday, a decade after he first found fame.

The second edition of the OFFLIMITS festival in Abu Dhabi has been cancelled, announced organisers on Tuesday in a social media post.

American actress Hayden Panettiere, famed for roles in television shows such as 'Nashville' and 'Heroes', has died aged 36, her family said in a statement issued by her publicist on Sunday.

Attorneys for Nick Reiner on Monday have urged a judge to allow him to use his $1.5 million trust fund to pay for his defense against charges that he killed his parents, Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer-photographer Michele Reiner.

Italian horse Varenne transcended sport during a record-smashing career as the world's greatest trotter, becoming a symbol of elegance and athletic prowess and appearing as a celebrity on popular TV shows.

Surrounded by more than 30 other prospective parliamentarians including three 'loonies', Count Binface basked in the greatest result ever achieved by one of Britain's traditional joke election candidates.

The workforce behind badminton's World Championships in New Delhi next week will include a small group of men with an unusual skill: mimicking the calls of langur monkeys.

From the killer shark of "Jaws" to the tornado-tossed predators of the "Sharknado" movies, films long have portrayed sharks as objects of summer fear.

For most insects, a flowering alpine plant might seem an unlikely predator. But researchers have discovered that a delicate wildflower that grows in rocky mountain crevices in southwestern China lures prey onto sticky hairs, digests their bodies and absorbs the nutrients left behind.