GENEVA: The year 2023 marked the driest year for global rivers in over three decades, according to a new report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), which signalled critical changes in water availability in an era of growing dem…
ABU DHABI: The ‘UAE Stands with Lebanon’ campaign, kicking off tomorrow, Tuesday 8th October, is yet another testament to the UAE’s unwavering support for Lebanon.
Both the leadership and people of the UAE have consistently stood by Lebanon, particul…
An earthquake measuring 5.0 magnitude on the Richter scale struck on Monday south of the Kermadec Islands off the coast of New Zealand.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km.
So far, there have bee…
NEW DELHI: The first overseas campus of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) will open in Dubai early next year, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced today.
The campus will function from the India Pavilion at the Expo City i…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called on Sunday for greater international support to stem the humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Lebanon.
“Two weeks of deadly Israeli airstrikes have killed hundreds and forced over a…
DUBAI: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, is scheduled to depart for an official visit to Kuwait on Tuesday, as the head of a high-level delegatio…
North Korea again launched trash balloons toward South Korea early Monday, the South’s military said, just three days after a similar launch last week.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff raised the possibility of the balloons floating toward norther…
DUBAI: The Board of Trustees of the Dubai Community Contributions Establishment held its first meeting, chaired by Hessa bint Essa Buhumaid, Director-General of Dubai’s Community Development Authority (CDA).
The meeting discussed the key objectives o…