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Cairo: Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the Arab League, condemned Israel’s decision to approve the establishment of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, describing it as a blatant challenge to international will opposing settlement ex…

Warsaw: Air Arabia started its new service to Warsaw Modlin Airport. The inaugural service departed Sharjah International Airport on 20th December 2025 and was welcomed upon arrival with a special ceremony at Warsaw Modlin Airport attended by senior r…

Dubai: Five more leading international golfers have been confirmed for the 2026 Hero Dubai Desert Classic, which will take place at Emirates Golf Club from 22nd to 25th January, adding further strength to the field for the first Rolex Series event of …

Sharjah: The United Arab Emirates solidified its position as a global digital infrastructure hub in 2025, recording a world-leading 97 percent utilisation rate of artificial intelligence tools across government entities, while the number of programmer…

Dubai: The UAE Billiards Federation has announced the opening of registration for two sanctioned tournaments of the Middle East Q Tour, which serve as qualifiers for the World Snooker Tour (WST). The two events are scheduled to be held in Dubai in Jan…

Dubai: The General Network of Government Communication (GNGC), under the General Secretariat of the Executive Council of Dubai, conducted a meeting at Jumeirah Emirates Towers to exhibit Dubai’s readiness and its integrated government model. The meeti…

Abu dhabi: Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the seventh editions of the Unmanned Systems Exhibitions (UMEX 2026) and the Simulation and Training Exhibitions (SimTEX 2026) are set to take place at the ADNEC Cen…

Semarang: A passenger bus crash killed at least 16 people on Indonesia’s main island of Java just after midnight Monday, officials said. The bus was carrying 34 people when it lost control on a toll road, struck a concrete barrier, and rolled onto its…