Middle East

UAE-Slovenia Political Committee explores cooperation

Senior officials from the UAE and the Republic of Slovenia met in Ljubljana, for the second round of political consultations between the UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.

2024-07-20T17:35:50.977081+00:00 IST

PM, his New Zealand counterpart agree to strengthen ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a congratulatory phone call from his New Zealand counterpart, Christopher Luxon, on his victory for the third time in the general elections and the two leaders, during their interaction, reiterated their firm commitment to take bilateral cooperation to new heights in the years to come.

2024-07-20T11:19:28.181913+00:00 IST

Newly appointed ministers take oath before UAE President

Newly appointed ministers were sworn in today before President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in the presence of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court. Taking the oath were H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence; H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; and other newly appointed ministers in the UAE Cabinet.

2024-07-20T09:56:07.435367+00:00 IST

Zayed attends Nat'l Service graduation ceremony

Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed extended his best wishes to the graduates for their future success in serving the country and safeguarding national interests

2024-07-20T09:50:17.533782+00:00 IST

UAE Team Emirates' Pogačar wins at Isola 2000

Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates honoured once again his yellow jersey at the Tour de France, this time by winning stage 19, Embrun-Isola 2000 (144.6 km with the climbs of the Col de la Bonnette and the summit arrival).

2024-07-20T08:52:18.656102+00:00 IST

Muslim Council of Elders calls for global strategy to combat hate

The Muslim Council of Elders, under the chairmanship of Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, called for the unification of international efforts to formulate a global strategy to counter all forms of hate speech, intolerance, extremism, and discrimination.

2024-07-20T08:47:19.928902+00:00 IST

Israel asks ICJ to clarify that its opinion is an "advisory opini

Following the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) order which ruled that Israel's presence in Palestinian territory is unlawful, Israel asked the international court to clarify whether its published opinion is an "advisory opinion" and not "legally binding", and called it fundamentally wrong.

2024-07-20T03:06:41.046614+00:00 IST

Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed attends graduation ceremony

Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed extended his best wishes to the graduates for their future success in serving the country and safeguarding national interests.

2024-07-20T01:04:40.214376+00:00 IST

UAE President receives Crown Prince of Dubai

The meeting was attended by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court.

2024-07-20T01:04:14.140794+00:00 IST

Oman Foreign Ministry offers condolences over killing of Indian

India's Ambassador to Oman, Amit Narang, appreciated Muslahi's visit and Omani authorities' prompt action and support.

2024-07-20T00:49:17.921817+00:00 IST

Israel: ‘War Game’ held to prepare for possible war in North

The exercise was attended by Interior Minister Moshe Arbel and the Ministry's Director General, Ronan Peretz and was held due to the increasing threat of an expanded war coming in the north of Israel with the Hezbollah terrorist organization.

2024-07-20T00:46:05.248564+00:00 IST

Dubai World Cup 2025 to take place in April 2025

The upcoming edition of the Dubai World Cup meeting, recognised worldwide as one of horseracing's premier sporting and social occasions, will take place on Saturday, 5th April 2025, marking the grand finale of an extended 16-meeting Carnival.

2024-07-19T18:08:00.850124+00:00 IST

Airlines closely monitoring impacts of global technical outage

The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced that the global technical outage affecting various sectors worldwide has resulted in minor impacts on the operational processes of the UAE's airports and airlines.

2024-07-19T17:59:23.372420+00:00 IST

Tel Aviv moves to higher state of alert after drone strike

After a drone attack in the centre of Tel Aviv, Mayor Ron Huldai said in a statement that the city was "moving to a higher state of alert".

2024-07-19T05:12:41.960971+00:00 IST

Drone attack in Tel Aviv kills one

Israeli defence forces have reported that a drone exploded in Tel Aviv on Friday morning.

2024-07-19T03:46:21.885246+00:00 IST

90 per cent of Israelis have had their children vaccinated

The data released is for people 20 years old or older, unless otherwise stated:

2024-07-19T02:37:00.020409+00:00 IST

Israel: Terrorists captured in Judea and Samaria raids

During the night, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) together with Border Police operated in what the IDF called a "large-scale divisional operation" in the areas of Judea and Samaria, in which Israeli security forces interrogated dozens of suspected terrorists and gathered information in the villages near Route 90, which runs through the Jordan River Valley.

2024-07-19T02:35:08.004990+00:00 IST

DoH welcomes applicants for 2024 Medical Education Programmes

A total of 505 applicants have been accepted out of 1,711 applications across the Medical Education Programmes offered by the Department of Health - Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in Abu Dhabi, representing a 10 per cent increase in both applications and participants from 2023

2024-07-18T17:45:08.467165+00:00 IST

RTA wins SAS UAE Award for Innovative Transportation AI Use Cases

Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has been honoured with the SAS UAE Award in the category of Innovative Transportation AI Use Cases

2024-07-18T17:43:14.991916+00:00 IST

100 agreements worth 106.1 bn rubles concluded in Caucasus

Participants in the Caucasus Investment Forum (CIF) signed 100 agreements, including 7 with foreign authorities and companies, worth 106.1 billion rubles.

2024-07-18T17:30:35.810672+00:00 IST