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Lionel Messi's tour of India kicked off chaotically on Saturday as fans threw objects, ripped up seats and invaded the pitch at Kolkata's Salt Lake stadium after the Argentine soccer great made only a brief appearance at a ticketed event.

Karan Patel’s dominant pitching display and a solo home run from Miguel Ojeda Jr. powered the Mumbai Cobras to a 3–1 victory over the Mid East Falcons in Game 1 of the United Series.

The UAE and Algeria played out a thrilling quarter-final match in the FIFA Arab Cup 2025 on Friday at Al Bayt Stadium in Qatar.

Dubai Basketball Club continued their strong home run in the EuroLeague, securing a dramatic 89–88 victory over Germany’s Bayern Munich in a Round 15 matchup held on Friday at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been included in their squad for Saturday's Premier League match at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.

DP World has launched a 36-hour maritime service linking Dubai’s Mina Rashid with Iraq’s Umm Qasr Port, offering a faster alternative to overland trucking.

The paid parking operator Parkin has signed a five-year agreement with DAMAC Properties to manage around 3,600 parking spaces across the developer’s communities in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

The Sustainable Bio International Forum, hosted by Dubai on Friday under the theme “From the UAE…to a Greener World”, discussed the future of sustainable bioenergy and its role in supporting a low-carbon circular economy.

Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison for what a judge called an "epic fraud".

A $200 million investment multi-dimensional partnership deal has been outlined at BRIDGE Summit 2025 that will position the UAE as the world’s new epicentre for compute, advanced media production and next-generation education.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, fresh from a meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin, said he hopes to discuss a Ukraine-Russia peace plan with US President Donald Trump, adding that "peace is not far away".

His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Marko Đurić. have agreed to deepen political coordination after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during talks in Abu Dhabi.

The UAE has introduced changes to its laws governing the care of children of unknown parentage, expanding custody options and strengthening child protection measures.

UAE-backed medical teams have launched a series of humanitarian missions in rural Pakistan, providing free treatment for children and elderly patients with heart conditions.

Dubai authorities have begun final preparations for the New Year celebrations, holding a coordination meeting to review security and operational plans across the emirate.

The UAE's National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) says a surface low-pressure system will affect the country from December 13 to 19, bringing periods of instability.

Dubai Police have taken legal action against a man who set fire to a public road to celebrate his birthday, after a video of the incident circulated on social media.

The UAE's Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has announced the New Year's holiday for private sector employees.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed 123 prisoners on Saturday including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava after two days of talks with an envoy for President Donald Trump, a US statement said.

The death toll from floods and landslides that struck three provinces on Indonesia's Sumatra Island has exceeded 1,003, with 218 people still missing, according to the latest data released Saturday by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).

Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa and the surrounding region suffered major blackouts on Saturday after a large overnight Russian attack on the power grid across the country.

Two people were killed overnight in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian city of Saratov, regional governor Roman Busargin said on Saturday.

Thailand's leader vowed to keep fighting on the disputed border with Cambodia as fighter jets struck targets on Saturday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had brokered a ceasefire.

The European Union agreed on Friday to indefinitely freeze Russian central bank assets held in Europe, removing a big obstacle to using the cash to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia.

Severe rainfall has triggered major flooding in the US state of Washington, prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands of residents.

At least 30 people have been killed, including patients, and 70 injured after an airstrike by the country's ruling junta hit a hospital in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, according to a rebel group, an aid worker and a witness.