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The UAE ministry of Defence has intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles targetting the country, with no recorded casualties.

The UAE has confirmed 2,629 new cases of COVID-19 from 499,001 tests in the past 24 hours.

The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place in Nigeria’s Borno state, in which two people died and 20 children were kidnapped.

H.H. Lt. Gen. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, has met with Teo Chee Hen, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security in the Republic of Singapore.

The UAE has confirmed 2,813 new cases of COVID-19 from 517,107 tests in the past 24 hours.

Dubai Police have used the help of insects to determine the time of death of an unidentified, decomposed body found in an abandoned building.

The Saih Al-Dahal road project, which will improve accessibility to Al Qudra Lakes and Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, is now 60 per cent complete.

A man, who suffered serious injuries in a dune buggy accident in Margham desert, has been airlifted to safety.

The head of the World Health Organisation on Monday urged countries to work together to bring the acute phase of the pandemic to an end, saying that they now have all the tools available to do so.

The US State Department announced it was ordering diplomats' family members to leave Ukraine, as US President Joe Biden weighed options for boosting America's military assets in Eastern Europe to counter a buildup of Russian troops.

Australia recorded another surge of COVID-19 deaths on Monday as an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant peaked, and authorities warned numbers could rise further when schools return from end-of-year holidays next week.

India's COVID-19 infections, led by the Omicron variant, may see a sharp rise in the coming weeks, some top experts said, noting that the variant was already in community transmission and hospitals were seeing more patients despite a decline in cases in major cities.

Families have stopped children playing outside as Tonga struggles to deal with ash and the psychological fallout of last week's volcanic eruption and tsunami, aid workers and residents said.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has cancelled her wedding as the nation imposes new restrictions to slow the community spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, she told reporters on Sunday.

One person has died and two people are being treated for smoke inhalation after a blaze swept through a hospital in Budapest early on Sunday, a Hungarian police spokeswoman said.

Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Albert Bourla said an annual COVID-19 vaccine would be preferable to more frequent booster shots in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.