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Traffic diversions will be in place along Dubai's Sheikh Zayed Road for three days, coinciding with COP28 and the UAE's Union Day celebrations.

Dubai International Airport (DXB) has started its winter season on a strong note, with seven international carriers launching operations to nine destinations between October and November.

The UAE Ambassador to the UN has met with the UN Secretary General to discuss how to scale up humanitarian aid to Gaza.

The third batch of wounded Palestinian children and cancer patients have arrived in the UAE to receive medical treatment.

The UAE's President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday welcomed Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, who is on a working visit to the country.

A 50 per cent discount on traffic fines has been announced in Umm Al Quwain, coinciding with the 52nd Union Day.

Growth in the size and quality of Dubai’s private school sector has more than doubled since the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) was established in 2007.

Dubai has become the first city in the Middle East to rank among the top 10 in the Global Power City Index.

Saudi Arabia's capital city of Riyadh won the right to host the Expo 2030 world fair, vote results showed on Tuesday.

All 41 construction workers have been rescued from a tunnel in India's Uttarakhand state, after being trapped for 17 days.

Indian rescuers led by "rat miners" drilled through rocks and debris on Tuesday to reach 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas for 17 days.

The US State Department said on Monday that Secretary Anthony Blinken will visit Israel, the West Bank and the UAE this week to press for more humanitarian aid to Gaza and help secure the release of all Hamas hostages.

Ten people have died in snowstorms in Ukraine, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Tuesday, after icy winds and storms swept the country since Sunday, cutting power and blocking roads.

Jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was denied an open court trial on Monday as ordered by a high court after the government submitted reports citing threats to his life, his lawyer said.

The Philippine government and the country's communist rebels have agreed to restart peace negotiations after a six-year hiatus, with the aim of ending decades of armed strife, the two sides and facilitator Norway said on Tuesday.

The United Nations ambassadors of the United States and North Korea sparred at the Security Council on Monday over Pyongyang's first spy satellite launch and the reasons for growing tensions in a rare, direct, public exchange between the adversaries.