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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, met on Sunday at Zabeel Palace in Dubai with Ecuador President Daniel Noboa, who is on an official visit to the UAE.

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Sunday, met with His Excellency Dr. Patrick Herminie, President of Seychelles, who is visiting the UAE to attend the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has completed 595 public bus passenger shelters as part of a wider project to deliver 762 shelters across several key areas in Dubai.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Saturday met with a delegation of African business and philanthropic leaders visiting the UAE.

His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan has met with Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan, on the sidelines of the UAE delegation’s visit to Azerbaijan.

Saturday night at the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix brought Metallica back to Etihad Park, drawing a record crowd and marking their return to the Yasalam lineup for the first time since 2013.

Netflix on Friday agreed to buy Warner Bros Discovery's TV, film studios and streaming division for $72 billion, a deal that would hand control of one of Hollywood's most prized and oldest assets to the streaming pioneer.

American talk show host Oprah Winfrey has praised Australia's decision to ban social media for under-16s from next week, saying the move would help young people socialise more.

Spain, Ireland, Slovania and the Netherlands have withdrawn from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest over the Gaza war after Israel was cleared to enter the competition on Thursday.

Oscar-winning actor Kate Winslet makes her directorial debut with "Goodbye June", a holiday season-set drama about a family faced with loss coming together.

A California doctor has been sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison on Wednesday for illegally supplying "Friends" sitcom star Matthew Perry with ketamine, the powerful sedative that caused the actor's drug overdose death in 2023.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he will meet President Donald Trump later this month, saying a second phase of the US president's Gaza plan was close.

US President Donald Trump's outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was "really close" and now depended on resolving two main outstanding issues: the future of Ukraine's Donbas region and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Benin's interior minister said on Sunday armed forces had foiled a coup attempt after a group of soldiers in the West African nation claimed on national television to have seized power.

Fourteen people were killed and 34 injured when a passenger bus overturned on a national highway in southern Algeria.

At least 25 people, including tourists, were killed in a fire at a popular entertainment facility in India’s Goa state, the state’s chief minister said on Sunday.

H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, and Chairman of the Dubai Real Estate Corporation (DREC), chaired a meeting of the DREC Board of Directors, during which he reviewed the 2025 performance of Wasl Group.

Meta is delaying the release of its Phoenix mixed-reality glasses until 2027, aiming to get the details right, Business Insider reported on Friday, citing an internal memo.

Thousands of IndiGo passengers were stranded by flight cancellations on Thursday - a third day of chaos after the country's biggest airline did not make sufficient changes to its roster planning ahead of new government regulations.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with Amazon's Founder and Executive Chairman, Jeff Bezos, in Abu Dhabi.

McLaren's Lando Norris sobbed tears of joy and relief as he won the Formula One championship for the first time and ended Max Verstappen's four-year reign with a nervy third place at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.

Australia stormed to an eight-wicket victory in the second Ashes test on Sunday to take a 2-0 series lead as England succumbed on day four to a pace blitz from unlikely hero Michael Neser.

Denmark's Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen pipped former British Open champion Cam Smith to the Australian Open title on Sunday with a par at the final hole to lift the winners trophy with a 15-under par total at Royal Melbourne.

Another fiery half-century from Pathum Nissanka scripted the Gulf Giants four-wicket victory over the Dubai Capitals at the DP World ILT20 Season 4 on Saturday.

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah said he had been "thrown under the bus" as he tore into the club over his treatment after watching from the bench as his side twice threw away the lead in a 3-3 Premier League draw with Leeds United on Saturday.