UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met today with His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.During the meeting, Their Highnesses exch...

EL ALAMEIN, Egypt, 5th September, 2026 (WAM) – The UAE National Pavilion is participating in El Alamein International Airshow 2026, taking place from 8 to 10 September 2026 at El Alamein International Airport in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The pavilion brings together several leading UAE companies s...

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, President of the Gabonese Republic, received Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Foreign Trade, and the accompanying UAE delegation during an official visit to Libreville to discuss strengthening trade and investment relations and translating the growing momentu...

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,senta written message to His Highness Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, including an official invitation to participate in the 2026 UN Water Conference, which will be hosted by the UAE in partnership with ...

In 2025, 16.3% of people in the EU aged 18 or over were obese, meaning that they had a body mass index of 30 or higher. A further 35.4% of the population were pre-obese, with a body mass index between 25 and 30. Overall, more than half of the EU population were overweight, either obese or pre-obese...

NEW YORK, 5th September, 2026 (WAM) – The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2027-2036 as the International Decade of Culture for Sustainable Development, establishing a ten-year global framework to harness culture for more inclusive, resilient and sustainable societies.Initiated by Viet Nam...

The UN and its humanitarian partners launched a $49.6 million flash appeal on Friday to deliver emergency assistance to more than 84,000 people affected by last week’s catastrophic floods in Nepal.On 26 August, a glacier on the border between Nepal and the Tibet autonomous region of China collapsed,...

Global cereal production in 2026 is now forecast at 2 980 million tonnes, down 2.0% from 2025 but still the second-largest harvest on record, according to the new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief released by UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).The forecast for world maize output has been revis...

Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, received a letter on behalf of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, from Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, containing an invitation to attend the West Africa Integration and Investment Summit (WAI...

Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with Limpho Justice Tau, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations of the Kingdom of Lesotho. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways of strengthening and developing bilateral relations to fulfil the shared interes...

Professor Florencia Lopez Boo, Director of Global TIES for Children and Professor of Economics and Applied Psychology at New York University (NYU) in the United States, said that winning the Khalifa International Award for Early Learning in the Research and Studies category for her research, titled “Res...

The European Union has strongly condemned the latest wave of Iranian attacks against the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, expressing alarm at the latest military escalation in the Middle East. In a statement, the EU also deplored recent attacks against Saudi commercial vessels pass...

The Ajman Department of Tourism, Culture and Media concluded its promotional roadshow in India, covering Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad, as part of its efforts to strengthen Ajman’s presence across priority international markets and deepen engagement with India’s travel and tourism sector.Throughout the ...

Veliefendi Racecourse in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye will host the twelfth leg of the UAE President’s Cup for Purebred Arabian Horses tomorrow, Sunday 6th September 2026, within the calendar of the 33rd edition of the Prestigious Cup, with nine horses representing elite Turkish and European studs takin...

Sunday marks the 45th anniversary of the accession of H.H. Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, succeeding his late father, Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi.Since then, Ajman has embarked on a remarkable journey of achievement and development, guided by a wise ...

The European Union's border agency will send boats ‌out into the English Channel and the North Sea to help search for and rescue migrants, officials said on Friday, days after France and Britain's leaders met and ​discussed migration, Reuters reported.The Frontex agency will send out two Spanish boats fr...

Anna Popova, head of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor), announced that Russia has officially registered a new locally developed drug against smallpox, named Neokh-14.Popova stated that the drug has proven effective and i...

At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured on ​Friday after an explosion at a military ‌barracks in the Bolivian municipality of Viacha, about 30 km from La Paz, local authorities said.Viacha health director Rita Nebraska told local television that between 10 and 15 people were believed to ​...

Global food prices rose in August to their highest level since late 2022, driven by adverse weather conditions and international shipping disruptions, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Friday.The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a b...

US diesel prices scaled a record high on Friday, with data from the American Automobile Association (AAA) showing average pump prices hitting $5.85 per gallon, compared to $3.71 a year earlier.The auto club attributed the surge in fuel costs to ongoing supply disruptions across the Middle East.Mean...