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ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the attacks launched by the Houthi group on civilian and economic facilities in the cities of Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan, and Najran in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which resulted in dozens of injuries among civilians includi

SINGAPORE: Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz ‌slowed at the start of this week, after Iran threatened on Monday to retaliate for any new U.S. attacks. The number of commodity ⁠vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz totalled seven on Monday, compared with eight on ‌the previous day

U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers on Saturday, U.S. Central Command said, including one off the coast of Kharg Island, near Iran's key oil export hub. The strikes were carried out after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles at ⁠two U.S. Navy ships, Central

Dubai: Since the escalation involving Iran began, five publicly announced calls have taken place between UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and US President Donald Trump, indicating repeated direct communication between the two leaders. The calls, which took place between

Secretive bomb tests in the Sudanese desert. Suffocated scorpions, found dead on the floor of a weapons factory. Chlorine canisters taken from a water treatment plant in the war-torn capital. Sudan’s military has long denied American accusations that it used chemical weapons as part of the country’

 Saudi Arabia's national shipping company, Bahri, ‌said ​on Wednesday that two Filipino seafarers were killed in a security incident involving its vessel "SIDR" as it transited through the Strait of ⁠Hormuz on August 31. The company did not disclose further details. On August 31, maritime security

KUWAIT: Brigadier General Mohammed Al-Gharib, the official spokesman of the General Fire Force, announced that fire brigades were able to control a fire that broke out in a residential complex in one of the areas of the capital after it was targeted by an enemy drone by the sinful Iranian aggressio

KATHMANDU, Nepal : The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China passed 1,000 on Tuesday, authorities said, as rescue teams worked to reach communities cut off by the disaster. Nepal’s disaster agency said Tuesday that 987 deaths had been counted there, with 3,916 people missing, inc

PROVO, Utah: A Utah judge will decide Tuesday if there's enough evidence to put the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk on trial for aggravated murder, which would make him eligible for the death penalty. The hearing in state court comes after prosecutors in July spent five days presenting what the

SINGAPORE: The number of ‌vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz was little changed on Monday compared with the weekend, hovering around five, preliminary ship-tracking data showed on Tuesday, below the 10-day average of ⁠around 14. Four of the vessels entered the strait and one exited, data

UAE national will be able to use automated passport screening gates at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport by the end of August 2026, Thailand has announced. The measure will allow Emirati passengers to complete immigration procedures through automated gates, helping reduce waiting times and ease conges

His Excellency Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Diplomatic Advisor to His Highness the President of the UAE, stressed that the media campaigns directed against the UAE are desperate because they are based on distortion and rumors in the face of will and achievement. Gargash said on his account on X: