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UAE: Unified Friday prayer timing takes effect tomorrow

Move aims to standardise worship and ease community planning

Emirates A380 returns to London after take-off on NYE

Flight safely landed; passengers to be rebooked

UAE lowers age of maturity to 18 years in legal shift

UAE redefines adulthood with new age of maturity law

UAE lowers age of maturity to 18 years in legal shift

Dubai Duty Free breaks records with Dhs8.68b in sales

2025 becomes the retailer’s most successful year ever, with December alone hitting Dhs922 million.

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Muwafaq package helps UAE SMEs simplify tax compliance

Muwafaq package helps UAE SMEs simplify tax compliance

What Etihad Rail means for daily travel in 2026

Terror attacks fall after Pakistan seals Afghan border

India’s cleanest city, toxic taps: 7 dead in Indore

What caused Swiss resort fire — why it turned deadly

Flowers and candles laid on the ground near the bar Le Constellation following a fire that ripped through the venue in Crans-Montana, during New Year's Eve celebrations.

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Huawei Mate XT: The foldable that changed everything

Huawei Mate XT: The foldable that changed everything

Dubai: Dh1.57m awarded in luxury watch fraud case

Saudi Arabia arrests 116 officials

Woman assaulted in moving van on foggy night

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De Montfort University Dubai wins sustainability award

Sustainovation Challenge winners receiving their awards from organisers, DMU Dubai and Ehfaaz

Major UAE rule changes beginning from January 2026

Apple discontinues older iPhone models: Upgrade options

Watch: How ‘heroes’ cleaned up Dubai post NYE revelries

NEW YEAR 2026

Watch: How Dubai moved 2.8m safely on New Year's Eve

Watch: How Dubai moved 2.8m safely on New Year's Eve

RAK breaks world record with 2,300-drone show for NYE

See the 2,300-drone phoenix that just secured a Guinness World Record for the largest aerial display of its kind.

India’s first bullet train to run from August 15, 2027

The Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train project, being developed using Japanese Shinkansen technology, will have a design speed of 320 kmph and is expected to operate at around 300 kmph. Illustrative image.

Fire ravages Amsterdam church on Dutch New Year

A fire tears through the Vondelkerk church tower in Amsterdam on New Year's eve

Sheikh Mohammed, Sheikh Mansour review UAE’s path ahead

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum with Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Al Marmoom Rest House in Dubai.

Stranger Things Season 5 ending explained

Millie Bobby-Brown as Eleven

Dubai welcomes 2026 with Maroon 5 and Epic NYE glam

With hundreds of millions of records sold and a fan base that spans the globe, the band brought a dose of rockstar magic to the city’s celebration.

Darcey Flowers marks four years of Joy Beyond Flowers

Darcey Flowers marks four years of Joy Beyond Flowers