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UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has directed all mosques across the country to perform rain prayers on Friday, October 9.

More than 44 areas across Dubai have been approved for shared housing under new regulations aimed at reducing overcrowding and enhancing public health and safety standards.

Dubai is rolling out a new visual identity and enhanced addressing system, introducing colour-coded area identities, updated street signs and house number plates.

Dubai has launched the Create AI Agents Championship, a global competition designed to accelerate the adoption of Agentic AI and encourage the development of innovative AI-powered solutions with real-world applications.

Three people were killed and several others injured in separate attacks targeting Abha International Airport and King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia on October 6 and 7, according to the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA).

Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least eight people and damaging residential buildings, industrial facilities and infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.

Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving a long-standing riddle of how to form a single molecular mirror image, a discovery hugely important for pharmaceutical manufacturing, the award-giving body said on Wednesday.

Ten people were injured in a knife attack at a school in Ostroleka in northeastern Poland on Wednesday, with police detaining the 19-year-old suspect, who was among those hurt, shortly after the incident.

The Abu Dhabi Government has launched an AI training programme for every government employee as well as the wider public, built with OpenAI, Microsoft and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI).

The African Union launched the continent's first credit rating agency on Wednesday, seeking to provide an alternative to the "big three" global ratings agencies as debt burdens weigh on many African economies.

The UAE telecommunications group e& has reverted its name to Etisalat in an effort to return to its "roots" following its 50th anniversary.

Dubai Retail, under Dubai Holding Asset Management, has unveiled Skylight Mall, a shopping destination set to open on Al Khail Road in 2027.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, who last season guided the club to their first Premier League title in 22 years, has signed a new contract until June 2030, the English champions announced on Wednesday.

Former Spain midfielder David Silva, who spent 10 years at Manchester City, has returned to professional football at age 40, joining Hong Kong Premier League club Sha Tin on Wednesday.

Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't think his days playing for Portugal are over despite saying that the head coach lied to him about playing time and the superstar striker bolting from the national squad last week.

Lionel Messi has delivered one last master class in blue and white on Tuesday as Argentina's captain brought the curtain down on his extraordinary 21-year international career by scoring one goal and setting up two others in a 3-0 friendly win over Benin.