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UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in Belgrade, Serbia on a working visit on Saturday.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed his gratitude to the UAE for sending a relief package worth USD 100 million during a phone call with President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Saturday. 

UAE carrier Emirates banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all flights to and from Dubai, it was announced on Friday evening.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held an informal joint ministerial meeting with Iran to discuss the recent regional developments, on the sidelines of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Summit in Doha this week.

Over 80 police personnel have been injured in clashes with supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan taking part in a march near Islamabad, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Saturday.

Ukraine will present its "victory plan" at a regular meeting of its allies at Ramstein in Germany on October 12, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a post on Telegram on Saturday. 

An Israeli airstrike hit Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli for the first time early on Saturday, a Lebanese security source said, after more bombardment hit Beirut's suburbs and Israeli troops sought to make new ground incursions into southern Lebanon.

Rescuers dug through rubble in the village of Donja Jablanica on Saturday morning in search for people who went missing in Bosnia's deadliest floods in years that hit the Balkan country on Friday.

The Ministry of Finance announced the UAE Cabinet approved amendments to a Federal Decree-Law on Value Added Tax (VAT), which is set to exempt investment fund management services from VAT to stimulate growth in the investment management sector and increase the UAE’s attractiveness as a leading investment hub.

Brazil's Supreme Court said on Friday that lawyers representing social media platform X did not pay pending fines to the proper bank, postponing its decision on whether to allow the tech firm to resume services in Brazil.

Companies are being invited by the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) to submit proposals to operate UAE animal feed markets.

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has raised $6.6 billion (AED 24.4 billion) from investors, which could value the company at $157 billion (AED 576 billion) and cement its position as one of the most valuable private companies in the world.

Rugby union’s governing body, World Rugby, has rekindled talks to raise funds for growing the sport in the United States, three people familiar with the matter said.

The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Judo tournament will be held from October 11 to 13 at Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City, the UAE Judo Federation announced. The event is organised under the supervision of the International Judo Federation (IJF) and with support from the Abu Dhabi Sports Council.

South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt led her team to a dominant 10-wicket victory over the West Indies in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Dubai on Friday.

Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka with an excellent display on the opening day of the ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup in Sharjah.