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Flexible and remote working hours for Dubai Government employees during Ramadan allows staff up to three flexible working hours, provided they complete 5.5 hours from Monday to Thursday and three hours on Friday. Furthermore, employees are permitted to work remotely for up to two days a week.

The minimum top-up amount for nol cards is set to increase to AED 20 starting March 1, Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said on Tuesday.

The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) says it imposed fines totaling AED 1.15 million on companies violating anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing rules since January of this year. 

The UAE’s Presidential Guard Command completed a joint military exercise with the US Marine Corps, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday. 

The UAE has announced its candidacy for membership of the UN Human Rights Council for 2028 to 2030, Minister of State Noura Al Kaabi said on Tuesday.

An overnight Russian drone attack on the Kyiv region killed one person, injured at least two and set several houses on fire, governor of the region that surrounds the Ukrainian capital, Mykola Kalashnyk, said on Wednesday.

Eighteen people were killed after a tour bus lost control and fell into a ditch in Thailand's Prachinburi province, police said on Wednesday.

Hamas said on Tuesday it has agreed during a visit to Cairo on a solution to end the delay of releasing of Palestinian prisoners.

Israeli warplanes hit a town south of Syria's capital as well as the southern province of Daraa late on Tuesday, residents, security sources and local broadcaster Syria TV said.

The US and Ukraine have agreed on the terms of a draft minerals deal central to Kyiv's push to win Washington's support as President Donald Trump seeks to rapidly end the war with Russia, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.

e& recorded a net profit of AED 10.8 billion in 2024, marking a 4.3 per cent increase year-over-year, the UAE-based telecommunications company said on Tuesday.

The Dubai Taxi Company (DTC) has signed a five-year strategic partnership with Dubai Airports, to be the exclusive provider of taxi services at Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International (DWC).

Apple says it will spend $500 billion (AED 183.6 billion) in US investments in the next four years that will include a giant factory in Texas for artificial intelligence servers and add about 20,000 research and development jobs across the country in that time.

US electric vehicle giant Tesla has started offering advanced self-driving functions for its cars in China, including autopilot on city streets, the company announced on Tuesday.

flydubai has recorded record-breaking annual results for its financial year ending December 31, 2024, the UAE carrier has announced. The airline reported a pre-tax profit of AED 2.5 billion ($674 million), which represents a 16 per cent growth year-on-year, and a total revenue of AED 12.8 billion ($3.5 billion).

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone was delighted with his team's fighting spirit as they clawed back from two goals down to get a last-gasp 4-4 draw at Barcelona in an action-packed first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final on Tuesday.

Chelsea thumped hapless Southampton 4-0 on Tuesday, with scorers from all over the pitch, to climb to fourth in the Premier League and keep the visitors pinned to the bottom of the table.

Second seed Alex de Minaur and third seed Andrey Rublev have crashed out of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

The Champions Trophy Group B fixture between Australia and South Africa in Rawalpindi was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Tuesday after persistent rain kept the players from the field.

Prize money won by the teams of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) at the Dubai Games 2025 will be donated to charity following directives from His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai.

Roberta Flack, the silky-voiced Grammy-winning singer whose sultry ballads "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly With His Song" topped the charts in the 1970s, has died at the age of 88.

"Conclave," a drama about the selection a new pope, won the top award at Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, boosting the movie's chances of success at next weekend's Oscars.

Australian TV show Neighbours has been cancelled and will air its final episode in December, the programme's official social media accounts confirmed.

Amazon's MGM Studios will take creative control of the James Bond film franchise under a new joint venture with longtime rights holders Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, the technology giant said on Thursday.

The filmmakers of "Inside Out 2", the highest-grossing animated film of all time, are aiming to be included to the Oscar's Best Picture race as experts in the animation industry strive for more recognition.

A mountain in China has become an unlikely hit with tourists after eagle-eyed visitors noticed it resembles the face of a dog.

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has been awarded the 'Best New Banknote Issue' for 2025 for the AED 500 note in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.

Egypt's antiquities authority says it has found the ancient tomb of King Thutmose II, the first royal burial to be found since the famed discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.

A huge humpback whale briefly scooped a kayaker in its mouth in the seas off the coast of southern Chile before spitting him out unscathed in a dramatic incident caught on camera.

Monty the giant schnauzer won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show on Tuesday, finally taking the top prize after reaching the final round for the third consecutive year in the most prestigious dog show in the United States.