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Watch: Etihad cabin crew performs mid-air orchestra in skydiving stunt
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has released a video showing behind-the-scenes of its electrifying stunt of a cabin crew skydiving and performing orchestra mid-air in free fall. The stunt was released to celebrate…
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ASEAN committee in Abu Dhabi vows to strengthen ties with UAE
Abu Dhabi: The committee of the ASEAN in the UAE has expressed its support for the efforts to enhance cooperation between ASEAN and the UAE, media reported. It comes as the committee…
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UN successfully transfers all oil off decaying Yemen tanker
Aden: The high-stakes oil transfer from a decaying tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen has been safely concluded, the UN announced, avoiding what the global body warned could have been a…
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Lebanon’s state TV Tele Liban temporarily shuts down
Beirut: Lebanon’s Information Minister Ziad Makari announced the temporary closure of the country’s sole national TV Channel, Tele Liban, due to the government’s inability to pay the employee’s salaries. The closure came…
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Video shows massive fire engulfs residential building in UAE’s Ajman
Abu Dhabi: A massive fire broke out in a residential building in United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Ajman city on Friday afternoon, August 11, has been put out. The incident took place in a…
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Aysu Turkoglu becomes first Turkish woman to swim across North Channel
Ankara: Aysu Turkoglu became the first Turkish woman to swim across the North Channel on Wednesday, August 9. At just 22 years of age, the endurance swimmer is also the youngest Turkish…
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Israeli forces shoot dead another Palestinian youth in West Bank
A 23-year-old Palestinian youth was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces during an incursion in a Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Friday, August 11, Palestinian Information Center (PIC)…
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Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi shares new video of UAE from space
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, who has been preparing to return home this month, has captured a new video of his country from the International Space Station (ISS). Taking…
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Watch: Pakistani rider honoured for removing road barrier in UAE
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ministry of human resources and emiratisation (MoHRE) has honoured a Pakistani delivery man after a video of him removing a road barrier from a busy…
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Indian expat flies to UAE with sacks of rice amid export ban
As India has imposed a temporary ban on exporting non-basmati rice, several Indian expat living in United Arab Emirates (UAE) have started carrying rice along with them from India while returning to…
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UAE: 32-yr-old Indian engineer on a world tour to spread Gandhi’s message reaches RAK
A 32-year-old Indian engineer, who has been touring the world on foot or bicycle to spread Mahatma Gandhi’s message of peace and non-violence, arrived in United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently after covering…
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UAE: Indian porter wins Rs 2 cr in latest Mahzooz draw
Abu Dhabi: A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expatriate won a guaranteed raffle prize of Dirhams one million (Rs 2,25,31,444) in the 140th Mahzooz weekly draw. The winner Venkata— matched five out…
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Saudi Arabia to grow crops in desert land as part of NEOM city project
Saudi Arabia has hired a Dutch greenhouse company, Van Der Hoeven, to create a ‘historic synthetic climate’ to grow crops in its hot temperature desert land, Bloomberg reported. The kingdom is all…
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Iran moves five Americans from prison to house arrest
Tehran: Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran have been now placed under house arrest. The development is the first step in a deal between the United States and Iran that…
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Iran: 90 journalists held since anti-hijab protests began in Sept 2022
Tehran: More than 90 journalists have been arrested or summoned by the Iranian authorities since the protests triggered in September 2022 by the death of Mahsa Amini in custody. “The Support Committee for…
