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Hackers have stolen more than 1.5 million files from a construction company in Saudi Arabia commissioned to build facilities for the 2034 Fifa World Cup, a cyber threat monitoring group has reported.

Abu Dhabi's top artificial intelligence body has convened to assess progress on the emirate's ambition to become a global leader in AI technology.

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, has pledged the UAE will continue collaborating to find innovative ways to strengthen global food security, as an international summit opened in Abu Dh…

Energy market insiders who gathered in a vast underground ballroom in central London this week were united in support of a new emphasis on resilience in the oil industry.

Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have said they will ensure the “rapid deployment” of “military forces and capabilities” to help Riyadh as it confronts attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

The Indian government has condemned an attack in which an oil-tanker owned by Dubai shipping company Onex was struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz.

The steep increase in selling prices of non-oil businesses in September is an indication of a higher UAE inflation number for the third quarter of this year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Paramount Skydance closed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery on Tuesday, completing one of the biggest media mergers of all time after engaging in a bruising battle for control with Netflix and fending off antitrust lawsuits.

The Phantom of the Opera, one of the world's longest-running musicals, is coming to Abu Dhabi.

The UAE has begun a nationwide push to cut the amount of salt, sugar and fat in some packaged foods to help improve their nutritional value, as well as tackling obesity and other conditions linked to an unhealthy diet.

Teachers still have a crucial role to play in schools despite the rapid advance of artificial intelligence, the Minister of Education said.

Nearly four years after a peace deal ended one of this century’s deadliest wars, fighting has broken out in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region once again.

Three Iranians spied on UK-based dissident journalists on behalf of their country’s foreign intelligence service in preparation for an attack on one of them, a court was told.

British Airways will introduce what it describes as the world’s biggest business class on its upgraded double-decker Airbus SE A380 jets, targeting premium passengers as airlines rush to cash in on upscale travel.

On September 30, the official White House rapid response account on X reproduced research from the libertarian Cato Institute showing that legal immigration from majority-Muslim nations was cut by 96 per cent after US President Donald Trump took office.

Russian authorities told the World Health Organisation on Tuesday that there were no cases of plague in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, where a laboratory worker at a plague research institute died last week.

Syrian President ⁠Ahmad Al Shara arrived in the ⁠Saudi capital, Riyadh, on ‌an official visit ⁠on Tuesday ⁠and met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi and Syrian state media reported.

Global ports operator DP World has been granted a 10-year extension to its concession to operate the multipurpose terminal at the Port of Luanda in Angola, as the company continues to expand in Africa.

Two people have been arrested in Dubai in connection with phone scams that netted more than Dh11.8 million ($3.2 million) from their victims.

Six artists have been shortlisted for the 2026 Richard Mille Art Prize, with their works set to be exhibited at Louvre Abu Dhabi from November.

Abu Dhabi has added 800 new taxis to its fleet in a drive to boost access to Zayed International Airport and expand its public transport network.

The UK's top national security official visited Israel last week in a futile bid to prevent the closure of the British Consulate General in Jerusalem, which was ordered by the Israeli government last month.

Qatar and Turkey are among seven countries who have expressed their interest in hosting the 2036 Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee revealed on Tuesday.

An Iraqi businessman believes he was refused entry to Britain to visit his son because he was detained by US forces in 2007, a court has heard.

Saudi Arabia had restored oil flows through its East-West pipeline, which had come under Houthi attacks, to 5.8 million barrels per day by Tuesday morning, its Energy Minister said.

President Sheikh Mohamed and King Abdullah of Jordan have spoken by phone to discuss the $2.5 billion landmark cross-border railway project.

Iranian politician Amirhossein Sabeti has filed an impeachment motion against Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi over contact with US officials during last month’s UN General Assembly in New York, alleging he acted without authorisation.

French warships and minehunter drones are at “a very high readiness” for deployment to the Arabian Gulf, a French admiral has told The National.

The UAE has been ranked top globally in a new study on citizen satisfaction with digital government services, which are expected to lay a “strong foundation” for the next phase of services powered by artificial intelligence.

The UAE has joined the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (Scar), becoming the first Arab country to do so.

The dentist who helped save the life of flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar said he feared time was running out when a group of passengers and reserve pilots took control of Flight FZ1073 and foiled a suspected terrorist attack.

The dentist who helped save the life of flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar said he feared time was running out when a group of passengers and reserve pilots took control of Flight FZ1073 and foiled a suspected terrorist attack.

When Zhino Babamiri gets a call from Urmieh Central Prison in Iran, she stops everything to pick up the phone.

US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, Massad Boulos, has met Sudanese army chief and de facto leader Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan in Egypt as Washington steps up efforts to end the country’s three-year war.

Egypt's share of the Nile's water is a “historical and legal” right that cannot be negotiated or touched, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has said in the latest sabre-rattling in Cairo's water dispute with Ethiopia.

A child and a domestic worker were rescued after accidentally falling into an open indoor well at their home in Fujairah, prompting authorities to issue a safety warning to the public.

France is bracing for what has been dubbed "Black Tuesday" as protesters are expected to gather in Paris after weeks of violent clashes in schools across the country.

Paris Fashion Week is often a battle for attention, but this season’s strongest collections were less concerned with spectacle than with identity.

At least one federal officer was killed when ISIS targeted an Iraqi police site near Kirkuk, the interior ministry has said, in the first reported attack since the withdrawal of the US-led coalition last week.

Seven-time Race to Dubai champion Rory McIlroy has been confirmed for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship next month.

Two airports in Saudi Arabia have been attacked as battles between the Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces intensified along the western coast overlooking the Red Sea and the strategic Bab Al Mandeb strait.

Two airports in Saudi Arabia have been attacked as battles between the Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces intensified along the western coast overlooking the Red Sea and the strategic Bab Al Mandeb strait.

Registration is now open for Dubai Ride, the city's biggest community cycling event and a highlight of the Dubai Fitness Challenge.

Saudi Arabia has warned the public against filming, publishing or sharing images of missile and drone interceptions, as Yemen’s Houthis intensify attacks on the kingdom.

Temporary speed limit caps imposed on a number of Abu Dhabi roads were lifted shortly after 8am on Tuesday morning after dense fog had shrouded skies in the capital.

UAE telecoms group e& is to return to its original brand identity of Etisalat, four years after it changed the company's name, as it looks to boost growth in the artificial intelligence era.

Saudi Arabia has said it will begin procedures to legalise the residency status of Yemenis living in the kingdom without proper authority, following a request from the Yemen Presidential Council.

Bestselling British author Jeffrey Archer was a regular visitor to the UAE, returning several times to meet fans at literary festivals in Dubai and Sharjah during his five-decade career.

Leading UAE players are set to have their ILT20 windfalls snatched away as a scheduling clash is now almost inevitable.

In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, Yemeni government forces secure control of the Bab Al Mandeb strait and the strategic port city of Mokha as their offensive against the Houthis expands.