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Dayne “Da Hawaiian Hitman” Viernes is looking to cement his status as the greatest super heavyweight of Power Slap when he defends his title against Vasilii “Dumpling” Kamotskii in Abu Dhabi next month.

The UAE has led an international digital fraud crackdown in which hundreds of arrests were made and more than $39 billion in illicit funds and assets uncovered.

More than four years after his release from an Iranian jail, Anoosheh Ashoori still wakes up with nightmares from the “dark, dark moments” he experienced there.

More than eight in 10 energy industry decision-makers expect artificial intelligence to drive electricity demand beyond current forecasts, raising concerns about whether there's enough global infrastructure to power the rapid expansion of data centres.

For a former UFC champion, the fighter with the most takedowns in company history and a man whose face is plastered across billboards around Abu Dhabi advertising UFC 333, Merab Dvalishvili hardly needed to introduce himself to the assembled media.

In today's episode of Trending Middle East, the US has ordered non-essential diplomatic staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia amid escalating Houthi attacks on the kingdom.

Preparations are in full swing for the fifth edition of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open at Zayed Sports City.

Oil extended gains above $110 a barrel on Thursday after a Houthi drone attack near Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield heightened concerns over supply disruptions as Yemen's rebels stepped up strikes on the kingdom's energy infrastructure.

All eyes will turn to London on Monday evening when the 2026 Ballon d'Or winner will be announced.

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has begun an official visit to Greece primed to further bolster growing ties between the nations.

When I was in Grade 7, I raised my hand and volunteered to read aloud in class.

The US has ordered non-essential employees and their families out of Saudi Arabia, citing a surge in Houthi attacks.

More than five centuries ago, the workshops of Mamluk Cairo produced an elaborate wool carpet decorated with three medallions.

Abu Dhabi Finance Week will hold about half of its sessions behind closed doors this year, as organisers seek to encourage more candid discussions among global financial leaders and generate tangible business outcomes.

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes publicly criticised head coach Michael Carrick's tactics after their 4-1 Champions League hammering at Como.

Serie A side Como secured the biggest result in their history when they thrashed Manchester United 4-1 in the Uefa Champions League on Wednesday night.

A programme to support women scientists in the Arab world has selected two female researchers in the UAE for grants.

This week on Culture Bites, Enas Refaei and Farah Andrews ponder the connections that civilisations built through travel almost 5,000 years ago.

News this week that a lack of funding could result in the UN's World Food Programme cutting aid to roughly half a million people in Gaza is a sobering reminder that a ceasefire is not the same as peace.

At lunchtime on March 16, 1965, Chief Inspector Jock Wilson of London’s Special Branch followed his suspect through the streets surrounding London’s Charing Cross Underground station.

Washington has called Russian President Vladimir Putin many things since his 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Two people were killed and two injured in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after falling debris from a drone intercepted by Saudi air defences struck near a processing plant at Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oilfield in the Eastern Province.

The UAE's Lana Nusseibeh has entered the race for the next UN secretary general.

Offshore wind farms can enhance maritime security through greater co-operation and surveillance technology, a new analysis says.

Offshore wind farms can enhance maritime security through greater co-operation and surveillance technology, a new analysis says.

Speed limits are being changed in five roads in Dubai by the emirate's Roads and Transport Authority and police in the city.

When a passer-by stumbled upon a tunnel north-east of Beirut earlier this week, almost immediately alarm bells began ringing over fears it could be connected to Hezbollah.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has held talks with Italian deputy leader Antonio Tajani, focusing on Middle East security and bilateral ties.

A candidate in the US midterm elections was briefly detained by Israeli troops during an olive harvest in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.

The National has obtained the full text of the Makkah Defence Pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan after it was submitted to the Turkish parliament for approval.

The UAE has unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered platform that will reduce the waiting time for VAT refunds for tourists, from nine days to one.

Developers of PHP, a backbone language for the internet, have warned that a security update might take millions of websites offline temporarily, sparking panic in the tech world.

Developers of PHP, a backbone language for the internet, have warned that a security update might take millions of websites offline temporarily, sparking panic in the tech world.

Developers of PHP, a backbone language for the internet, have warned that a security update might take millions of websites offline temporarily, sparking panic in the tech world.

Dubai Police issued 7,735 traffic fines and impounded 1,630 vehicles for excessive noise and unauthorised modifications during the first nine months of this year, as authorities stepped up efforts to protect residents and improve road safety.

France's deal to buy diesel from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain will not make the fuel “cheap overnight” for the European country although it will also not make it more expensive, according to experts.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday on a surprise visit in a show of solidarity with Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks.

The UAE’s e-government services are among the world’s best and frequently involve using cutting-edge digital technologies more effectively than the countries that developed them.

Alexander Volkanovski has promised the best version of himself for Saturday's headline bout at UFC 333 – and to deliver a belated wedding-anniversary present to his wife.

A multiple casualty event involving migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats is “only a matter of time”, the UK’s border security chief has warned.

Thousands of energy industry professionals gathered at Dubai World Trade Centre on Tuesday for the opening day of WETEX 2026, with companies across the UAE's power, construction and technology sectors using the exhibition to set out their responses to sur…

Apple, this had better be good; you made us wait more than seven years for this to unfold.

About 30 deminers from the Halo Trust remain among hundreds of thousands of civilians stuck in the besieged Yemeni city of Taiz, the organisation said on Wednesday.

Miral and Etihad Rail have agreed to partner on first-and-last-mile transport to connect Yas Island, Abu Dhabi's leisure and entertainment hub, with the city's railway station.

The NBA are surging ahead with their plans for a new basketball league in Europe, which is set to roll out in 12 months’ time, despite the failed negotiations for a possible partnership with the EuroLeague, the continent’s current premier competition.

Greece has rejected the approval by Libya’s eastern parliament of a maritime agreement with Turkey, saying the deal breaches international law and infringes on the sovereign rights of countries in the eastern Mediterranean.

Advent, a global private equity investor with more than $109 billion in assets under management, has opened an office in Abu Dhabi’s ADGM, joining the growing list of financial institutions with a presence in the UAE capital.

Oman's Sultan Haitham entered St George’s Hall at Windsor Castle for a state banquet on Tuesday wearing a black velvet bisht abaya with heavily embroidered golden borders at the collar, along the front buttons and at the seams.