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Philippine Consulate General to host ‘Babies Day Mission’

Philippine Consulate General to host ‘Babies Day Mission’

It is going to be a "Babies Day Consular Mission" at the Philippine Consulate General Compound in Al Qusais, Dubai on April 9 (Thursday). The special day, the second to be conducted since Feb. 10, 2023,

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UAE Air Defences engage one ballistic missile, 11 drones

UAE Air Defences engage one ballistic missile, 11 drones

The Ministry of Defence announced that on 7th April 2026, UAE air defence systems successfully engaged one ballistic missile and 11 UAVs launched from Iran. Since the onset of these blatant Iranian attacks, UAE air defences

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Train driver killed, 27 injured as French high-speed TGV …

Train driver killed, 27 injured as French high-speed TGV …

The driver of a high-speed TGV train was killed and 27 people injured in France on Tuesday when the train collided with a truck, officials said.The accident occurred at a level crossing between the towns

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Current oil, gas crisis worse than 1973, 1979, 2002 toget…

Current oil, gas crisis worse than 1973, 1979, 2002 toget…

The current oil and gas crisis triggered by the blockade of ‌the Strait of Hormuz is "more serious than ​the ⁠ones in 1973, 1979 ‌and 2002 together", Fatih ‌Birol, the head of the International Energy

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Resident doctors in England begin six-day strike after re…

Resident doctors in England begin six-day strike after re…

Resident ​doctors in ⁠England started a six-day walkout on Tuesday after rejecting an offer the government said ‌would not get better, with ‌the British Medical Association saying it failed to reverse years of pay erosion

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Australian soldier arrested over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

Australian soldier arrested over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

Australia's most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, faces war crime charges on allegations that he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 and 2012, police and media reported on Tuesday.Police have not

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Iran rejects ceasefire deal as Trump’s deadline nears

Iran rejects ceasefire deal as Trump’s deadline nears

Iran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war as US President Donald Trump's ultimatum to make a deal ticked closer with an expanded threat of strikes against

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Job interview lure turns deadly as Kolkata woman dies aft…

Job interview lure turns deadly as Kolkata woman dies aft…

A 30-year-old woman died on Monday from severe burn injuries, two days after she was allegedly set on fire in Kolkata’s Maidan area. Despite suffering burns over 90 per cent of her body, she was

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UAE weather body predicts rain in parts of the country fr…

UAE weather body predicts rain in parts of the country fr…

Drizzles fell on separate areas across the country including Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Umm Al Quwain. The rains are expected to continue from Thursday until Monday as a result of the country being affected

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Iraqi boy begins life-changing Duchenne treatment at Al J…

Iraqi boy begins life-changing Duchenne treatment at Al J…

From inside Al Jalila Children’s Hospital in Dubai, Yousef Haider began his first steps in the journey of treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, surrounded by the unbreakable heart of a mother and the hand of