ABU DHABI/WAM The United Arab Emirates continues its leading global role in supporting humanitarian response efforts in Sudan through the signing of a cooperation agreement between the UAE Aid Agency and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Under the agreement, the UAE will provide a grant of US$20 million to help accelerate emergency response efforts in Sudan by delivering …

DUBAI/WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurated the World Laureates Summit, the largest global gathering of Nobel Prize winners and recipients of other prestigious scientific awards. Also present at the inauguration were His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed …

ABU DHABI/WAM Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) recorded a net profit after tax of AED11.445 billion in FY2025, marking 22 percent year-on-year growth, while Q4 net profit reached AED3.342 billion. According to a press release issued on Thursday, the bank reported profit before tax of AED12.843 billion in 2025, up 21 percent compared to the previous year, achieving 18 consecutive …

MOSCOW/WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Excellency Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, on Thursday held talks in Moscow focused on strengthening the strategic partnership between the two countries and advancing cooperation across various fields. The talks took place at the Kremlin during His Highness’ official visit to Russia. At the start …

ABU DHABI/WAM Abu Dhabi Airports, operator of the emirate’s five airports including the flagship Zayed International Airport (AUH), recorded more than 33 million annual passengers in 2025, the largest influx of travellers in the emirate’s history. This sustained trajectory has seen traffic volumes across the emirate’s five airports double over the past three years, while AUH has emerged as the …

ABU DHABI/WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) will exhibit at ITB Berlin 2026 from 3-5 March 2026, continuing its annual presence at one of the world’s most influential travel trade events and reinforcing Abu Dhabi as a leading global destination for culture-led travel. At ITB Berlin 2026, DCT Abu Dhabi and its stakeholders …

ABU DHABI/WAM In alignment with the UAE Digital Economy Strategy and the Central Bank of the UAE’s (CBUAE) commitment to advancing a secure, inclusive, and innovation-driven national payments ecosystem, the CBUAE, through its Sandbox Programme and Innovation Hub at the Emirates Institute of Finance (EIF), in collaboration with Network International, a leading fintech across the Middle East and Africa, has …

ABU DHABI/WAM ADNOC and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) today signed a 27-year Utilities Purchase Agreement to supply critical utilities to the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone in Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi. The duration of the agreement includes the offtake of the utilities and construction of the plant. Under the agreement, ADNOC and TAQA will jointly develop the …

ABU DHABI/WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Wednesday received His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Minister of Defence of the State of Kuwait, who is in the UAE on a working visit during which he will take part in the ‘UAE-Kuwait: Brothers Forever’ week. The initiative begins today and will run for …

DAKAR/WAM Pemmy Majodina, Minister of Water and Sanitation of the Republic of South Africa, said that the partnership between the UAE and the Republic of Senegal, within the framework of the high-level preparatory meeting for the UN Water Conference 2026, which began yesterday in Senegal, reflects a growing international commitment to placing the water issue at the forefront of the …