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ABU DHABI/WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today welcomed a number of participants in the 2025 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress during a meeting at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi. The UAE is hosting the Congress from 9 to 15 October 2025. H.H. welcomed the guests, who were accompanied ...

ABU DHABI/WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirati Talent Competitiveness Council (ETCC), chaired the Council’s meeting today at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, during which the Council approved its 2026 strategic indicators and new strategic plan. ...

DUBAI / WAM The Organising Committee of AIM Congress, the world’s leading investment platform, has announced the launch of its 15th edition from 13th to 15th April, 2026, at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Held under the theme “Reshaping Global Prosperity: Unlocking New Investment Pathways Towards a Sustainable and Inclusive Future,” the event will focus on strategies to navigate major ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The first Legislative Parliamentary Forum, organised by the Federal National Council (FNC), will begin tomorrow in Abu Dhabi. The forum will bring together representatives of the legislative councils of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, along with local authorities, legal and judicial bodies, academic institutions and chief executives of artificial intelligence from across the country. An ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research arm of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), has successfully designed, built, and test-fired the UAE’s first liquid rocket engine – a milestone that cements the nation’s growing sovereign space capabilities. Liquid rocket engines are at the heart of modern space exploration. They form the foundation for ...

ABU DHABI / AD MEDIA OFFICE His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in the Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), has directed the traditional wild hunting season (falconry) in Abu Dhabi, to be extended from 20 October, 2025 until 5 February, 2026, pursuant to ...

ABU DHABI/WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Presidential Court, and Chairman of the Higher Committee for the Water and Electricity Sector in Abu Dhabi, chaired the Committee’s meeting today at Qasr Al Watan. During the meeting, the Committee reviewed the latest developments in Abu Dhabi’s water and electricity sectors ...

KUWAIT/WAM Dr. Omar Habtour Al Darei, Chairman of the General Authority for Islamic Affairs, Endowments, and Zakat, called for the need to seize the opportunities of the modern era, foremost among them artificial intelligence (AI), which has become a reality that must be embraced with a balanced vision and utilised in ways that serve humanity, nations, and religion. This came ...

ABU DHABI/WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today offered his condolences on the passing of the mother of Mohammed Ali Afsan Al Mansouri, during a visit to the condolence majlis in Abu Dhabi. His Highness extended his heartfelt sympathies to the family of the departed, praying that God grant her eternal mercy and peace, and bring ...

ABU DHABI/WAM H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has reviewed progress at Zayed National Museum in preparation of its official opening this December in Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Cultural District. H.H. Sheikh Khaled was briefed on the museum’s permanent galleries, which trace key milestones in ...