DUBAI / WAM An image of the Grand Mosque of Makkah was taken by KhalifaSat on the first day of Eid Al Adha during the Hajj pilgrimage of this year. KhalifaSat was fully developed at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre’s facilities by Emirati engineers and was launched into space in October 2018. It has five patents and seven space ...

RED SEA COAST / WAM The UAE is continuing to normalise humanitarian conditions and improve the living conditions of Yemenis in all liberated governorates, with ERC distributing clothes and food for Eid to needy families living in the Red Sea Coast. ERC representatives said Eid clothes distribution project covers 700 families in Khawkhawh, Hais and At Tuhayta districts, and included ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Emiratis holding diplomatic, special, mission and ordinary passports are now exempt from pre-entry visas to visit South Africa. According to the South African Department of Home Affairs, UAE was added to visa waiver list, with the possibility of UAE citizens travelling to South Africa to stay for a period up to 90 days effective from August ...