ABU DHABI/WAM The 18th group of wounded Palestinian children and cancer patients and those accompanying them, arrived today in the UAE, in line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to provide medical treatment for 1,000 injured children and 1,000 cancer patients from the Gaza Strip at the UAE’s hospitals. Sultan Mohammed Al Shamsi, ...

ABU DHABI/WAM H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, congratulated David Lammy on the occasion of his appointment as the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom. Sheikh Abdullah expressed his wishes to Secretary Lammy for success in his work, praising the historical relations between the two countries. He also ...

ABU DHABI/WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President José Maria Pereira Neves of Cape Verde on the occasion of his country’s Independence Day. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ...

DUBAI/WAM H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates Group Chairman and Chief Executive, today announced senior appointments to support the organisation’s growth and strengthen its leadership bench. This latest list of promotions and senior appointments includes 7 UAE nationals, many of whom have grown their careers at the Emirates Group in different roles and continue to play key roles ...

ABU DHABI/WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, has inaugurated the Burjeel Cancer Institute (BCI) in Mohammed bin Zayed City, Abu Dhabi. Launched by Burjeel Holdings, a leading super-speciality healthcare services provider in MENA, BCI consolidates one of the largest cancer care networks in the UAE. Located within Burjeel Medical City, the institute aims to ...

SHARJAH/WAM H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, and Chairman of the Sharjah Media Council (SMC), launched a campaign for eye surgeries, donated by Sharjah Broadcast Authority (SBA), in cooperation with Sharjah Charity International, targeting eye patients who are unable to pay the costs of treatment, at the University Hospital in Aswan, Egypt. He ...

DUBAI/WAM The National Olympic Committee (NOC) has unveiled the details of the UAE’s participation in the 33rd Summer Olympic Games hosted by Paris, France, from July 26 to August 11, 2024. The event will see 10,500 athletes from 200 National Olympic Committees compete in 32 sports across 329 events at 35 venues in the presence of 20,000 media representatives, and ...

ABU DHABI/WAM Sarah Falaknaz, Member of Federal National Council (FNC) Parliamentary Division, has participated in the virtual meeting of the drafting committee for outcomes of the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, scheduled for 11–12 July in St. Petersburg, Russia. The meeting approved the final statement of the forum and discussed a protocol for July a memorandum of understanding regarding the forum. ...

RABAT/WAM The UAE, represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), has been re-elected as a member of the Executive Council of the Arab Civil Aviation Organisation by unanimous vote in the elections held during the organisation’s General Assembly, which took place in Rabat, Morocco, on 3rd July. On this occasion, Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and ...

ABU DHABI/WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, sent a message of congratulations to Dick Schoof on the occasion of his swearing-in as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al ...