UMM AL QAIWAIN/ WAM H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu’alla, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm Al Qaiwain, made a phone call to Ahmed Ibrahim Obaid Ali Al Ali, Director-General of Umm Al Quwain Municipality, to check on his condition and the condition of his wife Rowdah Al Mehrizi, who were both injured in a shooting incident in ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM On Thursday, the UAE dispatched a plane to the Republic of South Sudan carrying 100 tonnes of food supplies to provide essential humanitarian needs to the Sudanese refugees in South Sudan. Sultan Al Shamsi, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Development Affairs, highlighted that sending aid to the Republic of South Sudan through the World Food ...

DUBAI/ WAM H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, personally checked on the well-being of Ahmed Ibrahim Obaid Ali Al Ali, Director-General of Umm Al Quwain Municipality, and his wife Rowdah Al Mehrizi, Director of Marketing and Corporate Communication at the Roads and Transport Authority in ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, made a phone call to Jan Lipavský, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, during which he expressed his deepest condolences and sympathy over the victims of the shooting at Charles University in the Czech capital, Prague, which resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries. ...

DUBAI/WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, issued Decree No. (61) of 2023 regulating farms in Dubai. The Decree is aligned with Dubai’s food security strategy and its commitment to ensuring the highest public health and safety standards. The Decree focuses on several key areas including maintaining the integrity and ...

ABU DHABI/WAM H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), issued Resolution No. (8) of 2023 regarding the invasive marine species policy in Abu Dhabi. The policy seeks to enhance knowledge of the threat posed by invasive marine species in ...

ABU DHABI/WAM Major General Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, President of the UAE Equestrian and Racing Federation, said the UAE has won the bid to host one of the qualifiers of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports’ (FEI) inaugural Longines League of Nations series for the next four years, featuring the world’s top ten jumping teams. The FEI’s new series ...

DUBAI/WAM Bashar Al-Natoor, the Global Head of Islamic Finance – Managing Director, Fitch Ratings, has projected a sustained uptrend in global sukuk issuance, with the market soaring to US$823.4 billion at the end of Q3-23, reflecting a robust 9.8% annual growth. Speaking to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Al-Natoor attributed the surge to several key factors driving the adoption of ...

DUBAI/WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has announced Prof. Lina Ghotmeh, architect and professor of architecture, as the winner of the first Great Arab Minds (GAM) award in the architecture and design category, in recognition of her timeless contributions to global architecture. In a tweet published on his official ...

ABU DHABI/WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) has launched ‘Business Financing Facilitation Platform’ to enhance manufacturers’ access to financing and achieve objectives of the Abu Dhabi Industrial Strategy (ADIS), aiming to strengthen the Emirate’s position as the region’s most competitive industrial hub. The platform is a new addition to the Financial Ecosystem Programme, designed by ADDED’s Industrial ...