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21 July – Fifty-seven Bangladeshi expatriates are sentenced to varying prison terms for holding protests in support of the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. [15] They are later pardoned by UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on 3 September. [16] 29 July – The United Arab Emirates grants lottery licenses for the first time in its ...
It is generally a two day holiday, with December 3 (the day after National Day) also being a observed as a public holiday. [11] Air shows are conducted while military processions are held at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre for the rulers of the Emirates, members of the Federal National Council , and Emirati citizens.
12 December – Max Verstappen wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the Championship against Lewis Hamilton. 13 December – Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discuss strengthening bilateral trade and cooperation in multiple areas, at the first meeting of the leaders of the two countries.
The first online edition of Gulf News was launched on 1 September 1996. The daily launched video news in its online edition in the second part of the 2000s, being among the first in the region. [5] As of 2008, Abdul Hamid Ahmad was the editor-in-chief of the paper. [6]
Al Aan broadcasts from Dubai Media City.. Al Aan TV is free-to-air at Arabsat and Nilesat, [1] mobile phones, radio and smartphone applications.. In 2019-2020, Jenan Moussa, a roving reporter covering the Syrian Civil War and other major stories for Al Aan TV, succeeded in getting phone content of top German ISIL widow Omaima Abdi, including thousands of pictures showing her carrying a gun and ...
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The National is a UAE state-owned English-language daily newspaper published in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. [2] According to the Financial Times, the newspaper "is seen as a mouthpiece for Abu Dhabi's worldview." [2] The newspaper toes the government line and self-censors on issues considered objectionable by the government. [2]
On 16 April 2024, heavy rains caused floods in the United Arab Emirates, affected cities of mainly Dubai and Sharjah, the northern Emirates, and various areas of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. [2] According to the National Center for Meteorology (United Arab Emirates) , this was the country's heaviest rainfall recorded in 75 years.