Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed/Image: WAM A new housing package worth AED4.21 billion has been approved in Abu Dhabi, bringing support to 2,652 Emirati citizens just ahead of Eid Al Fitr 2026, in a move aimed at strengthening family stability and improving living standards across the emirate.The package, approved by H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed…
South Pars natural gas field (Agencies) The already tense situation in the Middle East escalated sharply on Wednesday after Israel struck an Iranian production facility at the South Pars gas field, which Iran shares with Qatar across the Gulf. The attack comes amid a widening regional crisis triggered by a joint US-Israel military operation at…
Iran struck Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, one of the world’s largest gas export hubs, on Wednesday, causing heavy damage to the key facility.QatarEnergy said in a statement early Thursday that “several of its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilities were the subject of missile attacks, causing sizeable fires and extensive further damage” after the earlier…
Pakistan army (PTI file photo) There will be no Republic Day parade in Pakistan this year, as Islamabad has cancelled its March 23 ceremonial event due to the Middle East crisis, which has triggered an oil crisis in Pakistan amid rising tensions in the Gulf region, the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s office confirmed, according to…
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Saudi Arabia’s on Thursday said, the “little trust” Iran had rebuilt with its Arab neighbours was now “completely shattered” after a series of attacks across the Gulf. Speaking in Riyadh after an emergency meeting of Arab nations to address the severe regional escalation, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister…
‘Israel lashed out’: Trump distances US from gas field strike; warns Iran after Qatar LNG hub hit (AP photo) US President Donald Trump said late Wednesday that the strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field was carried out by Israel, adding that neither the United States nor Qatar had any involvement.In a social media post,…
PewDiePie, the popular YouTuber, says he has “fixed” YouTube using his own AI model. Frustrated with how YouTube shows too many Shorts and advertisements, he decided to take control of his feed. PewDiePie trained his AI by testing multiple chatbots against each other, and the result, he claims, works better than other AI tools like…
IShowSpeed faces unexpected situation as team calls NBA AI ad illegal during Kings vs Spurs broadcast (Image via Getty) IShowSpeed is in the middle of a strange situation after an advertisement showing his face aired during an NBA game without his team’s approval. The ad reportedly played during the Sacramento Kings vs San Antonio Spurs…
Dubai–Oman Green Corridor Launched: A Game-Changer for Global Trade In a move that could redefine logistics across the Gulf, Dubai has unveiled a “green corridor” with Oman for sea-air cargo shipments, promising faster, more efficient and streamlined trade between Asia, the Middle East and beyond. At a time when global supply chains are under pressure…
Missile Attack on Qatar Gas Facility Sparks Fears of Global Energy Crisis Amid Iran vs US-Israel War A missile attack on one of Qatar’s most critical gas facilities, the Ras Laffan complex, has sent shockwaves across the Middle East and global energy markets, marking a dangerous escalation in the ongoing Iran vs US–Israel war. The…
The White House has quietly registered the domain ‘aliens. gov’ under the Executive Office of the President, a verifiable federal asset sitting in the same official .gov registry as whitehouse. gov and cia. gov. No website is active at the address, and no explanation has been offered. But the timing has set off an explosion…
CBSE announces new marking scheme for Class 10 students in Middle East after exam cancellation amid Iran vs US-Israel war In a major academic shift triggered by ongoing geopolitical tensions amid Iran vs US-Israel war, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has rolled out a revised assessment scheme for Class 10 students across the…
PARIS: Israel’s military on Wednesday acknowledged that its tank fire hit a UN position in southern Lebanon on March 6, wounding Ghanaian peacekeepers. Initial findings by an internal UN inquiry had suggested Israel was behind the attack, a Western military source had told Reuters on Tuesday.The UN peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL is stationed in…
WASHINGTON: President Trump’s administration will require citizens from 50 countries to post bonds of $15,000 to apply for US entry, a state department official said on Wednesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said 12 countries are being added to a list that already includes 38 other nations, largely in Africa.The expanded visa bond…
A 22-year-old Indian man, Birinder Singh, who recenty got his work permit in Canada, was killed in a random firing on Highway 2 near Leduc on March 14. Police said a white or grey pickup truck approached a black Honda Civic and the man inside the truck started firing, which hit Singh, who was driving…
A 2021 post by Indian-origin entrepreneur Ankur Nagpal is at the center of a major controversy as an investigative report flagged his post as visa abuse. Nagpal wrote that if anyone was trying to immigrate to the US on an O-1 visa and needs some references, they can reach out to Nagpal and he would…
YouTube has started testing a feature that enables people to send direct messages inside the app. This means that people can now share videos as well as communicate with their friends without exiting the app. The feature has been enabled in over 30 countries across Europe. Previously, people had to share the link of the…
The venue was undisclosed. The guest list was sealed. No phones, no recording devices, no press. Somewhere in Rome this week, Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, Palantir architect, and the man whose money helped carry Donald Trump and JD Vance to the White House, stood before a hand-picked audience of academics, technologists, and conservative Catholics and…
Sweden’s foreign minister on Wednesday said that Iran had executed a Swedish citizen, after Iranian authorities announced the first execution of a man convicted of spying since the start of its war against Israel and the United States. This was the first public announcement of such an execution since Israel and the United States launched…
US intelligence chief says Iran not rebuilding nuclear programme, undercutting Donald Trump’s war rationale US intelligence has concluded that Iran has not tried to rebuild the nuclear enrichment capacity destroyed in last year’s US and Israeli strikes, a finding that cuts against one of President Donald Trump’s central claims for the current war, according to…
