Pakistan fired into Afghanistan, breaking the ceasefire, as officials are in Istanbul to resume discussions with Taliban representatives, AFP reported late Thursday evening citing military source and witnesses.“Pakistan used light and heavy weapons and targeted civilian areas,” AFP quoted the Afghan military source saying.“We have not retaliated yet, out of respect for the ongoing negotiations”…
New York’s political landscape shifted dramatically with Zohran Mamdani’s election as the city’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor, an openly socialist candidate who ran on housing affordability, debt relief and public ownership. But four years before this moment, a warning circulated quietly among Silicon Valley’s most powerful figures. In a late-night email sent in…
Microsoft unveils $15.2 billion UAE investment and Elevate UAE program to upskill 305,000 people in AI/Image: WAM At the Dubai edition of its global AI Tour, Microsoft showcased how artificial intelligence is shaping the UAE’s future, unveiling major initiatives to equip students, educators, and government employees with AI skills, and highlighting strategic investments to accelerate…
Air travel in the US is on the brink of major disruption as the government shutdown enters record-breaking territory. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned that up to 4,000 domestic flights per day could be cut at around 40 of the country’s busiest airports if the political impasse continues, citing severe staffing strain on…
Zohran Mamdani speaks during a victory speech at a mayoral election night watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) When a politician promises to freeze rents, make buses free, pay childcare workers like teachers, open city-run supermarkets and raise the minimum wage to thirty dollars an hour, you don’t need…
US President Donald Trump Since President Donald Trump took office on January 20, 2025, his administration has revoked approximately 80,000 non-immigrant visas, reports Washington Examiner. According to a senior State Department official, the revoked visas span a wide spectrum of offenses, notably including driving under the influence (16,000 cases), assault (12,000), and theft (8,000), which…
SIB Pay brings seamless QR and tap payments UAE-wide / AI-generated Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) has launched SIB Pay, a new digital-payments platform aimed at accelerating cashless transactions in the UAE. The platform offers QR payments, soft-POS, e-commerce gateways and pay-by-link tools for businesses and government entities, positioning SIB as a growing player in the…
It sounds like a line from a Kafka play rewritten by Kafka’s nurse. A man whose job was to ease suffering decided the easiest way to do that was to remove the sufferer entirely.According to a BBC report, a palliative care nurse in Germany has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering 10 patients…
Dubai boy, 7, sets record for dual Himalayan treks / Image credit: File photo Seven-year-old Ivan Krasiukov, a Grade 2 pupil at Bloom World Academy in Dubai, has been certified by Official World Record (OWR) Europe as the youngest person to complete both the Everest Base Camp 130-km trek (April 2024) and the Annapurna Circuit’s…
Kevin Mullally exits as UAE GCGRA CEO, leaving a strong regulatory framework; Jim Murren becomes interim CEO/Image: X The quiet corridors of Abu Dhabi’s newest federal regulator are witnessing a moment of change. Kevin Mullally, the man who helped design the foundations of the UAE’s General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA), has stepped down as…
Dubai Metro merged Operations and Engineering Control Centres, improving efficiency and cutting service recovery time by 80%/Image: WAM Dubai’s Metro network has taken a decisive step towards smarter, faster, and safer urban mobility. By integrating its Operations Control Centre with the Engineering Control Centre, the city’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has created a unified…
Muse to Rock Abu Dhabi in February 2026 / Image credit: Muse British rock titans Muse will bring their full-scale stadium show to Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi on 4 February 2026, with tickets and presales launching in November. Fans should note official presale windows (including Mastercard and Live Nation access) and expect a high-energy production…
While excavating his garden for a swimming pool in May, a French resident uncovered a valuable treasure, that he ultimately got to keep. The man found a gold treasure valued at $800,000, according to local officials.The discovery, although made in May, was promptly notified the authorities, who subsequently permitted him to retain the valuable find,…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Image credits: AP) ISTANBUL: Florence, a drag queen and DJ, has a warning before taking to the stage in an Istanbul nightclub: If Turkey passes a new law policing biological sex and morality, it will “threaten our very existence”.Discussing the proposed new legislation with AFP while making last-minute adjustments to…
US President Donald Trump has once again reiterated his old claim that India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after his intervention. Speaking at an event in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, Trump added new details to his claims, saying that after his intervention, the next day he received a call claiming that they had made…
History was made in New York on Wednesday (local time) when Zohran Mamdani became the city’s new mayor. When he took the stage to deliver his victory speech, the crowd roared at that moment. Through his speech, Mamdani asserted that it is the dawn of a “new age” for New York, but subtly, it was…
A recently freed Israeli hostage said he was subjected to “horrific” sexual assault while being held by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the beseiged Gaza Strip.Rom Braslavski, 21, a security guard kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7, told Channel 13 that he was stripped naked and tied up while being held hostage….
Madinah police arrested one man and two women expatriates for prostitution, referring them to Public Prosecution/Representative Image In a demonstration of ongoing vigilance, Madinah security authorities have dismantled a prostitution operation involving expatriates, including two women, operating from a residential apartment. The arrests form part of Saudi Arabia’s sustained campaign to combat moral crimes, human…
Dubai to build 60 new affordable schools by 2033 / Image credit: UAE Government Media Office Dubai has unveiled a long-term education drive to build 60 new affordable schools by 2033, aimed at creating around 120,000 additional student places and widening access to lower-cost private education. The initiative, part of the emirate’s wider social and…
At Sharjah Book Fair, visitors wearing VR headsets explore ancient Makkah streets and the Holy Kaaba/Representative Image Visitors to the Sharjah International Book Fair are now able to experience the heart of early Islam as never before. A new virtual reality (VR) installation, developed by Ana Al Madina, transports participants more than 1,400 years back…
