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The Netherlands has been hit by its largest telecommunications outage in recent history, with emergency service numbers knocked out across the country. The disruption, which lasted four hours, originated from national carrier Royal KPN, and affected other providers linked to its network. KPN said the cause was still unclear but …

President Trump announced today that he is imposing new sanctions on Iran, for the recent aggressive acts by Tehran and the recent downing of a US drone by Tehran. The Trump administration already moved this spring to cut off all revenues from Iranian oil exports,  the new sanctions -targeting Iranian Supreme …

Two children, aged 3 and 4, died of suffocation in a fire at their parents’ home this afternoon in Madhab district of Fujairah this morning. Brigadier Ali Obaid Al Tunaiji, Director of the Civil Defense Department, Fujairah, stated that the two children were trapped in the fire that engulfed their …

The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeals scheduled June 30th for the ruling in a case of a GCC man charged with drug possession after he was found to have drug substance in a piece of cake he brought with him to the airport. Details of the case reveal that the …

The UAE has strongly condemned the Houthi terrorist attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport, which resulted in the martyrdom of a Syrian resident and injury of seven civilians on Sunday. In a statement today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) condemned the terrorist attack which, it …

A Syrian resident was killed and seven civilians were wounded in a terrorist attack by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias today on the Abha International Airport, Colonel Turki Almalki, the official spokesman for the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, said. “At 21.10, Sunday, the Iranian-aligned Houthi militias launched an attack …

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America have expressed their concern over the escalating tensions in the region and the dangers posed by the Iranian destabilising activity to peace and security both in Yemen and the broader region, including …

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck 5 kilometres south-southwest of the small community of Petrolia in northern California on Saturday evening, Reuters has quoted the US Geological Survey as saying. The tremor was estimated to have a depth of 9.4 km (5.8 miles). There was no immediate report of damage or …

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the improvement of Dubai-Al Ain Road at a cost of AED2 billion. The upgrade project will enhance the road’s link with several highways, such as Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, Sheikh Zayed …

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued the Presidential Resolution No. (1) of 2019 towards raising women’s representation in the Federal National Council (FNC) to 50 per cent with effect from the upcoming legislative cycle. Issued in the run-up to the fourth cycle of FNC elections …