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The historic visit of Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church, to the UAE and his first to the Arabian Peninsula, carries many main messages about the role of the UAE in strengthening efforts of tolerance and coexistence in the region and the world. In this report, the Emirates News …

Roads will be closed around Zayed Sports City on Tuesday ahead of Pope Francis’s public Mass. According to the Department of Transport, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Street and Saif Ghubash Street will be closed in both directions from midnight to 6pm on Tuesday. Trucks will also be banned from Abu Dhabi island …

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received here on Monday His Holiness Pope Francis of the …

Brigadier Jamal Salem Al Jallaf, Director of Criminal Investigation Department at Dubai Police, revealed a 3.4% decrease in crimes of last year in Dubai, compared to the same period of 2017, due to the efforts of the General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and its field teams in professionally dealing with all extreme events, enabling …

During the Papal Flight to Abu Dhabi from Rome today, Pope Francis presented to members of the accompanying media copies of an icon made at the Monastery of Bose in Italy, carrying a message for young people. It was distributed by the Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, Paolo Ruffini, …

His Holiness Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, arrived in Abu Dhabi this evening to begin his historic visit to the United Arab Emirates. He was received at the airport by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of …

At least seven people were killed and more than 20 injured when several coaches of a passenger train derailed Sunday in eastern India, the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, DPA, quoted railway officials as saying. Eleven coaches of the Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express jumped the tracks in Vaishali district of Bihar state in the early hours …

The Ministry of Education has announced that Monday February 4 will be a holiday for government schools in Dubai and Sharjah and a holiday for some private schools in coordination with concerned authorities. Tuesday was also announced as a holiday for students in all private and public schools in the UAE.

The Air-lift wing of Abu Dhabi Police rescued an Emirati who sustained serious injuries after a traffic accident on Al Madam – Al Shuwaib road at Al Ain. Watch the video below:

The US start-up “Space Roasters” plans to launch its ambitious project to test coffee roasting in space before being presented at a coffee shop in Dubai. The company had obtained a patent for a capsule on which the roasting process is carried out in the absence of gravity. The entrepreneurs …