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  Next stop Mars for UAE, China, NASA as 3 spacecraft arriving in quick succession

  Science | February 08, 2021 11:27 IST

  After hurtling hundreds of millions of miles through space since last summer, three robotic explorers are ready to hit the brakes at Mars.

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  US puts hold on foreign arms sales, including F-35s to UAE

  World | January 28, 2021 8:06 IST

  The Biden administration has put a temporary hold on several major foreign arms sales initiated by former President Donald Trump.

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  12-year-old Indian in Guinness World Record for identifying most aeroplane tails in UAE

  World | December 24, 2020 16:57 IST

  Siddhant Gumber, an Abu Dhabi-based homeschooled boy who identified 39 aeroplane tails in 60 seconds, is also the youngest Indian to identify top 100 tallest buildings, Gulf News reported.

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  Jackpot! Unemployed Indian man wins whopping US $1 million in UAE raffle draw

  World | December 21, 2020 20:48 IST

  A 30-year-old unemployed Indian man has won USD 1 million in a raffle draw contest in the UAE, according to a media report on Monday. 

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  UAE suspends issuance of visit visas to Pakistan, 11 other countries

  World | November 19, 2020 9:54 IST

  It was not immediately clear how many categories of visas would be affected by the suspension. The UAE has various visa categories, including business, tourist, transit and student.

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  UAE grants 10-year golden residency visa to more professionals. Check details

  World | November 15, 2020 21:43 IST

  The United Arab Emirate (UAE) has approved the issuance of a 10-year golden visa for more professionals, including PhD holders, engineers, physicians as well as graduates from certain universities, Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said on Sunday.

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  UAE relaxes Islamic laws: Drinking alcohol and living together without marriage become legal

  World | November 09, 2020 16:53 IST

  The United Arab Emirates has announced a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions and criminalizing so-called “honor killings.”

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  UAE PM Sheikh Mohammed takes shot of coronavirus vaccine

  World | November 03, 2020 22:57 IST

  United Arab Emirates (UAE) Prime Minister and the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Tuesday received a shot of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm. Sheikh Mohammed tweeted about this development along with his photo getting vaccinated.

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  Sudan to join UAE, Bahrain in recognizing Israel: Donald Trump

  World | October 23, 2020 23:05 IST

  US President Donald Trump announced Friday that Sudan will start to normalize ties with Israel, making it the third Arab state to do so as part of U.S.-brokered deals in the run-up to Election Day.

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  Indian man robbed off ₹6.5 lakh on pretext of massage service in Dubai

  World | October 13, 2020 8:15 IST

  Two Nigerian women are undergoing trial at a Dubai court for luring an Indian man to an apartment on the pretext of giving a massage and assaulting and confining him, with the help of others, and taking his credit cards to withdraw over 33,000 dirhams (approx Rs 6.5 lakh), media reports said on Monday.

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  IPL 2020: Yuzvendra Chahal reaping rewards of his quicker googlies in heavenly ‘UAE’

  Cricket | October 01, 2020 20:22 IST

  Yuzvendra Chahal has taken five wickets in three games so far with his triple strike in RCB's opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad setting up an emphatic win.

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  A new Mideast? Israel signs pacts with Bahrain and UAE; Trump says more coming

  World | September 16, 2020 10:18 IST

  Israel on Tuesday signed historic diplomatic pacts with two Gulf Arab states at a White House ceremony that President Donald Trump declared will mark the “dawn of a new Middle East," casting himself as an international peacemaker at the height of his reelection campaign.

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  UAE approves coronavirus vaccine emergency use for at-risk workers

  World | September 15, 2020 5:39 IST

  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved the use of emergency authorisation of the coronavirus vaccine to at-risk workers on Monday. In a series of tweets, UAE allowed the emergency use of coronavirus vaccine saying one of the very first doses will be available to "first defence" workers who are at risk.

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  Abraham Accord: The Real Deal of the Century!

  September 08, 2020 18:29 IST

  Experts believe that Abraham Accord deal can change the geopolitics of West Asia like no other even in recent history and has its own shares of winners and losers.

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  35-year-old man from Punjab wins whopping 10 million Dirhams jackpot in UAE Big Ticket draw

  World | September 04, 2020 16:43 IST

  A 35-year-old Indian man in the UAE has won a whopping jackpot of 10 million dirhams (19.90 crores) in a raffle in Abu Dhabi, the latest addition to the long list of lucky winners from India.

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  Emirates to run repatriation flights between UAE and India till August 31

  Business | August 21, 2020 8:10 IST

  Dubai-based Emirates airline has commenced repatriation flights between the UAE and India. The airline will operate flights to Bengaluru, Kochi, Delhi, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram from August 20 to August 31.  

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  US blacklists 2 UAE-based entities over ties to Iranian airline

  World | August 20, 2020 10:53 IST

  The US government said that it has blacklisted two United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based companies over their ties to Iran's Mahan Air. In a statement on Wednesday, the Treasury Department said that the two companies, Parthia Cargo and Delta Parts Supply FZC, provided key parts and logistics service for Mahan Air, which has been blacklisted by the US since 2011.

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  Telephone service begins between UAE and Israel as ties open

  World | August 16, 2020 21:50 IST

  Telephone service between the United Arab Emirates and Israel began working Sunday as the two countries opened diplomatic ties, part of a deal brokered by the U.S. that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex West Bank land sought by the Palestinians for a future state.

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  Turkey threatens to cut diplomatic ties with UAE over deal on normalizing relations with Israel

  World | August 15, 2020 0:14 IST

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he is considering breaking off all diplomatic ties with the UAE after the Gulf nation announced a landmark deal establishing formal relations with Israel.

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  Trump welcomes 'historic peace agreement' between Israel and UAE

  World | August 13, 2020 21:32 IST

  President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt the annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state.