India and the United Kingdom have signed a sweeping Free Trade Agreement (FTA), eliminating tariffs on 99% of traded goods and opening doors to multi-billion-pound export opportunities for both nations.
China is battling record-breaking temperatures this flood season, with heatwaves arriving earlier and lasting longer than usual, raising health alarms and prompting urgent climate adaptation efforts.
The Russian An-24 passenger plane carrying 43 passengers, including five children, and four crew members is feared to have crashed in the country's Far East, with all 49 people on board presumed dead.
A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sulawesi Island in central Indonesia early Thursday morning, shaking parts of the Tomini Bay region, authorities confirmed.
Russian emergency teams have located the burning fuselage of an Antonov-24 passenger plane that vanished from radar while en route to Tynda in the country’s Far East.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is appalled by the accelerating breakdown of humanitarian conditions in Gaza, where the last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing. Palestinians have died of forced starvation in the past 24 hours in Gaza.
The UAE has arrested more than 32,000 individuals for violating visa regulations in the first half of 2025, following the conclusion of a nationwide visa amnesty campaign.
The UAE has intensified its fight against illegal domestic worker recruitment, shutting down 77 unlicensed social media accounts in the first half of 2025.
Indian authorities have busted a fake embassy operation in Ghaziabad, near Delhi, exposing a high-profile fraud.
New Zealand has passed landmark legislation to regulate ground-based space infrastructure, amid growing concerns over national security risks posed by foreign actors seeking to exploit the country’s strategic location.
Saudi Arabia is set to sign investment deals worth SR15 billion (approximately $4 billion) with Syria during the Syrian-Saudi Investment Forum, which opened Wednesday in Damascus.
Dubai residents must now settle all outstanding traffic fines before renewing their residency visas, according to a new directive announced by the emirate’s top immigration official.
Oman bans work visas for expats in more than 200 professions
Oman updates prohibited professions for expats, adds ‘engineers’, ‘managers’ to the list
Free AI for all? UAE becomes first to offer ChatGPT Plus to every resident and citizen
Exclusive: Oman agrees to open visas for 11 professional categories from Pakistan, says Ambassador
Oman lifts travel ban on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries
Eid Al Fitr holidays announced in Oman
