UAE – World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited hospitals in Kabul on Tuesday, in the first high level visit from the organisation to Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the country. The first African to lead the WHO accompanied the group’s director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari, to meet Taliban leaders, health workers and …

UAE – UAE passports are in the strongest position for the first time since December 2018, when the country marked the “Year of Zayed”. It maintained its top position in 2019 but slipped to 14th place in 2020. However, the passport returned to its success in 2021, emerging the strongest globally. The Global Passport Index released by Arton Capital ranks …

Another great milestone and achievement as Abu Dhabi has topped a global ranking of 50 cities for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, with Dubai also making the top five. The capital led the way for its efforts to safeguard public health, bolster the economy from the financial fallout of the outbreak and deliver strong vaccination rates. The first pandemic …

Singapore and the UAE would contribute around 400,500 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Johor. Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad said Singapore’s vaccine donation reflected the state’s close bond with the island republic. He claimed Singapore had previously sent Johor 20,000 Sinovac doses on July 29. Hasni added that Singapore will shortly provide the Johor government another 100,640 doses of the Pfizer …

Since the Taliban took over the country, many Afghans who feared for their lives and the lives of their families have fled and taken refuge in many countries that agreed to receive them. The noble legacy of which UAE’s decision to take in women and children fleeing the turmoil in Afghanistan comes as a continuation of its two decades of …

The UAE will progress to start its new term on the UN Security Council on January 1, 2022. This would be the second time it has served on the body. UAE has been elected to the council on last Friday, and has been a member of the UN since the UAE’s founding in 1971 and held a seat once before, …

The United Arab Emirates has had a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions, and criminalizing so-called “honor killings.” The broadening of personal freedoms reflects how UAE has focused on becoming a nation of tolerance, of freedom, and one that respects the human rights of the people. This new laws has …

There will always be a constant progression amidst pandemic for UAE since recently they surprisingly sent an alleviation supplies to Iran. This gives a life-saving help to those encountering trouble which is vital for serving the benefit not just for their country but it also affect the nations around it. It shows how the administration and individuals stand side by …

The UAE has become the nerve centre of global humanitarian response. And it’s by design in a country whose founding fathers were keen to harness their energies to serve human development. Whether it’s responding to humanitarian needs in trouble spots, or medical emergencies triggered by on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the UAE’s role in providing logistics support, warehousing as well as the …

ABU DHABI: In an unprecedented leap, Abu Dhabi has agreed that in its cooperation with Kuala Lumpur, “the sky is the limit.” Sheikh Mohamed Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi who is also the deputy supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) armed forces, told Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin of this during their meeting here yesterday, …