[ad_1] His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum crowns 2025’s Arab Reading Challenge winners. Image: X Twelve-year-old twin sisters Bisan and Bilsan Kouka from Tunisia have taken the spotlight as joint winners of the 2025 Arab Reading Challenge, an event that drew over 32 million participants from 50 countries. The remarkable duo, who collectively […]
[ad_1] Donald Trump has always been a showman before he is a statesman — a man who understands that in the attention economy, outrage is power. Now, in his second term, he has found a new stage: artificial intelligence.According to a report in The New York Times, Trump has shared dozens of AI-generated images and […]
[ad_1] Abu Dhabi Police recover AED 140 million from online fraud victims, launch “Be Cautious” campaign to prevent future cyber scams / Image courtesy of @ADPoliceHQ On October 22, 2025, Abu Dhabi Police announced the recovery of AED 140 million from online fraudsters, returning the funds to victims and launching the sixth edition of their […]
[ad_1] It was the kind of television moment that doesn’t announce itself as historic but lingers anyway. On one side of the screen, Tulsi Virani — stalwart matriarch of Indian primetime melodrama — offered her trademark folded-hand salutation. On the other side, beamed in from across the world, Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and global philanthropist, […]
[ad_1] When King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in the Sistine Chapel this week to pray alongside Pope Leo XIV, it won’t just be a royal photo-op — it will be the closest Britain has come to healing a five-century-old religious rift born of politics, power, and love. The Big Picture For the first […]
[ad_1] Taptap Send, a popular UAE remittance app, has temporarily paused transfers for a system upgrade, leaving expats worried before payday/ Image: X Taptap Send, a mobile remittance platform popular among UAE expatriates, has temporarily paused its services for a system upgrade. The app, which allows users to send money abroad at no cost, has […]
[ad_1] Bahrain’s LMRA unveils upgraded Wages Protection System to secure workers’ rights and streamline private sector payrolls/Image: BNA Bahrain’s Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) has rolled out an upgraded version of its Wages Protection System (WPS), designed to ensure transparent, timely, and documented wage payments across the private sector. The enhanced system aims to protect […]
[ad_1] At some point in late July, Barack Obama picked up the phone and decided to do the very thing Barack Obama once promised never to do. According to a report in Washington Post, the former president called Eric Holder. They’d been pacing in moral circles for days, torn between the democracy they’d idealised and […]
[ad_1] Indian teen Vaishnav Krishnakumar, UAE Golden Visa holder and top student, tragically dies of cardiac arrest during Dubai Diwali celebrations/ Image: Linkedin An 18-year-old Indian expatriate student, Vaishnav Krishnakumar, passed away unexpectedly in Dubai, just a day after Diwali. The teenager, who was a UAE Golden Visa recipient and a first-year BBA Marketing student […]
[ad_1] Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan bin Abdullah Al-Fawzan appointed as Saudi Arabia’s new Grand Mufti by royal decree/Image: X Saudi Arabia has appointed Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan bin Abdullah Al-Fawzan as its new Grand Mufti, the highest religious position in the Kingdom, succeeding the late Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh who passed away in September. This appointment […]
