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The UAE's President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin have discussed the strategic partnership between their countries and the latest developments in the Middle East.

Dubai is stepping up road safety with the completion of the second phase of the Smart Pedestrian Signal Expansion Project.

A new cultural milestone, the 'Dubai Orchestra' project has officially been approved, marking a major step in strengthening the emirate’s arts sector and promoting local talent on the global stage.

A major infrastructure project has been completed in Dubai's Nad Al Sheba 3, featuring an advanced sewerage and rainwater drainage network worth AED 277 million.

Scarlett Johansson's role in "Jurassic World: Rebirth" made her recall her earliest memories of the dinosaur film franchise.

Action movie star Tom Cruise and singer and actor Dolly Parton are among the luminaries selected to receive honorary Oscars this year for lifetime achievements, Hollywood's film academy said on Tuesday.

A California doctor charged in the overdose death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of illegal distribution of the drug ketamine, according to a court filing on Monday.

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger had to admit that it took him a lot of practice to nail the tango scene with co-star Carrie-Anne Moss for season 2 of the Netflix action-comedy series "Fubar".

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement read by a television presenter on Wednesday that his country will not accept US President Donald Trump's call for an unconditional surrender.

US President Donald Trump insisted on Wednesday that he had stopped the war between India and Pakistan, hours after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him the ceasefire after a four-day conflict in May was achieved through talks between the neighbours' militaries, not US mediation.

Iran and Israel launched new missile strikes at each other on Wednesday as the air war between the two longtime enemies entered a sixth day despite a call from US President Donald Trump for Iran's unconditional surrender.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi maintained in a conversation with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday that a ceasefire with Pakistan after a four-day conflict was achieved through talks between the two militaries and not US mediation.

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah said he told India's cricket board (BCCI) that he did not want to be considered for the test captaincy as his workload has to be carefully managed due to his back problems.

UEFA Champions League finalists Inter Milan were held 1-1 by Mexican side Monterrey in their opening Group E game at the Club World Cup in Pasadena on Tuesday.

Nine of the world's top-10 men and nine of the top-10 women have officially entered into the US Open's revamped mixed doubles event, with former singles champions Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu teaming up.

Shubman Gill's style of captaincy blends the fire of Virat Kohli with the ice-cool composure of Rohit Sharma but India's new test skipper will carve out his own identity as he leads them in the upcoming test series in England, Jos Buttler said on Tuesday.

Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez each scored goals to propel Chelsea to a 2-0 victory over Los Angeles FC in the Group D opener for each team in the Club World Cup on Monday afternoon.

Careem, Uber's ride-hailing arm in the Middle East, will suspend its Pakistan service on July 18, citing economic challenges, rising competition and capital constraints, ending its core business in a country where it helped pioneer app-based transport nearly a decade ago.

Meraas, part of Dubai Holding Real Estate, has awarded a construction contract worth over AED 450 million to Naresco Contracting for Central Park Plaza, a high-end residential development at City Walk.

Dubai International Chamber has launched a new representative office in Canada's Toronto, as it aims to bolster economic ties and explore avenues of increased investment between Dubai and Canada.

US President Donald Trump has signed an agreement formally lowering some tariffs on imports from Britain as the countries continue working toward a formal trade deal.

Two men were jailed on Friday for stealing an 18-carat golden toilet that had been on display as an artwork in an exhibition at Winston Churchill's birthplace.

A newly identified mid-sized dinosaur from Mongolia dubbed the "Dragon Prince" has been identified as a pivotal forerunner of Tyrannosaurus rex in an illuminating discovery that has helped clarify the famous predator's complicated family history.

A Beijing auction house sold a human-sized Labubu figure for 1.08 million yuan ($150,275, around AED 551,901) on Tuesday, setting a new record for the "blind box" toy as it moves from craze to collectible.

Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.

The Milky Way and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy are currently hurtling through space toward each other at a speed of about 400,000 kph, setting up a possible future galactic collision that would wreck both of them.