Category: UAE News

Tonight is the night UAE football has been waiting eight years for. The national team face hosts Saudi Arabia in the final of the 27th Arabian Gulf Cup in Jeddah, with kick-off at 10pm UAE time (9pm in Saudi Arabia) at Alinma Stadium in King Abdullah Sports City. The UAE reached this stage with a […]

Families at Indian-curriculum schools in the UAE have a festive long break to plan around. Schools have announced a four-day Diwali holiday from October 17 to 20, with classes resuming on October 21, according to circulars reported by DXB News Network. The break applies to several major Indian-curriculum schools across Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, […]

Dubai’s restaurant world gets its biggest night of the year tonight. The fifth edition of the MICHELIN Guide Dubai is revealed at a ceremony at Atlantis The Royal on Tuesday, October 6, bringing together chefs, restaurateurs and industry figures for the new selection announcement. The guide’s presence in Dubai is supported by destination partner the […]

Global Food Week 2026 opens today at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi and runs from October 6 to 8, bringing agriculture ministers, food producers, researchers and investors together under the theme of building scalable food futures. The event is organised by ADNEC Group in strategic partnership with the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), […]

New reporting has added claimed detail to the FZ1073 investigation — and it needs careful labelling. On October 5, Reuters reported claims from officials briefed on the inquiry about how early the alleged planning began. Those claims have not been publicly confirmed by UAE or Israeli authorities, and this article treats them as reported, not […]

If your family booked travel around a late-October school break, check the dates again. Several Dubai private schools have moved their October half-term forward by a week to align with the UAE Ministry of Education’s unified academic calendar, and the revised break is now close: Monday, October 12 to Friday, October 16. With the weekends […]

Dubai’s property market has taken a measurable step up in openness. The emirate climbed 11 places in two years to rank 17th globally and first in the Arab world in the 2026 Global Real Estate Transparency Index from JLL and LaSalle, improving from 28th in the 2024 edition. Dubai achieved a score of 1.98 in […]

Dubai Healthcare City Authority has a new chairman. Malek Sultan Al Malek has been appointed to the role by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, according to a Dubai Media Office statement reported by EnterpriseAM on October 5. The appointment takes effect from the date of issuance, with the decree to be published in the […]

If you hold a ticket to Dubai on a foreign airline this autumn, check it again this week. A fresh round-up by Time Out Dubai counts 17 international airlines whose Dubai services are still suspended, even as Dubai International operates close to full capacity and Emirates and flydubai run wide-ranging schedules. The return dates vary […]

Abu Dhabi’s turn in the AI spotlight starts today. Ai Everything Abu Dhabi opens at ADNEC Centre on Tuesday, October 6 and runs through Wednesday, October 7, bringing AI companies, policymakers, investors and researchers together for a summit and expo focused on real-world deployment rather than theory. The venue listing from ADNEC puts day one […]