Launching 21–23 January 2027 at the Dubai Mall Exhibition Centre, Notes Dubai will debut as a global platform for niche and artistic fragrance, at the heart of one of the world’s most visited retail destinations. Bringing together the world’s most influential niche fragrance brands and houses, the event is the meeting point where distributors, retailers and buyers come together to do business, built to champion craft, curation and commercial discovery in equal measure. Notes Dubai is set to be more than a trade floor. The first two days are dedicated to business, connecting distributors, retailers and buyers to the niche…
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A new treatment could soon offer hope to some breast cancer patients in the UAE whose disease develops resistance to hormone therapy. The Emirates Drug Establishment (EDE) has approved AstraZeneca’s Etcamah, an oral targeted therapy designed for patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer who develop an ESR1 gene mutation while receiving endocrine, or hormone, treatment. The treatment is intended for a specific group of patients whose cancer can continue to grow after developing the mutation during therapy. Etcamah works by blocking and degrading estrogen receptors in cancer cells, helping slow disease progression. Stay up to date with the latest…
RIYADH — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Saudi Arabia’s strong condemnation and denunciation of the blatant Iranian attacks and flagrant violations of the sovereignty of Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, considering them as a threat to the security and safety of their territories and airspace. In a statement, the ministry said: “The Kingdom affirms that the continuation of these attacks threatens regional and international security and undermines efforts aimed at de-escalation and the restoration of security and stability in the region.” Saudi Arabia also reiterated its full solidarity with Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, and its support for all measures taken…
MOGADISHU — Somali referee Omar Artan received a hero’s welcome in Mogadishu on Wednesday after being denied entry to the United States and subsequently removed from FIFA’s referee list for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Artan, who was set to become the first Somali referee to officiate at a World Cup, returned home to hundreds of supporters, government officials, and members of Somalia’s football community gathered at Aden Adde International Airport. The highly regarded official, named Africa’s Best Male Referee in 2025, had earned a place on FIFA’s final list of match officials for the tournament. However, he was denied…
The Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held its meeting in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, on a day that witnessed a new heinous Iranian aggression, represented by drone and ballistic missile attacks against the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait and the brotherly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. As the Ministerial Council follows these developments with the utmost concern and denunciation, it expresses, on behalf of the GCC states, the following: 1. The Ministerial Council condemns in the strongest terms these brutal Iranian attacks against the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and…
Lionel Thomas, CEO of ATERMES. ATERMES, a French leader in advanced surveillance and security solutions, recently announced its high-profile participation at Eurosatory 2026 in Paris, France, from June 15 to 19. Positioning itself at the forefront of the global sector, the company is leveraging this leading international platform to demonstrate how its sophisticated portfolio bridges the gap between high-velocity automation and strategic human-in-the-loop capabilities to meet modern operational challenges. At the heart of this showcase is a robust suite of autonomous, multi-domain solutions engineered to neutralise emerging asymmetrical threats, led by the public debut of ALTORE. Federating a cluster of…
As the Fifa World Cup 2026 gets underway across the United States, Canada and Mexico, football fans in the UAE are preparing for a month of late nights and early mornings. Unlike previous tournaments held closer to home, this year’s World Cup comes with a significant time difference. Matches are scheduled between 11pm and 8am UAE time, meaning supporters will have to choose between sleep and football as the tournament progresses. For many fans, the challenge is not just staying awake for the games but finding a way to balance their passion for football with work, family commitments and daily…
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani army helicopter crashed in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir due to a technical fault on Wednesday, killing all military personnel on board, the military said. The military didn’t immediately disclose how many people were aboard the helicopter. “An Mi-17 helicopter of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Muzaffarabad today during take-off due to technical fault,” the military’s media wing said in a statement. “All personnel on board embraced martyrdom,” the military added, without specifying the number of people killed. The crash occurred near Muzaffarabad, the regional capital, during an ongoing protest and strike called by the Joint Awami Action Committee,…
NEW DELHI — Three Indian sailors have been missing and 21 others rescued after the US military claimed it “disabled” an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman for violating an American blockade by attempting to transport oil from Iran. Following the incident, the Indian government summoned the deputy head of the US mission in New Delhi, officials said. In a post on X, US Central Command said an aircraft fired “precision munitions” into the engine room of the Palau-flagged Settebelloon Tuesday evening “after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from American forces”. The ship was a chemical/oil…
The National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) announced the launch of the caper seed collection season across several regions of the Kingdom. The seeds will be propagated in nurseries and cultivated in dedicated fields as mother plants to produce sufficient quantities for dispersal in targeted areas under vegetation cover rehabilitation and degraded ecosystem restoration programs. The initiative aims to enhance biodiversity and support environmental sustainability objectives in line with the goals of Saudi Vision 2030. The center explained that the caper plant is a perennial native species of significant environmental value. It grows in hard soils,…