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His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has arrived in Athens to begin an official visit to Greece following an invitation from Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

The UAE has formally nominated Minister of State Lana Zaki Nusseibeh as a candidate to become the next Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Motorists in Dubai will see revised speed limits on five key roads from November 1, with limits increasing on three streets and decreasing on two.

An attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam on Wednesday evening killed one resident and injured eight others, the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation said.

Two people have been killed after Saudi air defences intercepted a drone that was attempting to hit a facility at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield on Wednesday, the energy ministry said.

President Vladimir Putin hosted US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in a grand imperial palace on Wednesday to review new ideas on ending the war in Ukraine amid Washington's latest push to stop Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War Two.