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The Eid Al Adha holiday for Dubai Government departments and entities will begin on Monday, May 25, and continue until Friday, May 29.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has held talks with US President Donald Trump and of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in separate phone calls on Tuesday.

Dubai parking operator Parkin has introduced on-street smart parking camera systems at three key locations in the city.

Interior ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have held an emergency ministerial meeting in Riyadh, chaired by the Kingdom of Bahrain, according to the Saudi Press Agency.

Gunshots broke out in chaotic scenes at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday where troops had been deployed after a politician wanted by the International Criminal Court urged supporters to mobilise and thwart his imminent arrest.

US President Donald Trump and an entourage that included Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Elon Musk were greeted with a lavish welcome in Beijing on Wednesday as he prepared to ask China's Xi Jinping to "open up" to US business at the start of their two-day summit.