UAE from Tuesday, December 16th, 2025

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has begun a pilot project using drones to clean traffic signals across the city.

The UAE is set to significantly widen its ban on single-use plastics, with the second phase coming into effect on January 1, 2026.

Three cancer drugs will be produced in the UAE in Mubadala Bio's new facility, marking a major step in "enhancing drug security and availability of cost-effective treatment options for patients" in the country.

The UAE has expressed its solidarity with Morocoo after flash floods triggered by torrential rains in the coastal province of Safi left at least 37 people dead.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has led messages congratulating Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on the country's national day, which falls on December 16.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, has directed Dubai Customs to work towards setting global benchmarks, calling it "the first line of defence for the economy".

The UAE has strongly condemned the Israeli Cabinet’s approval to establish and legalise 19 settlements in the occupied West Bank, stressing that the step is a dangerous escalation and a violation of international law.

The UAE has strongly condemned the drone attack that targeted a logistics base of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in the city of Kadugli in Sudan that killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and injured eight on Saturday.