The UAE is gearing up to host its first-ever fireworks contest later this month.
It will be held across two action-packed weekends in Abu Dhabi as part of the Mother of the Nation festival (March 12- 23).
Eight, epic 15-minute displays will fill the skies as teams from Canada, Netherlands, South Korea and Australia battle it out for the winner’s trophy.
The fireworks will be launched from a series of off-shore barges at Corniche beach.
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A senior Abu Dhabi delegation visited Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City to check on patients injured in Iran’s missile and drone attacks on the UAE and review their treatment.
Drone strike hits Al Salam Naval base warehouse, no casualties reported
The UAE Ministry of Defense announced that specialised teams responded to an incident resulting from the targeting of a warehouse at Al Salam Naval Base in Abu Dhabi by two Iranian drones on Sunday, leading to a fire in two containers storing general materials.
President of Kazakhstan reaffirms solidarity with UAE President
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received a phone call from His Excellency Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, who reaffirmed his country’s solidarity with the UAE following Iranian attacks on its territory and on other countries in the region.
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H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, held telephone discussions with Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs and Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al Salem Al Sabah, Kuwait’s Minister of Defence.
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The UAE's defence forces have intercepted 165 ballistic missiles, 2 cruise missiles, and 541 drones since the start of the Iranian attack, with 3 people killed and 58 injured during the strikes.
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