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Etihad Airways and flydubai have announced cancellations of flights to Saudi Arabia's capital city of Riyadh for two days after Houthi missile attacks targetted King Khalid International Airport.

Dubai's Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) is bringing in a new way of carrying out quality assurance visits to private schools, using AI to help decide which type of visit each school gets.

The UAE is calling on the food industry to join global discussions on water ahead of the 2026 UN Water Conference in Abu Dhabi in December.

Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said on Friday that three Saudi nationals were killed and several people were injured in two attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday.

South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, 85, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday "for her efforts to promote peace and international law", the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.

Hurricane Isaias is strengthening as it heads for the US Gulf Coast, prompting evacuations in Florida and shutting in more than half of the coast's oil production.