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Colombian cyclist Cristian Camilo Munoz has died from medical complications following an accident during last week’s Tour du Jura in France, his team NU Colombia said on Friday.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced an increase in club slots for both the West and East regions across all its continental championships for the new 2026-2027 season on Friday, set to kick off next September.

Former Nigeria forward Michael Eneramo has died on Friday after collapsing on the pitch during a friendly match, the Nigeria Football Federation announced.

Hector Bellerin has struck deep into stoppage time to earn Real Betis a 1-1 draw against Real Madrid on Friday, dealing another blow to Alvaro Arbeloa's side's slender LaLiga title hopes with five games remaining.

Nottingham Forest has cranked up the pressure on their relegation rivals by thrashing Sunderland 5-0 in the Premier League on Friday, moving eight points clear of the drop zone.

A US judge on Friday dismissed Elon Musk's fraud claims in his lawsuit accusing OpenAI and co-founder Sam Altman of betraying OpenAI's original mission, but plans to proceed to trial on Musk's breach-of-charitable-trust and unjust-enrichment claims.

Dubai South has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Emirates NBD to support the financial growth of SMEs and facilitate access to a range of banking services.

The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has launched two new commercial towers, “One Uptown Place” and “Two Uptown Place”, as part of the expansion of the Uptown Dubai area.

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has announced plans to become the world’s first AI-native financial centre.

Associated British Foods has decided to separate its Primark fashion chain from its food businesses through a demerger following a review of the group's structure, it said on Tuesday.

The United Arab Emirates condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that targeted two northern border posts in the State of Kuwait using two explosive-laden drones launched from the Republic of Iraq.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirates Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, received a phone call from Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Etihad Rail has marked a milestone by transporting the first consignment of Nissan cars from ports on the Eastern Coast in Fujairah to the dry port at the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (ICAD), marking a new chapter in how goods travel across the country.

The United Arab Emirates announced on Friday the success of mediation efforts it undertook between Russia and Ukraine, exchanging 193 prisoners from either side, 386 in total.

US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will travel to Pakistan on Saturday morning for talks with Iran, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an interview with Fox News on Friday.

A major Russian overnight attack on Ukraine has killed four people and injured more than 30 others as Moscow launched over 660 drones and missiles in a barrage that targeted the city of Dnipro in southeastern Ukraine, and hit several other regions.

The US military has announced that it struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, killing two people, in the latest such attack, condemned by rights groups as "extrajudicial killings" and described by Washington as targeting "narco-terrorists".

Two forest fires in northern Japan's Iwate Prefecture have burned into a fourth day on Saturday as ground and aerial firefighting efforts expanded to more than 1,000 personnel.