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Each Ramadan, hundreds of inmates walk free in the UAE after their debts are cleared. Behind many of those releases is Dubai-based Indian businessman Firoz Merchant, whose long-running initiative to assist insolvent prisoners has now grown to include direct financial support for cancer patients struggling with rising medical costs.This year’s campaign reflects a broader humanitarian…

UAE approved a three-year academic calendar covering 2026 to 2029 for public and private schools/Image: File Parents, pupils and school leaders across the UAE now have clarity well in advance.. The Ministry of Education has approved the academic calendar for the next three school years, covering 2026–2027, 2027–2028 and 2028–2029, setting fixed start dates, term…

Kuwait Municipality banned balloons and warned against littering ahead of February 25 National Day celebrations/Representative Image As Kuwait prepares to mark its national celebrations on 25 February, authorities have issued a clear message: celebrate with pride, but do so responsibly. Kuwait Municipality has urged residents to ensure that public festivities reflect civic awareness, respect for…

Archaeology in Panama keeps surprising. Deep in the Natá district, researchers have uncovered a tomb that’s been hidden for over a millennium. More than 1,000 years old, it contains human remains, gold jewellery, and intricately decorated pottery. Experts say the finds might rewrite what we know about social structures and rituals in pre-Hispanic Central America….

. Mexico City: One of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera, or “El Mencho,” was killed in a military raid on Sunday, sparking widespread retaliatory violence.Oseguera, 59, the mastermind of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) died in custody after being injured in a military operation by Mexican special forces in the town…

Who is Cheesur? Twitch and Kick streamer Nermin Dzaferovic trends after viral claims about CJNG leader El Mencho intel (Image via Getty) Kick and Twitch streamer Cheesur is suddenly at the center of a huge online storm. Viral posts are claiming he gave “critical intel” that helped Mexican forces track down and kill cartel leader…

Indian-origin billionaire Vinod Khosla launched a blistering attack on US lawmakers Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna in a post on X, criticising their warnings about artificial intelligence. Khosla wrote: “Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna warn of AI’s potential negative consequences. Morons like Ro Khanna and Bernie Sanders will stop all the good AI can do to…

US President Donald Trump paused his remarks in mid-sentence to take an update about a woman’s eye, and it is making the internet go aww. On Monday morning, the president hosted angel families — those who have lost loved ones at the hands of illegal immigrants — in the White House to honor their losses….

DHAKA: Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has come out all guns blazing against Muhammad Yunus, accusing the former interim govt chief of hatching conspiracies to overthrow him as well as destabilise the country, and create a constitutional vacuum.“They tried to keep me in the dark. They did not want the people to recognise me. They did…

The only known eyewitness to the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old Texas man by federal agents has died in a separate car accident, just days before he was expected to formally sign a statement contradicting the government’s version of events.Joshua Orta, 25, who was in the passenger seat when his childhood friend Ruben Ray Martinez…