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Jan 02, 2026
Cairo [Egypt], January 2: Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced promising production results following the completion of drilling two new wells in the Western Desert, with initial tests showing a combined natural flow of about 1,650 barrels of crude oil and 19 million cubic feet of gas per day.
UAE Government issues Federal Decree Law promulgating Civil Transactions Law
Slight rise in temperatures expected in UAE tomorrow
Swiss President says New Year's Eve bar fire among country's worst tragedies
Winners of Khalifa Award for Education to be announced in April
Indonesia raises alert level for Mount Bur Ni Telong in Aceh
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Tel Aviv [Israel], January 1: UN rights chief Volker Turk calld Israel's threat to suspend aid groups from operating in Gaza from January 1 "outrageous".
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