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Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on April 17, as the glitzy financial center reeled from record rains.

Huge tailbacks snaked along six-lane expressways after up to 254 millimeters of rain, about two years' worth, fell on the desert United Arab Emirates on April 16.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was plunged into chaos as heavy rains lashed the region, causing widespread flooding and the closure of Dubai Airport. According to reports from local authorities, the rainfall exceeded the annual average, leading to significant disruptions across the country.

Thousands of people chanted against Israel and the United States at Friday's funeral for seven Iranian Revolutionary Guards, two of them generals, who were killed in an air strike in Syria, which Iran blamed on Israel.

Trendyol, one of Türkiye's largest e-commerce platforms, has opened its first pop-up store in the Gulf region at a shopping mall in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh.

The online shopping giant has been expanding its operations abroad, including Germany, Azerbaijan and Central and Eastern Europe.

As part of a factory in the western province of Denizli that is producing a special collection for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, apparel produced by nearly 2,500 women workers will reach sports enthusiasts.

Türkiye and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have inked what Trade Minister Ömer Bolat hails as a "historic agreement" to launch negotiations on a free trade agreement.

MIES - The Serbia men's national basketball team was on Tuesday drawn to play the United States, South Sudan and the winner of a qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico in Group C of the July 27-August 11 Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024.

The group stage will be played in Lille and the knockout stage in Paris.

American and British forces carried out a fresh wave of strikes Saturday against 18 Huthi targets in Yemen, following weeks of unrelenting attacks on Red Sea shipping by the Iran-backed rebels.

The Municipality of the Dodecanese island of Rhodes on Wednesday announced the launch of a direct flight between Rhodes and the Middle Eastern country of Bahrain.

The flight will be operated by Bahrain's national carrier, Gulf Air.

Defense Minister Yaşar Güler welcomed his Kosovar counterpart, Ejup Maqedonci, to the capital Ankara on Jan. 29.

The meeting commenced with the customary playing of national anthems, followed by Maqedonci's salute to the ceremonial unit, highlighting the diplomatic protocol observed during high-level encounters.