Good morning from The National on January 9, 2026.
Here is your digest of what is making the headlines in the Emirates.
Etihad Rail has announced seven more stations for the passenger service due to be launched this year.
The stations will be in Al Sila, Al Dhannah, Al Mirfa, Madinat Zayed, Mezairaa and Al Faya in Abu Dhabi emirate with another at Al Dhaid in Sharjah.
Etihad Rail also revealed the locations of the four previously announced stations - at Mohamed bin Zayed City in Abu Dhabi, Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, University City in Sharjah and Al Hilal area of Fujairah.
John Dennehy has the details here
Sister of four boys killed in Abu Dhabi car crash leaves hospital
The 10-year-old sister of four brothers who died in a road accident on Sunday morning in Abu Dhabi has been discharged from hospital.
Izza Latheef survived, along with her parents Abdul Latheef and Ruksana, after the car in which they were travelling crashed in Shahama as the Indian family were returning home to Dubai from the Liwa Festival.
The four boys – Ashaz, 14, Ammaar, 12, Azzaam, eight, and Ayyash, five – were buried in Dubai on Tuesday. Bushra Fayaz Yahu, 49, the family’s domestic worker, was also killed and her body has been sent home to relatives in Kerala, south India.
Ramola Talwar Badam has more
Nestle baby formula products recalled across Middle East
A batch of Nestle baby formula products has been recalled across the Middle East, including the UAE, as a safety precaution.
Action was taken after one of the raw materials used in production was found to contain traces of the Bacillus cereus bacteria, which can produce the toxin cereulide that can cause nausea and vomiting.
At least 37 countries, including most European states, as well as Australia, Brazil, China, Mexico and South Africa, have issued health warnings that the infant formula may be contaminated.
Regionally, the products have been recalled in the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Read more here
Fact of the day
Emirates NBD, Dubai's biggest bank by assets, issued its first blue-green bond worth $1 billion amid its push towards sustainability. The full story can be read here
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