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          An aid plane from the UAE arrived in Sri Lanka with crucial supplies on Tuesday. Wam

          UAE sends eighth aid plane to help Sri Lankan communities hit by floods

          UAEDecember 09, 2025
          The UAE has been delivering food, shelter materials and other essential relief items since the powerful cyclone struck last month. Photo: Wam

          UAE sends seventh aid plane to support flood-hit Sri Lanka

          UAEDecember 08, 2025
          A Sri Lankan orphan being cared by relatives after her parents and grandfather died in flash floods in Sri Lanka's central Nuwara Eliya district. The family were parishioners and close aides of a Sri Lanka priest who works in Dubai. Photo: Fr Roy Nayagam

          Sri Lankans in UAE mourn loss of loved ones as nation reels from deadly cyclone

          UAEDecember 06, 2025
          Subhashini Silva, second left, with staff of the Sri Lanka consulate in Dubai, with supplies for survivors of Cyclone Ditwah. Pawan Singh for The National

          Sri Lankans in UAE flock to deliver aid for cyclone-hit communities in homeland

          UAEDecember 03, 2025
          A woman stands inside her flooded house in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia on Wednesday. AP

          Battered South-East Asia and Sri Lanka have a message for the rest of the world

          CommentDecember 03, 2025
          Flooding in a suburb of Colombo. Officials fear tourists will cancel planned winter breaks and sever a crucial lifeline of foreign currency. EPA

          UAE residents urged to support major aid drive for cyclone-hit Sri Lanka

          UAEDecember 02, 2025
          Wellampitiya, on the outskirts of Colombo, is among many badly hit areas in Sri Lanka. AFP

          Sri Lankans in UAE hold on to hope after deadly cyclone

          UAEDecember 01, 2025
          A youth carries an elderly man as they wade through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Wellampitiya on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP

          UAE launches aid response to help survivors of floods in Sri Lanka

          AsiaDecember 01, 2025
          At least 123 people have died in Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah triggered floods and torrential rain. AFP

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          Rescuers ferry the elderly after flooding in Medan, North Sumatra. AFP

          Hundreds killed across Asia as torrential rain triggers landslides and flooding

          AsiaNovember 28, 2025
          Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, opens new homes for families in the Puttalam region of north-western Sri Lanka. Wam

          Deputy Ruler of Sharjah opens new homes for families in Sri Lanka

          UAESeptember 26, 2025
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          TravelJanuary 31, 2025
          The Anthony family with Baby Jazlynn at St Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi where worshippers gathered to celebrate Christmas. Victor Besa / The National

          Churches in UAE ask faithful to promote peace and healing in Christmas Day services

          UAEDecember 25, 2024
          Thousands have availed of the visa amnesty programme at the Indian Consulate in Dubai. Consulate General of India, Dubai

          Why thousands seek UAE visa amnesty to ‘reset’ their lives

          UAEDecember 21, 2024
          Volunteers rescue residents from a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Puducherry on December 2, after Cyclone Fengal hit Tamil Nadu. AFP

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          AsiaDecember 03, 2024
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