Latest news: United Arab Emirates

The Australian National University’s consent and respectful relationships program has won a major global award.

The UAE has banned the Pixar animated feature Lightyear from showing in movie theatres amid reports the film includes a kiss between two female characters.

The United Arab Emirates' long-ailing ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nayhan, has died, the government's state-run news agency has announced in a brief statement. He was 73.

Canberra Daily's social photos at the UAE Heritage Day reception, Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Canberra. Photos: Kerrie Brewer

The United Arab Emirates Embassy in Canberra has collected around 5,000 keyrings to help Queensland teenager Jacob Mackay break the world record for most individual keyrings in a collection – hopefully in time for his 16th birthday on 26 September.