Toys From Recycled Plastic At Dubai Airports
Dubai Airports and Disney Middle East have teamed up to raise public awareness about recycling and the need to eliminate single-use plastics at the world’s busiest international airport with a l...
July 06, 20190746Category: Environment
Dubai Foundation Appoint Representative At Al Jalila Hospital
The Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWAC) and the Al Jalila Children’s Speciality Hospital, signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate and exchange experiences to safeguard and ...
July 06, 20190823Category: UAE Local News
Rohingya Refugees Receive Assistance From ERC
The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) began implementing a new phase of its relief campaign to assist Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
The aid provided by the programme included the distribution of thous...
July 06, 20190726Category: Government
Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Offers Condolences To Sharjah Ruler
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Thursday offered condolences to His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasim...
July 06, 20190759Category: Government
Emirates’ Khartoum Flights From July 8
Emirates will resume daily flights to Sudan’s capital Khartoum from 8 July, the airline announced on Thursday.
Flight EK733 will depart Dubai at 2.35pm and arrive in Khartoum at 4.40pm. The r...
July 06, 20190681Category: Transport
Student Accused Of Raping Girl
A student was accused of raping a 16-year-old girl, a Dubai Court of First Instance heard on Thursday.
The 22-year-old Pakistani defendant who had sex with the Indian girl was charged with rape.
...
July 06, 20190861Category: Crime News
20 Pc Relief For Limo Services For Emirati Elderly
Emirati senior citizens who fancy going around the country on a limousine taxi may now do so at a discounted price, Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said on Thursday.
Mohammad Obai...
July 06, 20190816Category: Transport
Two Drivers Embezzle Dh107,000
Two bus drivers were on Thursday accused of embezzling more than Dh107,000 by selling their employer’s fuel to unknown people, a Dubai Court of First Instance heard on Thursday.
The two Pakis...
July 06, 20190684Category: Crime News
Abu Dhabi Entity Makes 60 Kidney Transplants
Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, Seha, has announced the results of achieving a new milestone in Peritoneal Dialysis. Shaikh Khalifa Medical City, SKMC, part of Seha’s network, has successfull...
July 06, 20190852Category: Health
Flight Rates From UAE Spike 100 Pc To 300 Pc
As the holiday season kicks in and expatriate families living in the UAE travel home, ticket prices to some destinations soar.
Travel agents revealed that flight rates to some sectors have soared m...
July 04, 20190732Category: Transport
Asian Woman Dies In Sharjah Run-over Accident
A 47-year-old Bangladeshi woman died after being run over by a car in Sharjah on Tuesday afternoon, a Sharjah Police official said.
The accident took place in Al Musalla area at 1pm. The deceased, ...
July 04, 20190758Category: Crime News
Man Arrested For Trying To Dupe Policeman Of Dh12m
A man from Comoros Island went on trial at the Dubai Court of First Instance on Wednesday after he was charged with forging banknotes and trying to dupe a policeman into paying him Dh12 million.
Ac...
July 04, 20190740Category: Crime News
Serious Medical Errors In Abu Dhabi To Be Reported In 48 Hours
The Department of Health — Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the health care sector in Abu Dhabi, has published an updated standard on Reporting Medication Errors (ME) specifying that certain me...
July 04, 20190746Category: Health
AI And Smart Data Ends Crime In Palm Jumeirah, Emirates Hills
Dubai Police revealed that there have been zero crimes reported in Palm Jumeirah and Emirates Hills so far this year, thanks to security programmes like ‘Oyoon’ (Eyes) that employ artifici...
July 04, 201901007Category: Crime News
66 People Evacuated After RAK Villa Catches Fire
As many as 66 people from two residential compounds in Al Brairat area in Ras Al Khaimah have been evacuated after a fire broke out in one villa.
Brigadier Mohammad Al Za’abi, Director Genera...
July 04, 20190830Category: Crime News
High Prevalence Of Obesity, Diabetes Among Under-30 Men
There is high prevalence of cardio-metabolic risk factors such as obesity and diabetes in men under 30 in the UAE, according to a study conducted by the Zayed Military Hospital, which was published th...
July 04, 20190672Category: Health
Danish Ambassador Warns Against Populism, Uncertain Times
With rising uncertainty on the international stage, it is smaller nations like the UAE and Denmark that are currently playing a big role in bringing stability to the global order, said Denmark’s...
July 04, 20190787Category: UAE Local News
Free UAE Tourist Visa For Tourists Under The Age Of 18 From July 15
As of July 15, the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship will enforce a decision waiving the tourist visa fees of children under the age of 18 who are travelling to the UAE accompanied by the...
July 04, 20190951Category: Government
UAE Leaders, People Pay Respects As Shaikh Khalid Laid To Rest
Rulers of Emirates, shaikhs, top officials, and Emirati and expat well-wishers on Wednesday joined the funeral prayer and burial of Shaikh Khalid Al Qasimi, son of His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mo...
July 04, 201901135Category: UAE Local News
Indian Rupee Now Accepted At Dubai Duty Free Shops
Indian tourists don’t have to convert the Indian rupee while shopping at Dubai duty free airports as the currency is now acceptable at all three terminals of Dubai International Airport and at A...
July 03, 20190764Category: UAE Local News
