Global Intellectual Property Group Names Emirati To Advisory Team
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has named Dr Mohammad Mahmoud Al Kamali, director-general of the Institute of Training and Judicial Studies, as a member of its judicial advisory te...
November 17, 20180967Category: UAE Local News
Dubai Women’s Run Celebrates Spirit Of Women
Women and girls from the age of 14 participated in the eighth edition of the Dubai Women’s Run at Festival Bay, Dubai Festival City Mall, on Friday.
The event was held under the aegis of Duba...
November 17, 20180931Category: society
Another Long Weekend For UAE Residents Next Month
The UAE Cabinet has approved 2nd & 3rd of December as holiday for the public and private sectors on the occasion of the 47th UAE National Day.
The holiday starts from Friday and work will...
November 17, 201801149Category: UAE Local News
Al Burda Festival On Islamic Arts, Culture Opens
Al Burda Festival on the future of Islamic art and culture opened in the capital on Wednesday.
The event aims to celebrate Islamic art and culture, educate the young generation on Islamic tradition...
November 15, 201801114Category: Cultural
Worker Acquitted Of Entering Bedroom, Groping Sleeping Woman
A worker has been cleared of being drunk and entering the bedroom of five women and groping one of them as she slept.
In August, A Filipina waitress, who shared a bedroom with four women at their l...
November 15, 20180973Category: Crime News
Dubai All Set To Host 87th Interpol General Assembly
Dubai will host the 87th International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) General Assembly 2018, between November 18 to 21.
Held for the first time in the UAE, the Interpol General Assembly wi...
November 15, 20180938Category: Government
Four-year-old Drowns During School Swimming Class In Sharjah
A four-year-old Emirati boy drowned in the swimming pool of his school in Sharjah on Wednesday morning, police said.
The fatal drowning happened at the Australian International School, off Maliha-K...
November 15, 20180990Category: Crime News
Calling All Artists To Join UAE National Day Celebrations
Organisers of the official 47th UAE National Day celebration — ‘This is Zayed. This is the UAE’ — and Abu Dhabi creative hub Warehouse421, are calling out for budding artists t...
November 15, 201801031Category: society
Flight Is Managed When Fog Blankets Dubai
It’s 5am on a foggy morning and the Dubai Airport Operations Control Centre (AOCC) is on full alert. The visibility along the DXB runways has dropped to below 600 metres and the cloud base under...
November 15, 20180941Category: Transport
No Electricity Bill For This Smart Home In Dubai
Imagine a house that’s comfortably cool inside without the need for air conditioning, one that produces more power than it actually needs, resulting in no electricity bills?
Its water taps ca...
November 15, 201801057Category: Environment
UAE Supports Early UN Talks On Yemen
The UAE said it supports a UN plan for peace talks to be held in Sweden by the year’s end.
“We welcome early convening of UN-led talks in Sweden,” the Minister of State for Foreig...
November 15, 20180893Category: Government
Indian Student’s Death In Dubai
A 17-year-old Indian girl from a Dubai school died after flu-related complications at a hospital on Tuesday night, school sources told Gulf News on Wednesday.
Alia Niyaz Ali, a grade 12 student in ...
November 15, 201801313Category: Health
Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Receives Yemen's Al Yadoumi
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Wednesday received Mohammad Abdullah Al Yadoumi, Chief of Yemen&rsq...
November 15, 201801009Category: Government
Man Jailed For Bid To Rape Sister-in-law
A man, who sneaked into his sister-in-law’s bedroom through the window and tried to rape her, has been jailed for three years.
The Emirati sister-in-law was in her bedroom when the 29-year-ol...
November 14, 201801131Category: Crime News
Dubai’s Al Mamzar Beach Park Goes Smart
Dubai’s Al Mamzar Beach Park has gone smart with a host of first-of-its-kind facilities along with renovated beaches and additional barbecue areas that will make visitors love the popular park m...
November 14, 201801575Category: Environment
UAE Will Need 150 More Schools By 2022
The UAE will need 150 more schools by 2022 to accommodate the growing school-going population in the country, which is expected to reach 1.5 million in the next four years, according to the GCC Educat...
November 14, 20180945Category: Education
Free Parking In Dubai On Sunday
Public parking across Dubai will be free on Sunday to mark Prophet Mohammad’s (PBUH) birthday, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced on Tuesday.
According to the RTA, parking acro...
November 14, 201801215Category: Transport
Girl, 15, Falls To Death From Sharjah Building
A 15-year-old Iraqi girl died after reportedly falling from the 18th floor balcony of her apartment in Sharjah on Monday night, a Sharjah Police official said.
The official said the police are inve...
November 14, 201811552Category: Crime News
Futuristic Solutions Revealed At Global Grad Show At Dubai Design Week
A pen that identifies cancer cells, a ring that ‘reads’ by pointing a finger at words, and scores of other futuristic solutions were unveiled at the Global Grad Show at Dubai Design Week o...
November 14, 201801005Category: UAE Local News
25 People Shared Gutted House Where Mother, Child Died
Forensic experts on Tuesday were sifting through a charred house to determine the cause of the fire which killed an Asian mother and her son late Monday night in Sharjah.
The Pakistani mother, 40, ...
November 14, 20180969Category: Crime News
