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, 20180902Category: 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, 20180908Category: 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, 20180845Category: 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, 201801232Category: 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, 20180971Category: 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, 201801084Category: 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, 201801505Category: 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, 20180903Category: 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, 201801129Category: 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, 201811484Category: 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, 20180942Category: 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, 20180928Category: Crime News
Indian Boy, 4, Returning From Umrah Dies On Flight
A four-year-old Indian boy died on a flight on Monday on his way back from Saudi Arabia after performing Umrah with his family.
The Oman Airways flight going to Calicut in the South Indian state of...
November 14, 20180974Category: Transport
Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Visits Khalifa Al Mazroui At His Residence
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Tuesday visited Emirati citizen Khalifa Mattar Al Mazroui at his re...
November 14, 201801148Category: Government
Court Upholds Life Imprisonment For Spying
An Arab had his life imprisonment to be followed by deportation upheld on Monday by the State Security Court at the Federal Supreme Court. The court turned down the appeal filed by AMH, an Arab nation...
November 13, 20180896Category: Crime News
One Killed, Six Injured In Sharjah Car Crash
One worker died and six others were injured after the car they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned, police said on Monday.
Colonel Ali Saeed Al Jallaf, director of Al Hamriya Poli...
November 13, 201801047Category: Crime News
British Embassy In UAE Holds Remembrance Services
The British Embassy organised three Services of Remembrance in the UAE this week to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
In Abu Dhabi, the British Embassy and the Church Co...
November 13, 20180904Category: Government
No Storm Coming To UAE Only Rain And Fresh Winds
The UAE on Tuesday will continue to experience unstable weather conditions with downpours expected over the islands, coastal and northern areas due to an extension of a low pressure in Saudi Arabia. F...
November 13, 20180988Category: Weather
Vendor Jailed For Assaulting Policeman
A vendor has been jailed for six months for assaulting a policeman and injuring his head during arrest for trying to steal a phone from a washroom at Dubai Mall.
A shopper forgot his mobile inside ...
November 13, 20180944Category: Crime News
Six-month Visa Granted To UAE Amnesty Seekers Only To Stay In Country
The six-month visa granted to amnesty seekers entitles them to stay in the country, but it does not allow them to exit and come back, a senior official said yesterday.
Brigadier Saeed Rakan Al Rash...
November 13, 20180988Category: Government
