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The emirate of Sharjah has won the Child-Friendly Cities Initiative, CFCI, Inspire Awards instituted by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF. Sheikh Salem bin Abdulrahman Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Ruler’s Office, received the award on Thursday on the sidelines of the First international Child-Friendly Cities Summit, which concluded …

Al Dhafra Court of Appeal upholds a 13-years in prison sentence for a gulf man, after the Public Prosecution has charged him for drugs abuse and deliberately killing his wife who was riding the car with him when he pushed her out of his speeding car.

– Etihad Airways has celebrated the deployment of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on its daily scheduled services to Milan by hosting an exclusive reception at the Palazzo Clerici, the spectacular Baroque former residence of the influential Clerici family, located in the heart of the Italian city. The occasion was attended …

When Abu Dhabi announced on Wednesday that the world’s first dedicated artificial intelligence, AI, university is to be established and open for students in 2020, it’s just a logical progression, said English daily Gulf News in its editorial published on Friday. The newspaper pointed out that from the very earliest …

Turkey has agreed to completely end military operations in northern Syria after Kurdish fighters withdraw from a safe zone, US Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday. Turkey’s operation “will be halted entirely on completion” of the pullout, Pence told reporters after talks in Ankara. AFP

“The students, all minors from Classes 5 and 7, informed the school’s internal complaints committee that they were molested by the teacher. The girls alleged that the teacher touched them inappropriately,” Superintendent of Police Arvind Gawas said.A teacher of a government-run school in Goa was arrested on Thursday for allegedly …

The UAE Embassy in Manila urges its citizens to take precautions, after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the island of Mindanao.

The defendant will spend 25 years in prison after he was arrested trying to sell a 500-dirham strip containing 12 capsules of the “lyrica” drug. He was convicted by the three federal courts (First Instance, Appeal, and Supreme) on the charges against him, and sentenced to him for life imprisonment …

The Dubai Criminal Court yesterday sentenced a 25-year-old Asian man to six months in prison followed by deportation after he was charged with sexually harassing a 28-year-old Asian co-worker and threatening to kill her if she wouldn’t kiss him. According to the investigations, the victim stated that she knew the …

Four officers at Al Barsha Police Station were honoured by Dubai Police’s Commander-in-chief for foiling a drug smuggling attempt using drugs-soaked in banknotes.Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, praised the alertness and devotion of Capt. Marwan Abdullah Murad, Arrest Officer of Al Barsha Police Station; Warrant …