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 As part of the United Arab Emirates’ commitment to continue its support to UN-Women, the UAE has announced a financial contribution of 15 million dollars to support the mandate of the UN-Women over the next three years. The UAE’s new pledge, which was announced on the sidelines of the General …

Saudi Arabia threw open its doors to foreign tourists on Friday, launching a new visa regime for 49 countries and appealing to foreign companies to invest in a sector it hopes will contribute 10 per cent of gross domestic product by 2030. The Muslim kingdom, relatively closed off for decades, …

Dubai Criminal Court has charged two men for impersonating as cops, robbing Dh551,200 and 15 mobile phones.The public prosecution accused the two men – a 44-year-old Emirati and a 33-year-old Nigerian – of posing as CID officers when they barged, with runaway accomplices, inside a shared flat in Freej Al …

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai was the first to ask as question to Hazaa. Sheikh Mohammed asked, “What was your feeling when the rocket was carrying you to space?,” to which Hazzaa replied, “It was indescribable. …

UAE’s first astronaut, Hazzaa AlMansoori is holding a question and answer session with with UAE leaders and citizens – particularly the youth – on Friday, showing the world what life is like on the International Space station, how he will be praying, what he’ll be eating among other mission-related questions. …

Hazzaa Al Mansoori, the first Emirati astronaut, began his missions immediately after arriving safely at the International Space Station (ISS). AlMansoori arrived at 2:12am UAE time, on September 26 2019, aboard the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-15, along with Russia’s cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, and US astronaut Jessica Meir. The Mohammed bin …

The UAE signed a mutual visa exemption agreement today with the Republic of Kiribati to exempt their nationals from obtaining entry visa for each other’s territories. The agreement will come into force as of October 23, 2019 and is expected to facilitate travel between the two countries and encourage increased …

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) on Thursday announced the partial closure of a road in Deira. In a tweet, RTA announced that two out of the three lanes from Al Rasheed Road will be closed from 11pm this Thursday until 6am on Saturday.  “To users of Al Rasheed Road, …

DUBAI, 26th September, 2019 (WAM) — The United Arab Emirates is ranked first in the Arab region and 12th globally among highly competitive countries in the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2019. According to the report, issued by the IMD World Competitiveness Centre, the UAE has advanced five positions from …

The Public Prosecution referred five Asian men to Dubai Criminal Court after being charged with stealing seven transformers, several electric cables and other electric items costing Dhs1,343,642 from two plants of a utilities authority in the Dubai Industrial City. Two security guards teamed up with two countrymen to steal Dhs1.3m …