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The UAE Cabinet has adopted a decision to increase and promote the participation of Emirati youth in the boards of government entities and companies, to ensure that their voice and views are included in government work. The decision comes following the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al …

Sharjah Police rescued a child who was about to fall from the window of a building where he and his family lives in Khorfakkan, Sharjah Police was there at the right time to witness the child’s condition. Details of the incident reveal that during Sharjah police’s patrol around Khorfakkan, one …

Dubai Criminal Court has considered a fraud case of an Asian gang that managed to seize about AED 450,000 as personal loans and AED 50,000 as credit cards from a bank after they fraudulently provided forged salary certificates to a bank employee in Dubai. Investigations by the Public Prosecution revealed …

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, has signed a contract for purchasing 373 buses of Volvo SB3 along with a 10-year maintenance contract in support of Dubai’s mobility plan and to cope with the rising number of public bus riders. The new buses are compliant with Euro 6 standards, and …

Self-service kiosks have been set up across all the ports included in the Tax Refunds for Tourists Scheme in order to allow tourists to recover Value Added Tax, VAT, when leaving the UAE. The kiosks are operated by Planet, the company enlisted by the Federal Tax Authority, FTA, to operate …

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said there is no indication that today’s helicopter crash is terror related. The helicopter was only in the air for 11 minutes, officials said. “At approximately 1:32 this afternoon, the helicopter took off at the 34th Street heliport and about 11 minutes later …

A Filipina inmate in a Dubai prison got a pleasant surprise as she was able to meet her parents after 14 years, thanks to the humanitarian gesture of the Dubai Police. The 33-year-old inmate has spent 14 years in Dubai Women Prison under the General Department of Punitive and Correctional …

Crown Prince of Ajman directs to form a committee of government departments in the Emirate to follow up the health situation of those affected in the incident of water pollution in one of the residential towers, and investigate the incident and provide the residents with their needs of drinking water …

Abu Dhabi Court of Appeals received the case of an Arab youngster accused of drug abuse, and trying to escape the police when confronted. The accused’s father explained that his son experienced a stabbing incident a year ago where he was stabbed 16 times, which led to his depression and …

The UAE welcomes any efforts to defuse tension in the region and looks forward to see a calm, stable, developed and forward looking Middle East in the future, said H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Sheikh Abdullah made the remarks on Sunday …