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H.H. Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, has visited the Enterprise Command and Control Centre at Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority, RTA. During the visit, Her Highness met with Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive …

Dubai Criminal Court sentenced three Africans to one year in prison followed by deportation and a penalty of Dhs200,000 after being charged with defrauding an Arab trader and embezzling more than $ 170,000. The fraudsters had scammed him through Facebook that he had won $27 million prize.

Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), and Dubai Police General HQ have decided to increase the speed limit on Tripoli Street from 80 to 100 km/h in the sector from Emirates Road to just before Nouakchott Street, and to 90 km/h in the sector from just before Nouakchott Street to Sheikh …

The Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet says it plans to open an international hub in the United Arab Emirates, its first hub overseas. Company officials and the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah made the announcement on Wednesday in the northernmost sheikhdom of the oil-rich UAE, signing an agreement for the expansion. They …

Dubai Customs has dealt with 21 million passengers’ luggage for 11.8 passengers on board 89,000 flights arriving into Dubai International Airport in the first half of 2019, said Director-General of Dubai Customs Ahmed Mahboob Musabih. During his tour of terminals 1,2, and 3 of Dubai International Airport, Musabih said, “I’m …

Several UAE diplomatic missions around the world began the countdown to Expo 2020 Dubai by organising ceremonies that aimed to promote the event to the general public and showcase the promising opportunities it offers to participating countries. The one-year countdown to Expo 2020, billed as the greatest show on earth, …

Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police, was briefed about the details of the Executive Action Plan of the Expo 2020 Committee. The plan includes three key sectors, which are the operations sector, the support and backing sector, and the criminal investigation sector. Major General Al …

Saif Mohamed Al Hajeri, Chairman of Department of Economic Development, officially opened the seventh edition of the International Franchise Exhibition, organised by Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry in strategic partnership with Emirates Association for Franchise Development, at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, 1st Deputy Chairman …

The Dubai Criminal Court sentenced a Gulf visitor for three months in jail after being charged with barging into a hotel room where three European women were staying and he molested one of them and asked to have a shower with her. The general prosecution had charged him for sexual …

Fujairah Misdemeanor Court looked into a case of a foreigner who was accused of physically assaulting a Gulf man by beating him with a stick and causing him injuries according to the medical report. The defendant had denied the charges before the court and the case was adjourned to the …