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The trouble with facts is that they act as an unflattering mirror to our lifestyle, so we tend to ignore them, the Gulf News said in an editorial on Saturday. “In this month of Ramadan, some of the most unflattering lifestyle facts have to do with food wastage. In Dubai …

The United Arab Emirates has told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the documents and arguments presented to the Court by Qatar against the UAE were either fabricated or outright counterfactual. The UAE requested the World Court to take punitive steps necessary to stop Qatar from its cynical attempts …

The Central Bank of the UAE has issued two commemorative coins on the opening of Sharjah Mosque by H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. Designed and implemented by the Sharjah Islamic Bank, SIB, the first is a 9999 percent gold coin …

It is nothing less than a “moral, ethical and economic imperative” to take more action to mitigate the existential threat posed by climate change, said top executives from across the United Nations system on Thursday. Calling on Member States to take “urgent action to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 …

“Student Showcase”, an exhibition that features artworks of promising students from Abu Dhabi, was launched with the theme “Zayed and Tolerance” at Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, on 5th May, 2019. The exhibition, in its sixth edition, features hundreds of artworks from the students and aims to inspire a younger …

An Arab woman was surprised by her husband accusing her of marital infidelity while serving a prison sentence following a case in which he was sentenced. The defendant said: “I filed a divorce lawsuit against my husband, a GCC national who is in prison. He asked me to visit him …

Some 457,154 drivers benefitted from the “Traffic Fines Settlement Initiative” launched on 7th February, 2019, by the Dubai Police General Command, for not breaking the traffic law and received discounts of up to 25 percent on their fines, totalling 1,260,046, in return. Dubai Police said the discount is being offered …

Following the incident of an Emirati female who entered a coma due to malpractice, Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced that it has suspended the First Med Day Surgery Centre in Dubai from conducting any surgeries until the reveal of investigation’s results. Dr Marwan Al Mulla, CEO of the Health Regulation …

The Court of Cassation in Abu Dhabi has upheld a ruling for two employees who embezzled AED1 million by sentencing them each with one-year imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 dirhams, in addition to forcing them to pay back the embezzled amount. Details of the case reveal that the defendants …

US President Donald Trump has announced new sanctions against Iran after Tehran threatened to enrich its stockpile of uranium. The US president has issued an executive order imposing new restrictions on Iranian steel, aluminium, copper and iron, which account for 10 percent of Tehran’s total exports. Trump said Tehran could …