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Lt. Col. Khalid Bal Aswad, head of the security and guards department at special tasks management of Sharjah Police, has confirmed preparations for the holy month of Ramadan through making sure iftar cannons are functional and ready to be fired regularly during the holy month every day at sunset to …

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has approved a package of future projects to be developed by the emirate’s Roads and Transport Authority, RTA. The projects, aimed at enhancing the happiness of residents, include a Sky Garden, bicycle lanes and …

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai stated: “I reviewed the Arab Youth Survey that includes 15 countries. The most pressing issues among the youth is unemployment and rising living expenses. About 80% voiced concerns over education quality …

Dubai Criminal Court sentenced a passenger who was on a transit flight in Dubai Airport to 10 years’ imprisonment for trying to smuggle Cocaine while on a trip from South America to Egypt. The man tried to smuggle 2.3 kg of cocaine inside 80 male condoms. The accused admitted that …

The UAE General Consulate in Karachi has started distribution of palm dates provided by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for 2019. The date supplies were dispatched to the UAE consulate through the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation on the occasion of the Holy Month of …

Prospects for accelerating defence cooperation between UAE and New Zealand were the main focus of a meeting between Matar Salim Ali Al Dhaheri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, and Helene Quilter, Secretary of Defence and Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence of New Zealand. At a meeting at …

UAE’s Federal Supreme Court has rejected the appeal filed by two defendants, an Arab, 37 years old man and a Turkish 49-year-old man. The court confirmed the initial sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment for the first and life sentence for the second. The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeals had charged …

Emirates airline has won five awards last night at the Business Traveller Middle East Awards 2019. The airline took home the highly regarded industry accolades for Airline with the Best First Class, Airline with the Best Economy Class, Airline with the Best Frequent Flyer Programme, and Best Airport Lounge in …

The Dubai Prosecution referred a 26-year-old unemployed GCC national to trial on charges of forgery, use of a fake ID to get three smartphones after taking the victim’s ID claiming to use it for treating one of his sons at the hospital. He then went to a telecommunications company, presented …

Monitoring fuel prices committee in the country under the chairmanship of Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy Dr. Matar Hamid Al-Neyadi, in the presence of the members of the Committee today held their regular meeting at the headquarters of the Ministry of Energy to set the fuel prices in the …