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The Court of Misdemeanors in Ras Al Khaimah Court acquitted three sons and their father of the charges of beating and insulting each other as a result of a dispute over a new house. The father refused to allow his sons and his first wife to live with him at …

The United Arab Emirates has condemned the terrorist assault on the Communications Ministry in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, which left a number of people killed and injured. In a statement today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) said that the UAE strongly condemns this criminal act that threatens …

Sharjah’s popular Xposure International Photography Festival promises to be bigger and more exciting in its fourth edition this year with greater participation of celebrated, award-winning photographers as well as photography enthusiasts from across the region and from around the world. Hosted by the Sharjah Government Media Bureau (SGMB) at Expo …

Children as young as seven, are being made aware of the environment and being introduced to green systems through workshops by India-based start-up, Solar Desk, at the ongoing Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, SCRF 2019. Monal Kabra, founder of Solar Desk, is teaching young visitors to SCRF 2019 how to power …

Dubai Municipality has announced several investment opportunities in the emirate’s public parks, such as the event spaces, and the allocation of different areas for restaurants and small shops, within the investment map of each park. Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality, said that the Municipality aims to support …

Ajman Police has denied a rumor on social media about a husband letting dogs rape his ex-wife, pointing out that this rumor aims to increase the number of visitors to certain websites, resorting to the method of posting offensive and false news. Colonel Abdullah Saif Al Matroushi, deputy director of the Ajman Police, …

With the 11th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, SCRF, kick-starting this week, the much-awaited annual bonanza of fun and learning for children is back, commented a UAE daily. The 11-day festival, with its richly cognitive fare for young minds, is serving one of the most important functions in …

Stress, excessively-long working hours and disease, contribute to the deaths of nearly 2.8 million workers every year, while an additional 374 million people get injured or fall ill because of their jobs, the UN labour agency, ILO, said on Thursday. In a new report underlining ILO’s message that no paid …

An employee took advantage of his co-worker’s absence from her office -leaving her drawer open- and stole 1,000 dirhams from her drawer. The Dubai Public Prosecution investigated the incident in which the defendant, who works as a reporter and distributes papers between offices. On the day of the incident, the …

A father has saved his son from a dingo attack after the toddler was dragged from a campervan at an Australian tourist island, say officials. The 14-month-old boy was sleeping inside the vehicle on a remote area of Fraser Island in Queensland when the wild dog entered and bit his …