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A UAE newspaper has said that in the exacting, life-or-death business of space travel, nothing is left to chance. But such is the dedication and readiness of astronauts Hazza Al Mansouri and Sultan Saif Al Neyadi that deciding which of them should carry the UAE flag into space could come …

President Moon Jae-in of South Korea today received His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces at the Blue House in Seoul. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, his accompanying delegation, was accorded an official reception …

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, today visited the Seoul National Cemetery at the beginning of his official visit to the Republic of Korea. The visit to the memorial began with a flag-saluting ceremony. …

Dubai Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted four Asian nationals of theft and sentenced them to two years in prison and deportation from the country. The accused formed a gang with other fugitives and attacked an apartment with 10 women inside. They also stole property from the apartment including mobile phones. …

Dubai Cares, part of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, has successfully completed a three-year programme in Pakistan which has resulted in significant improvement in the learning outcomes, enrolment and transitions from pre-primary to primary education among 431,372 school children. The AED19,780,082 (US$5,384,533) programme was implemented in Punjab, Sindh …

Bollywood actor, Shah Rukh Khan, is taking Dubai to the world once again in a new campaign, a sequal to the global award-winning campaign ‘#BeMyGuest’. The new campaign will be launched today across social media and online platforms. Filming in Dubai for the latest sequel of the promotional campaign, “King …

Dubai court received a 33-year-old worker who molested a 9-year-old boy in Ras Al Khor reserve. The man reportedly tricked the child to go see the flamingos with him and then molested him. The accused denied the charge at the Court of First Instance. Investigations revealed that the boy was …

Abu Dhabi registered a sharp decline in the number of motor vehicle fatalities and major injuries in 2018, compared to 2017, Abu Dhabi Police revealed. The number of traffic fatalities in the emirate during 2018 decreased from 199 to 149, or 25.125 percent, while the number of major injuries declined …

The International Fund for Houbara Conservation, IFHC, has marked the launch of a strategic partnership with the Zayed Higher Organisation for Humanitarian Care and Special Needs, ZHO, with the release of 50 Houbara in the Al Ain desert. The release, the latest effort in the IFHC’s Proactive Intervention Conservation Model …

Abu Dhabi Police has announced the death of one Asian worker, while three other workers sustained moderate to serious injuries as a result of a crane falling in a construction site in Al Raha Beach area. Abu Dhabi Police also urged construction companies to provide all safety measures and routine …