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Sharjah police found Mohammad Parves, the 15-year-old Indian boy who was missing since July 3. Police said that the boy was in Ajman and he was reunited with his father. The boy’s parents were contacted to come and take their son home, while investigations are underway to identify the cause …

Dubai Criminal Court has sentenced a European female expat to 10-year in prison and a fine of 50,000 dirhams after she was convicted of bringing in and possessing 307 electronic cigarettes containing a cannabis-extract liquid. Details of the case reveal that the customs inspectors found a plastic box with the defendant …

At least 23 people were feared dead in a suspected arson incident at an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto on Thursday, Reuters has quoted an official for the Kyoto City Fire Department as saying. Thirteen people were confirmed dead and at least 10 more had no vital …

Abu Dhabi Court of Appeals confirmed the sentence of an Asian man with 3 years in jail for forging documents in order to obtain a credit card from a local bank. The accused forged an ID card, residency visa, and a salary certificate.

Around 10,000 students in Yemen have benefitted from the financial support of the UAE that restored 13 schools in five governorates in first half of 2019, according to the Emirates Red Crescent’s mid-year report received by WAM. Three schools were restored in Hodeidah, three in Taiz, two in Shabwa, two …

Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-chief of Dubai Police, has issued a decision promoting three policemen of Al Qusais police station for foiling two drug smuggling attempts using drugs soaked in Dh100 banknotes and a box of contact lenses. Al Marri praised the alertness and devotion of Corporal Ahmed …

Over 45 per cent of the construction works have been completed on the bridges and roads leading to Dubai Hills Mall at the junction of Umm Suqeim Street and Al Khail Road, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced. The project encompasses the construction of 12 bridges spanning 3,700 …

The US Justice Department is pursuing a criminal probe into whether Johnson & Johnson lied about potential cancer risks of its talcum powder and has convened a grand jury in Washington, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing spources. The Bloomberg report said the grand jury was looking into documents related to …

In line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has ordered the execution of development projects worth US$10 million in the Comoros. …

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior announced on Saturday clamping down on a terrorist cell of the Muslim Brotherhood Organisation’s members who had been convicted of terrorism. Members of the cells had been handed down verdicts by the Egyptian judiciary, the MoI said in a press release, indicating that some of …