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A team of 40 volunteers has dived to recover trash from the Fishermen Port in Khor Fakkan as part of Sharjah Museums Authority, SMA, annual-marine cleanup campaign, ‘Because We Care’. The volunteers fished out two tons of trash including tires, fish and traps, carpets, and other boat equipment. In addition …

Dubai Healthcare City Authority has announced the introduction of a new licence which allows international physicians, dentists, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) practitioners to enter the UAE, and work in up to three clinical facilities within the Dubai Healthcare City, DHCC, free zone. The Visiting Doctor’s licence, which aims …

At least 21 miners died when a roof collapsed in a coal mine in northern China, officials say. Sixty-six miners were rescued after the accident on Saturday at the Lijiagou mine near the city of Shenmu in Shaanxi province. The cause of the collapse is under investigation, the official Xinhua …

The following table shows the official and Islamic holidays in the UAE during the new year 2019. The Hijri calendar is the official reference for Islamic occasions such as the beginning of Ramadan or Hajj. Depending on the cycles of the moon, the precise dates of Islamic events vary from …

A man has been charged over the kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl and the murders of both her parents. Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, was arrested after Jayme Closs – who had been missing for three months after her parents were killed in their home – was found in a Wisconsin …

Dubai Police has solved a mysterious and complex hit and run accident, under the supervision of Maj. Gen. Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Criminal Investigation at Dubai Police. With the lack of eyewitnesses or information about the suspect that may facilitate the search and investigation, in addition to the …

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, today received Rahul Gandhi, the President of the Indian National Congress. The meeting, which was attended by H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, shed light on the …

NCM: A 3.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Northern West of Dibba Oman at 12:51 PM on Friday ‘UAE time’. The earthquake was slightly felt by the residents without any effect.

The UAE is at the forefront of innovation in the oil and gas industry, according to Fred Kempe, President and Chief Executive Officer of the US-based Atlantic Council. Speaking ahead of the Global Energy Forum, which opens here on Friday, Kempe told the Emirates News Agency, WAM, that: “There are …

A 19-year-old Gulf employee decided to take revenge on his girlfriend, who broke off her relationship with him by burning her father’s car. The Dubai Public Prosecution investigated the incident and referred it to the court. According to the victim’s testimony to a Dubai police lieutenant, the defendant had a …