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In a message dedicated for Islam’s Holy Month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, PCID, has urged Christians and Muslims worldwide to build bridges of brotherhood and promote the culture of dialogue. “The Vatican is calling on Christians and Muslims worldwide to promote human …

Dubai Criminal Court sentenced a GCC bank teller to 6 months in jail and fined him 306,000 dirhams, which is the same amount he embezzled when he forged 25 documents to steal from the account of an Emirati citizen who lost his life while undergoing treatment abroad. According to Dubai …

The UAE Embassy in South Africa is overseeing the distribution of food baskets among eligible households in the country as part of the Iftar Sa’em Programme- 2019. Funded by a number of UAE charities, the programme has been acclaimed by various departments in South Africa whose officials have expressed sincere …

The trouble with facts is that they act as an unflattering mirror to our lifestyle, so we tend to ignore them, the Gulf News said in an editorial on Saturday. “In this month of Ramadan, some of the most unflattering lifestyle facts have to do with food wastage. In Dubai …

The United Arab Emirates has told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the documents and arguments presented to the Court by Qatar against the UAE were either fabricated or outright counterfactual. The UAE requested the World Court to take punitive steps necessary to stop Qatar from its cynical attempts …

The Central Bank of the UAE has issued two commemorative coins on the opening of Sharjah Mosque by H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. Designed and implemented by the Sharjah Islamic Bank, SIB, the first is a 9999 percent gold coin …

It is nothing less than a “moral, ethical and economic imperative” to take more action to mitigate the existential threat posed by climate change, said top executives from across the United Nations system on Thursday. Calling on Member States to take “urgent action to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 …

“Student Showcase”, an exhibition that features artworks of promising students from Abu Dhabi, was launched with the theme “Zayed and Tolerance” at Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, on 5th May, 2019. The exhibition, in its sixth edition, features hundreds of artworks from the students and aims to inspire a younger …

An Arab woman was surprised by her husband accusing her of marital infidelity while serving a prison sentence following a case in which he was sentenced. The defendant said: “I filed a divorce lawsuit against my husband, a GCC national who is in prison. He asked me to visit him …

Some 457,154 drivers benefitted from the “Traffic Fines Settlement Initiative” launched on 7th February, 2019, by the Dubai Police General Command, for not breaking the traffic law and received discounts of up to 25 percent on their fines, totalling 1,260,046, in return. Dubai Police said the discount is being offered …