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Four young Arab men, one of whom is a visitor, took part in the murder of an Arab businessman with an American nationality in his hotel room while carrying out a plan to steal his credit card. The four men agreed to take turns in trying to get closer to …

At least 281 people have died after a tsunami swept away hotels and hundreds of homes in Indonesia. Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said 1,016 were injured after the tsunami hit the Sunda Strait on Saturday night. The tally of missing is 57 but the numbers are expected to …

A tsunami killed at least 62 people on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra and injured hundreds following an underwater landslide caused by a volcanic eruption on Saturday, the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management, BNPB, reported. BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a statement, on Sunday, that …

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the establishment of an E-Hail Taxi Joint Venture with Careem Networks Company (Careem); the leading ride hailing technology company in the region. The new company, the name and logo of which will be announced in the next few months, will cater to the …

The Dubai Police have recently arrested two Asian maids for stealing gold jewellery worth Dh13,000 from their Hindi sponsor’s house. Brigadier Jamal Salem Al Jalaf, Director of General Department of Criminal Investigation of Dubai Police, said the force managed to arrest the maids before their sponsor even recognized the theft.  …

In an editorial on Sunday, the Gulf News said that more warnings and more concerns beg the attention of parents and school authorities as the problem of children’s attention being devoured by online games and chats deepens into a crisis in perpetual motion in today’s times. “Dubai’s Al Ameen Service’s …

Sharjah Criminal Court received a case in which an Arab young man was charged with assaulting a woman of Asian nationality, and resisting police while trying to arrest him. The witness in the case, who works for Sharjah Police, said he had received a report of a fight in the …

Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud died today, the Saudi Royal Court announced in a statement tonight. Funeral prayers for the late prince will be performed here on Sunday following the afternoon prayers, at Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque, added the statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.

ZonesCorp announced on Saturday a new agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Berain Water to build a 36,000-square-metre water bottling plant in the food industry zone of Al Ain Industrial City. The food manufacturing sector in Abu Dhabi has witnessed remarkable growth over the past few years as a result of the …

Two people have been arrested in connection with the “criminal use of drones” which caused major disruption at Gatwick Airport. More than 100,000 Christmas travellers were affected when hundreds of flights were grounded from Wednesday night to early on Friday. Flights were temporarily suspended again on Friday evening after another drone …