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Dubai Court of First Instance received the case of a man who was arrested for allegedly threatening a coworker with posting intimate photos of him with another coworker who left the country, which eventually led the man to commit suicide. The accused had requested a smart phone from the victim …

Photos taken by one of the British victims of a plane crash on New Year’s Eve last year are helping investigators piece together why the aircraft came down. Richard Cousins, the 58-year-old chief executive of FTSE 100 company Compass Group, died alongside his sons, Will and Edward, aged 25 and …

Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that it will begin implementing the new generation of vehicle license plates on the new registration of vehicles and plate replacement as of January 1, 2019. The new regulations will be applied to registered vehicles in public and private sectors as of …

At the end of its session today, the Abu Dhabi Federal Appeal Court issued rulings to imprison and deport several suspects from security cases and sent others to counselling centres. It also acquitted one defendant of the charges. The court sentenced “A. A. A. A.” to five years in prison …

 Hala China, a joint initiative by Meraas and Dubai Holding, is hosting ‘Silk, Tea and Celadon: An Intercultural Dialogue on the Silk Road’, as part of the year-long activities aimed at enhancing trade and cultural relations between Dubai and China. Running from 18th December 2018, to 15th January 2019, the …

The UAE’s desert offers a “perfect” Mars-like environment to carry out research which can help support missions that seek evidence of life outside of Earth, the English language daily Khaleej Times quoted a research scientist as saying. Dr. Rosalba Bonaccorsi, an astrobiologist from the SETI Institute at Nasa Ames Research …

The League of Arab States extended its sincere gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, for his patronage and support for the First Arab Digital Economy Conference, which concluded in the UAE capital …

Dubai stands first in the world in “Scientific and Technical Employment,” as well as in the “Number of Internet Users” and “Tablet Possession” according to the Dubai Digital Competitiveness Report 2018 issued by the International Competitiveness Centre of the Switzerland-based Institute of Management Development, IMD, in co-operation with the Dubai …

The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA), has seized 1043 forged travel documents in 2018 through Documents Scab Center at Dubai International Airport.

The Cultural Affairs Department at the Sharjah Department of Culture has announced that the 21st edition of the Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival will open tomorrow, under the patronage of H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. The festival will run until 19th …