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Dubai police officers have begun training on flying motorbikes with four propellers to help them fight crime from the skies. Police believe the S3 2019 hoverbike, designed by a California tech firm, will help them reach hard-to-access areas when they respond to emergencies. Footage shows one officer wearing a motorcycle helmet taking …

Flash floods in Jordan have killed at least seven people and forced the evacuation of nearly 4,000 tourists from the ancient city of Petra. Rescue teams and helicopters are searching for five people whose car was swept away in Madaba, south-west of the capital, Amman. Downpours also triggered a state …

Kuwait’s Minister of Public Works, Hussam Al-Roumi, resigned on Friday following heavy rainfall that caused damaging flooding across the country, state news agency KUNA reported on Friday. “Out of my moral responsibility … I have submitted my resignation to the prime minister,” Al-Roumi said. The army and national guard were …

Ajman Criminal Court sentenced a 21-year-old Asian man to two years in prison for trying to murder his colleague from the same nationality. This came after a dispute between them in the company’s workers housing in ​​Al-Jarf area in Ajman. The man was also sentenced to deportation after his term. …

H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, attended a concert organised by Fujairah Fine Arts Academy at the building of the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development. Sheikh Mohammed Al Sharqi also opened an art exhibition which displayed works by the academy’s students. The …

H.H. Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Supreme Council for Family Affairs, and Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, received guests from the 37th Sharjah International Book Fair, at the Al Badee Palace. Sheikha Jawaher Al Qasimi praised their presence that fills the book …

CNN- The United Arab Emirates is famous for its relentless sunshine, its golden dunes that roll on for miles and some of the most ambitious, opulent building projects of modern times. But it’s not all super-tall skyscrapers and shifting sands. The country founded just 47 years ago by the late Sheikh …

Thousands of residents are evacuating areas in Northern California as an uncontained wildfire races towards several towns in the Sierra foothills. The Camp Fire, which started early on Thursday near Camp Creek, has been fuelled by strong winds and dry forest. Neighbourhoods, schools and hospitals have been evacuated while some …

A 68-year-old European investor took advantage of being  home alone with his two maids and separately harassed both of them. The details of the incident investigated by the Dubai Public Prosecution date back to last March, when the defendant asked the first victim to massage him. When she approached him, …

Dubai media office has announced that the Emirati passport became the world’s third most powerful passport as Emirati citizens have visa free or on arrival access to 163 countries according to Global Passport Index.