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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, announced on his official twitter account on the occasion of UAE Flag Day: “Brothers and sisters: Our country celebrates Flag Day soon .. Our sovereignty and unity … The pride of our journey .. Our …

A Chinese company has announced ambitious plans to put a “fake moon” into space to brighten the night sky. According to the People’s Daily state newspaper, officials at a private aerospace institute in Chengdu want to launch this “illumination satellite” in orbit by 2020, and say it will be bright …

Tomorrow, the UAE enters a new era of openness, good governance and transparency with the adoption and implementation of a new visa and residency regimen, a UAE daily has said. In an editorial on Saturday Gulf News said, “The wide-ranging rule changes are taking effect as a result of the …

Several drivers have demanded tightening the punishment for drivers who drive slowly on the road. SAAED has noted that driving a vehicle with a speed that is less than the street’s minimum speed limit is a traffic violation, violators are to be fined 400 Dhs.

Congregants at a mosque in Turkey had been praying in the wrong direction for nearly four decades before its new imam realised the error, according to reports in Turkish media. The mosque in Sugoren, in the country’s western Yalova province, had a key flaw in its construction that meant faithful Muslims – …

A Saudi public prosecutor has announced on state television that a primary investigation into Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance has confirmed he is dead. The investigations revealed that discussions between Jamal Khashoggi and those who met him at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, developed  into a fistfight, leading to his …

More than 50 people have been killed and 200 hurt after a train ran into a crowd near Amritsar in India’s northern Punjab state, police told the BBC. The victims were standing on the railway tracks watching celebrations for the Hindu festival of Dusshera, eyewitnesses told BBC Punjabi. They did …

Within less than one month..Emirati passport become the world’s seventh most powerful passport as Emirati citizens had visa on arrival access to 159 countries according to Global Passport Index.

With exactly two years to go before Dubai welcomes the first of millions of visitors from around the world, Expo 2020 is already changing the landscape, both literally and metaphorically, commented a local daily. Impressive, sustainable buildings and infrastructure that will serve the city for generations are already rising from …

As featured in New York Times, Big Bad Wolf Book Sale is making its first stop in the Middle East, filling a huge hangar in Dubai with stacks of 3 million discounted books, open around the clock. Organizers hope to attract as many as 300,000 visitors during 11 days in …