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Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has achieved a Guinness World Record by compiling the biggest awareness message using Lego Blocks. CEO of RTA’s Traffic and Roads Agency Maitha bin Adai received a certificate to this effect from the office of Guinness Records Book at the site of the event …

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, and Founder and Chairman of the Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition, WETEX, urged all citizens, residents, and visitors in the UAE to participate in the 20th WETEX, the largest exhibition of its kind in …

Hurricane Michael left “unimaginable destruction” as it ploughed into coastal areas of Florida, the state’s governor, Rick Scott says. “So many lives have been changed forever,” he said. “So many families have lost everything.” The worst hit areas of Florida’s north-west coast saw houses ripped from their foundations, trees felled, …

A passenger plane travelling from the south Indian city of Trichy to Dubai sustained damage after hitting the airport wall during take off. Air India IX 611, which was carrying 130 passengers and six crew members, was diverted to Mumbai, where it landed safely. Air India said the two pilots, …

MBR space centre released a video showing KhalifaSAT’s journey to Tanegashima in Japan, where it will be launched into orbit on 29 October 2018. Watch the video below: Another video also showed a glimpse from the packing of KhalifaSAT before it was shipped to the launch site. Click below:  

Gunmen have kidnapped an African billionaire from a luxury hotel in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, police told CNN. Mohammed Dewji, 43, was taken by the men who waylaid him as he left the hotel gym after his early morning workout at around 6.30 am local time, police …

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, MoFAIC, and the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico have exchanged a diplomatic Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, on visa exemption whereby citizens with regular passports of both countries will be allowed visa-free entry. Ahmed Hatem Al Menhali, UAE Ambassador to Mexico, …

Civil Defense and Abu Dhabi Police teams extinguished a fire that broke out in a high-rise (13-storey) residential tower in Khalidiya district of the Emirate at 9:30 pm. All residents were evacuated without any injuries. The Abu Dhabi Police and the General Directorate of Civil Defense in the emirate called …

The most powerful hurricane ever to hit north-west Florida has flooded beach towns, submerging homes and snapping trees like twigs. Hurricane Michael made landfall on Wednesday afternoon as a category four storm with 155mph (250km/h) winds in the state’s Panhandle region. Two people, including a child, were killed by falling …

Dubai Police are set to carry out security drill at the Dubai Mall after midnight. The drill aims at checking preparedness of concerned bodies.