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The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court has convicted a GCC university student of posting an Instagram video inciting students to hate school and teachers, and sentenced him to five-year prison term and a fine of 500,000 dirhams, with the closure of his account. The accused denied the charge against him, explaining …

The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal considered the case of an Arab woman who lost her life due to an alleged medical error. Details of the case indicate that the deceased woman went to the ER of a private hospital -the third defendant-, with her sponsor -the first defendant-, and …

 A social media platform promoting the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 was launched Wednesday to engage millions of users around the globe and help them catch the latest excitement about the prestigious event’s matches, in particular and the grand sporting and socio-economic potential of the UAE in general. “Social Asia” …

The General Command of Dubai Police has announced the arrest of two Asian men in for posting an insulting video on social media showing one of them throwing one thousand dirhams on a car floor and stepping on it with his foot, while the second was driving the car. Dubai …

The death toll from landslides and floods in the eastern Philippines has climbed to 122 as emergency teams reach isolated areas and recover more bodies, officials said Thursday. According to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, DPA, quoted civil defence and disaster risk reduction officials as saying that nearly 30 people were still …

The Diba Fujairah Criminal Court has sentenced two Asian defendants to life imprisonment and forced them to pay the legal dues of the heirs of the victim, who was severely beaten with a sharp object to steal his money and has died from his serious injury. Details of the case …

Almost nine years after being abandoned in the Indian Ocean, a yacht belonging to a teenage round-the-world sailor has turned up off southern Australia. US girl Abby Sunderland was aged 16 in 2010 when she attempted to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe, but a storm crippled her …

The southern Indian state of Kerala has shut down amid violent protests after two women made history by entering a prominent Hindu temple. One person was killed in clashes on Wednesday. Schools across the state are closed and public transport too has been suspended. The Sabarimala temple was historically closed …

The United Arab Emirates has condemned the stabbing incident which took place on New Year’s Eve at a train station in Manchester, United Kingdom, leaving three people injured. The UAE also denounced the bomb explosion in Cotabato City mall, southern Philippines on Monday, January 1st, which killed two people and …

The number of people killed in plane crashes rose sharply in 2018, according to new figures. There were 556 fatalities as a result of 15 accidents over the course of the year, compared with 44 deaths in 10 accidents during 2017. While 2017 was the safest year in aviation history, …