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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday took to his official Twitter to thank the United Arab Emirates for supporting Pakistan. Pakistani PM stated “I want to thank the UAE govt for supporting Pakistan so generously in our testing times. This reflects our commitment and friendship that has remained steadfast over the years,”.

Sharjah Criminal Court received the case of theft in a residential apartment after an Arab man claimed he entered the house to repair windows and kitchen cabinets while the owner of the flat was not there. Details of the case, which happened in September, reveal that when the complainant went …

Supported by H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), the UAE Mission in Switzerland presented “Giving Boxes” to a local humanitarian centre in Geneva, to be distributed …

 Dubai Airports (DXB) and representatives from across the aviation sector and the emirate of Dubai gave a warm welcome to the airport’s billionth passenger, nine-year-old Arjun and his family, who arrived this morning from Orlando, Florida on Emirates flight EK220. At a celebration held in DXB earlier today, Arjun along …

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 …