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ADNOC Distribution has announced the opening of its first service station in Dubai Investment Park. The solar-powered station will include a charger for electric vehicles. Commenting on the opening, Saeed Al Rashdi, ADNOC Distribution Acting Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are extremely pleased to have opened in Dubai and to …

The Sharjah Misdemeanor Court has received the case of an Arab man who was accused of harassing an Arab woman, and asking for her phone number while they were together in an elevator. The complainant testified before the judiciary that the accused had taken the elevator with her on 20th …

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a Federal Decree restructuring the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of the UAE. Pursuant to the Decree, the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of the UAE shall be reconstituted for a period of four years …

The Integrated Transport Centre, ITC, of the Department of Transport, DoT, in Abu Dhabi has said that it started the issuance of roadwork and facilities permits in the Emirate. The move aims to ensure the level of road safety in construction sites and assure the smoothness of the traffic flow. …

Archaeologists in Egypt have made an exciting tomb discovery – the final resting place of a high priest, untouched for 4,400 years. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, described the find as “one of a kind in the last decades”. The tomb, found in the Saqqara pyramid …

Protests have been held at the US-Mexico border after a seven-year-old girl who travelled north from Guatemala died in custody. Jakelin Caal Maquin was among a group of 163 people who handed themselves over to patrol agents on 6 December, and she later died of dehydration and shock. Customs and Border …

Updates on Paris protests: Fifth successive weekend of “yellow vest” protests in Paris Demonstrators are calling for a drop in the cost of living French president seeks to defuse the situation with a new minimum wage More than 1,700 people were arrested across France last weekend Police scuffled with protesters …

H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has said that declaration of the 2019 as the ‘Year of Tolerance’ by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crowns the cultural approach adopted by the UAE throughout its shining history. His Highness …

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has declared 2019 as the ‘Year of Tolerance’, highlighting the UAE as a global capital for tolerance, via its various legislative and policy-oriented goals to enhance the role of the country in instilling the values of co-existence and peace in local, …

The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal, has amended the ruling of an Arab man, who was sentenced to one year in prison for threatening and blackmailing a GCC woman of posting her photos on social media. The prosecution had charged the accused, of blackmailing the victim of posting her pictures …