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A 24-year-old woman went on trial for swallowing 15 pills which she bought online to abort her fetus, a Sharjah Misdemeanour court heard. She bought the pills online with the help of her husband, and then consumed them, which resulted in severe bleeding and she was transferred to Al Qasimi Hospital. The …

According to local media, a 21-year-old Emirati man drowned in the sea in Fujairah on Saturday. The young man had gone swimming with his younger brother when the incident happened. Major-General Mohammed Ahmed bin Ghanem Al Kaabi, Commander-in-Chief of Fujairah Police stated that the operation room was informed about the accident. …

Abu Dhabi Police has warned job seekers outside the country from fake online recruitment companies that frauds them and seizes their money. Brigadier General Saeed Mohammed Al Kaabi, Director of Information Security called on those looking for job opportunities to be cautious while dealing with employment sites that take advantage …

Switching millions of Britons to a “two in one” pill for blood pressure could save thousands of lives, experts say. Around one in four adults in the UK are on multiple drugs for the condition, which is the biggest cause of heart disease and stroke. But experts say only about half of …

The mentally disabled young man who left his family’s house on August 1st. was found dead in Al Bateen area after a 24-day absence during which he was searched by concerned authorities, his family and relatives who helped search for him. His brother stated that Mahmoud’s body was found in …

Non-smoking adults have a higher risk of dying from serious lung disease if they grew up with parents who smoked, according to US research. The researchers said childhood passive smoking was “likely to add seven deaths to every 100,000 non-smoking adults dying annually”. The study of 70,900 non-smoking men and …

Sharjah Airport received the first delegation of pilgrims yesterday morning returning to the United Arab Emirates after performing Hajj. They arrived on flights from Jeddah, Medina and Taif in Saudi Arabia. The airport expects a continuous flow of pilgrims from both scheduled and non-scheduled flights to Sharjah during this period. …

A suicide attacker killed at least three people on Saturday by detonating explosives near the office of Afghanistan’s election commission in the eastern city of Jalalabad, where dozens of protesters had gathered, Reuters has reported. Eight people were also wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

TAIPEI: Six people have been killed by floodwaters in Taiwan, officials said on Saturday (Aug 25), after days of heavy rain forced thousands to evacuate their homes. A tropical depression has been dumping torrential rain in central and southern Taiwan since Thursday, with some districts receiving close to 1,000 millimetres …

The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal postponed a case involving six Asian nationals accused of participating in forging salary certificates and bank statements to get a loan from a bank operating in the country, taking advantage of the mistake of a bank employee “sixth defendant” to seize 702 Thousand Dhs. …