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UAE Embassy in Thailand has warned Emirati tourists that the Thai authorities have banned using e-cigarettes and anyone who violates the order could face paying a fine, jail or both punishments. In November 2014, Thailand has approved legislation outlawing the import of e-cigarettes into the country. This has since been …

H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, has been named the Visionary Leader of the Year at the Arabian Business Awards during a high-profile ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah. In his acceptance speech, Sheikh Saud thanked the leadership …

Thirteen more bodies have been recovered in California, bringing the death toll in the US state’s deadliest wildfires to 42, officials say. The remains were found in and around the largely incinerated town of Paradise, in the north of the state. At least 228 people are missing, as the Camp …

A woman and a child of Asian nationality died of suffocation, and a number of people were injured after a fire broke out in a a villa in Sharjah’s Maysaloon area on Monday evening. Colonel Sami Al Naqbi, Director General of Sharjah Civil Defense, stated that a report was received at …

November 18 will be public holiday for banking sector in the country on the occasion of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)’s birthday.

The Fujairah police have managed to arrest a driver involved in a deadly accident after he escaped hit-and-run accident site without assisting the seriously injured Asian victim who died later.  Command room alerted about a hit-and-run accident on Sheikh Maktoum road and found out that the driver flees the scene leaving the victim …

Sharjah Police has reported a traffic accident where a vehicle deteriorated on Al Hamriya road. The accident resulted in one death and multiple minor to medium injuries; initial inspection revealed that the reason for the accident is the driver’s attempt to avoid colliding with a loose animal on the road.

Public Prosecution accused an Arab employee who worked in a bakery of embezzling 18 million and 200,000 dirhams from his work place, along with three other defendants, two of whom are Asian and the third is an Arab, who all helped him commit his crime by agreeing to forge documents …

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Sunday ordered an emergency airlift of humanitarian aid to help those affected by the devastating floods in Jordan. A 747 jumbo jet and a C130 Hercules transport carrier took …

Due to the high winds and a potential storm, several fitness villages participating in Dubai Fitness Challenge have been closed. The closed villages are DIFC, DMCC Park, Palm Jumeirah, Kite Beach.