Kuwait’s Minister of Public Works, Hussam Al-Roumi, resigned on Friday following heavy rainfall that caused damaging flooding across the country, state news agency KUNA reported on Friday. “Out of my moral responsibility … I have submitted my resignation to the prime minister,” Al-Roumi said. The army and national guard were …
Read More »Ajman: Asian man gets two years sentence for attempting to kill his colleague
Ajman Criminal Court sentenced a 21-year-old Asian man to two years in prison for trying to murder his colleague from the same nationality. This came after a dispute between them in the company’s workers housing in Al-Jarf area in Ajman. The man was also sentenced to deportation after his term. …
Read More »Fujairah CP attends concert at Fujairah Fine Arts Academy
H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, attended a concert organised by Fujairah Fine Arts Academy at the building of the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development. Sheikh Mohammed Al Sharqi also opened an art exhibition which displayed works by the academy’s students. The …
Read More »Sheikha Jawaher: Sharjah Ruler believes reading is pillar of civilisation
H.H. Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Supreme Council for Family Affairs, and Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, received guests from the 37th Sharjah International Book Fair, at the Al Badee Palace. Sheikha Jawaher Al Qasimi praised their presence that fills the book …
Read More »10 things the UAE does better than anywhere else
CNN- The United Arab Emirates is famous for its relentless sunshine, its golden dunes that roll on for miles and some of the most ambitious, opulent building projects of modern times. But it’s not all super-tall skyscrapers and shifting sands. The country founded just 47 years ago by the late Sheikh …
Read More »Thousands evacuated over fast-moving California wildfire
Thousands of residents are evacuating areas in Northern California as an uncontained wildfire races towards several towns in the Sierra foothills. The Camp Fire, which started early on Thursday near Camp Creek, has been fuelled by strong winds and dry forest. Neighbourhoods, schools and hospitals have been evacuated while some …
Read More »Dubai: European businessman harasses two maids, one records what happened
A 68-year-old European investor took advantage of being home alone with his two maids and separately harassed both of them. The details of the incident investigated by the Dubai Public Prosecution date back to last March, when the defendant asked the first victim to massage him. When she approached him, …
Read More »Emirati Passport becomes world’s third most powerful passport
Dubai media office has announced that the Emirati passport became the world’s third most powerful passport as Emirati citizens have visa free or on arrival access to 163 countries according to Global Passport Index.
Read More »Star disappears from UAE skies for 6 seconds in RAK
A team from the International Astronomy Centre monitored and photographed a rare astronomical phenomenon in the UAE, which saw the occultation, or disappearance, of the star ‘HIP 48351’ for six seconds by the asteroid ‘790 Pretoria’. Mohammed Shawkat, Director of the Centre, said that this phenomenon can only be …
Read More »UAE-UK Taskforce addresses counterterrorism efforts
The 18th meeting of the UAE-UK Taskforce was hosted on 7 November in Abu Dhabi by Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Alistair Burt, Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa represented the UK. The two ministers welcomed the breadth and depth …
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