Tomorrow, the UAE enters a new era of openness, good governance and transparency with the adoption and implementation of a new visa and residency regimen, a UAE daily has said. In an editorial on Saturday Gulf News said, “The wide-ranging rule changes are taking effect as a result of the …
Read More »Caution: Dh400 fine for driving too slow in the UAE
Several drivers have demanded tightening the punishment for drivers who drive slowly on the road. SAAED has noted that driving a vehicle with a speed that is less than the street’s minimum speed limit is a traffic violation, violators are to be fined 400 Dhs.
Read More »People in Turkey mosque ‘had been praying in wrong direction’ for 37 years
Congregants at a mosque in Turkey had been praying in the wrong direction for nearly four decades before its new imam realised the error, according to reports in Turkish media. The mosque in Sugoren, in the country’s western Yalova province, had a key flaw in its construction that meant faithful Muslims – …
Read More »Saudi public prosecutor reveals Jamal Khashoggi died after fight in consulate
A Saudi public prosecutor has announced on state television that a primary investigation into Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance has confirmed he is dead. The investigations revealed that discussions between Jamal Khashoggi and those who met him at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, developed into a fistfight, leading to his …
Read More »More than 50 killed, 200 injured after a train ran into a crowd in India
More than 50 people have been killed and 200 hurt after a train ran into a crowd near Amritsar in India’s northern Punjab state, police told the BBC. The victims were standing on the railway tracks watching celebrations for the Hindu festival of Dusshera, eyewitnesses told BBC Punjabi. They did …
Read More »UAE passport strengthens again, reaching 7th most powerful worldwide
Within less than one month..Emirati passport become the world’s seventh most powerful passport as Emirati citizens had visa on arrival access to 159 countries according to Global Passport Index.
Read More »Countdown to Dubai 2020: change has already begun
With exactly two years to go before Dubai welcomes the first of millions of visitors from around the world, Expo 2020 is already changing the landscape, both literally and metaphorically, commented a local daily. Impressive, sustainable buildings and infrastructure that will serve the city for generations are already rising from …
Read More »11-Day Big Bad Wolf Book Sale makes its first stop in Dubai
As featured in New York Times, Big Bad Wolf Book Sale is making its first stop in the Middle East, filling a huge hangar in Dubai with stacks of 3 million discounted books, open around the clock. Organizers hope to attract as many as 300,000 visitors during 11 days in …
Read More »Woman wakes up unable to speak English
Hannah Jenkins speaks English in the morning and German in the afternoon. It’s not a routine she chose to adopt – but something her brain requires her to do. It all started with a cycling accident. Her partner Andrew Wilde was halfway up a mountain in the US state of …
Read More »Ajman: Egyptian man, two of his grandchildren lose their lives in apartment fire
A 69-year-old Arab man and two of his grandchildren (Aged Four and Two) lost their lives in a fire that broke out in a residential building in Rashidiya district in Ajman for four years and two years. Brigadier Rashid Jassim Majlad, Deputy Director General of the General Department of Ajman’s Civil …
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