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An Asian woman was brought before the Sharjah Criminal Court on charges of seizing money after extracting credit cards for a number of clients as a sales representative at a bank. The total amount of money she had seized was nearly 211,000 dirhams. The first witness, a financial director at …

The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) supports the UAE’s concerns about the risks to the safety of civil aviation due to Qatari military operations in light of Qatar’s violations of civil aviation safety rules as its fighters approach UAE’s civil aircrafts.

An employee went on trial for abusing his post at a UAE ministry branch to embezzle funds from his workplace, a Dubai Court of First Instance heard. Dubai Public Prosecution charged the administrative officer with using a colleague’s login to gain access to the ministry’s e-system to reprint the stickers …

The Dubai Health Authority, DHA, today signed four Memoranda of Understanding, MoUs, with cutting-edge international companies to adopt their inventive healthcare innovations, on Thursday during the fourth cycle of the Dubai Future Accelerator’s Programme. The MoUs were signed by Humaid Al Qutami, Director-General of the DHA, with the companies’ officials. …

The National Centre of Meteorology, NCM, has warned sea-goers of rough seas in the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman as a result of relatively fresh winds. In its statement, NCM said that the wave height is expected to be between 4 to 6 feet until 11 pm today.

A 46-year-old Asian worker took advantage of seeing a five-year-old child alone while playing with the neighbor’s daughter and harassed her. The mother of the child discovered the crime by chance, according to the Dubai Public Prosecution’s investigation of the case, when she went to give the worker food before …

Attorney General orders to block electronic games sites like Blue Whale, Mariam, Roblox and Kayla as it is targeting young people and hacking their data, details of their lives and their families and encourage them to commit strange acts that threaten their lives.

Union Coop has launched ‘Khair Zayed’ initiative that will see the distribution of 370 Iftar meals a day, throughout the Holy Month of Ramadan. Suhail Al Bastaki, Director of Happiness and Marketing Department said, “This Year of Zayed, we will ensure that the founding father’s vision of a good valued …

The Pointe, Nakheel’s AED800 million, 1.4 million sq ft waterfront dining and entertainment destination on Palm Jumeirah, is nearing completion and will open towards the end of 2018, the master developer has announced. Speaking to media at an exclusive preview event at The Pointe, Ali Rashid Lootah, Chairman of Nakheel, …

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, has condemned the “appalling, deadly violence in Gaza yesterday during which 58 Palestinians were killed and almost 1,360 demonstrators were injured with live ammunition by Israeli security forces. “We condemn the appalling, deadly violence in Gaza yesterday during which …