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In its Thursday editorial, the Gulf News said that for just over a week now, the general amnesty for those who are in the UAE without proper paperwork and authorisation has been underway and is scheduled to last for another ten weeks or so. “And so far, the amnesty is …

A 14-year-old girl was harassed by an Asian cleaner after she went to perform Asr prayer in a mosque next to her house. The girl was playing in the courtyard of the mosque when she fell and hurt her leg and began to cry. Trying to calm her, the worker …

Saudi Arabia Foreign Affairs Minister about Canada’s interference in the Kingdom internal affairs: -Canada made a mistake and should change its approach in dealing with Saudi Arabia. -The detainees tried to get classified information and investigation still ongoing. -Several Gulf and Arabic countries support Saudi Arabia’s stance except Qatar.

An Arab national chef molested his co-worker after he asked her to bring him juice. The chef went on trial for sexually abusing the woman, the Dubai Criminal Court heard. Dubai Public Prosecution said the defendant called the woman while he was in car parking under the building and told …

Abu Dhabi’s Department of Transport reminded women through their official twitter account to use of the 182 parking spaces which are specially dedicated to female drivers. The parking spaces that can be found around several areas of Abu Dhabi city, are intended to help women find parking spaces faster, and provides them …

Former Michigan state representative Rashida Tlaib will become the US’s first ever Muslim woman elected to Congress after she won a Democratic primary election to represent Michigan’s 13th district. Running in a crowded field of candidates vying to replace John Conyers Jr, who served from 1965, until retirement last year following claims …

The Sharjah Labour Standards Development Authority, LSDA, has announced the establishment of a Commercial Centre and Labour Recreational Park in Sharjah’s Al Sajaa Industrial Area. The park and the commercial centre will be the first of its kind in the UAE that will be fully dedicated to the blue-collar workers …

The relationship between Saudi Arabia and Canada is now at a nadir, with a number of measures being escalated to reflect Riyadh’s disapproval of comments from Ottawa where Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and the Canadian Embassy in the kingdom called for the “immediate release” of Samar Badawi and other …

The United Arab Emirates has lodged a memo with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, reaffirming the country’s abidance by the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and its categorical rejection of any form of racial segregation. The memo responds to the false …

A tanker truck carrying a highly flammable gas exploded after crashing into a truck on a crowded motorway in the northern Italian city of Bologna, killing at least two people. Police said the accident and subsequent blast injured up to 70 people, some with severe burns. Part of the raised motorway collapsed in …