Social media kills 'Home Alone' actor Macaulay Culkin
Social media is increasingly taking the space of breaking news and our instant source of reporting. But if Twitter, Facebook and Instagram users want to be a news provider it should start acting like a...
View ArticleGold and currency rates in UAE today
Daily Gold Rate, Tuesday, November 12, 2014 Daily Morning 9:30 am Aternoon 2:00 pm Evening 5:00 pm Late Evening 8:00 pm TT Bar 16170 16170 16170 16170 24 k 141.25...
View ArticleMH370 latest: Missing jet to be declared 'lost'; families furious
Latest: Relatives of MH370 passengers are ‘bewildered’ after a Malaysia Airlines official reportedly said authorities plan to set a date to announce the plane ‘lost’. Voice370, an association of...
View ArticleBollywood Gossip: Aishwarya, Aamir in Karan Johar's next?
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be next seen in Sanjay Gupta's 'Jazbaa'. But the actress has also signed couple of other projects. Now reports suggest that Aishwarya will soon be working with filmmaker...
View Article'Big Bang Theory' star dies at 62
Carol Ann Susi (AP) The actress best known for voicing the unseen Mrs. Wolowitz on the TV comedy 'The Big Bang Theory' has died. Carol Ann Susi's agent, Pam Ellis-Evenas, said the actress died in Los...
View ArticleVideo: Syrian boy 'fakes death' to rescue girl from sniper fire
Amazing amateur video footage has emerged, which appears to show a young boy braving sniper fire to rescue a terrified girl amid sniper fire. The video, allegedly posted by Syrian activists on...
View ArticleGirl conned by dad to marry 80-year-old man
A Saudi father conned his 18-year-old daughter so she will marry an 80-year-old rich man instead of a young handsome suitor shown to her by the father. After 24 court sessions, court in the southern...
View ArticleUAE may alter Filipina maids' job contract
The UAE is considering altering job contracts for expatriate domestic workers after labour exporting countries expressed reservation on the existing one, a senior immigration official was quoted on...
View ArticleBollywood stars bid final goodbye to Ravi Chopra
Entire Bollywood was saddened by the sudden demise of filmmaker Ravi Chopra. Bollywood personalities Aditya Chopra, Rani Mukerji, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Hema Malini among others paid their last...
View ArticleIs house rent consuming 50% of your salary in Dubai?
Professionals, preferring to live in posh localities such as Dubai Marina, the tallest building block in the world, are sharing apartments or moving out of the master community as rising rents are...
View ArticleDubai authorities end ordeal of child left without ID
Dubai’s authorities have again stepped into the breach to end a four-year ordeal of a little girl by contacting the president of her country to get her a new passport after it was seized by her father...
View ArticleCandid camera: Pregnant woman, son beg for money, drive off in Mercedes
A woman in California regularly noticed a pregnant lady and her son begging on the streetside as she filled gas at a station. Then one fine day, she noticed a man drive up in a Mercedes Benz up to...
View ArticleNow watch YouTube videos without Internet connection; here's how
Popular social media music playing site YouTube on Wednesday unveiled its new service, Music Key, a long-awaited upgrade of its music offerings that will, among other things, play music even if you’re...
View ArticleBollywood review: Even Govinda's dance moves can't save 'Kill Dil'
Barring the obvious similarity in title and a scene where Ranveer Singh wears a cheap imitation of Uma Thurman's legendary yellow suit, director Shaad Ali’s ‘Kill Dil’ is not a copy of Quentin...
View ArticleUAE National Day holiday for private sector declared
Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, UAE Minister of Labour, has announced that the private sector will get a day's paid holiday on the occasion of the UAE's 43rd National Day. As such, December 2 will be a...
View ArticleWorld's costliest homes: Antilia in India follows Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace in London has topped the valuation list of the most expensive houses in the world followed by Antilia building in Mumbai, according to a new study. All pictures courtesy:...
View Article99 iPhone 6s could not buy this man his love
In one of the craziest of proposals, a man in China bought 99 iPhone 6s worth $82,000 [Dh 301,194] and displayed them in the shape of a heart. But, all those iPhones were not enough. The girl said,...
View ArticleHonda recall: Pregnant Malaysian woman dies
A Malaysian woman who died in a car accident due to a defective air bag manufactured by Takata Corp. was pregnant and perished with her unborn baby, Japanese automaker Honda said Friday. Jordhatt...
View ArticleDubai Ambulance rushes pregnant woman… finds patient on road
A Dubai Ambulance that was on its way rushing a pregnant woman - in her advanced stages of labour – to hospital was faced with an unexpected incident. An accident on the road resulted in paramedics...
View ArticleTruck driver keeps two women as 'personal' slaves
A Utah truck driver accused of keeping two women as ‘personal’ slaves in his semitrailer as he travelled the country had four more victims, federal prosecutors said in court documents. Some of the new...
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