698 reports against Dubai cops in 9 months
Dubai’s human rights authorities received 698 reports from the public against the emirate’s police in the first nine months of 2014 but most of them turned out to be false. A large number of the...
View Article'Al Reem Ghost' in custody in less than 48 hours
Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, said that the security and police forces arrested the suspected 'Niqabi' woman for the brutal murder of the...
View ArticleVideo: Killer of American woman arrested
Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, announced on Thursday that Abu Dhabi Police have arrested the killer (known as Reem Island Ghost) of...
View ArticleIbolya Ryan's ex-hubby: Grateful for capture of 'Reem Island ghost'
Paul Ryan, the ex-husband of Ibolya Ryan, the American schoolteacher who was stabbed to death in a shopping mall restroom on Reem Island in Abu Dhabi earlier this week by a veiled woman dubbed as ‘Reem...
View Article'Married woman can sponsor family in UAE'
Under the UAE immigration law, the two most common types of visas, allowing one to enter the country, are a tourist visa and a residence visa. A woman can sponsor her family only if she is married and...
View ArticleUS doctor hails Abu Dhabi cops' rapid response to bomb threat
The American doctor MHH who was targeted by a makeshift bomb planted at his doorstep by the veiled Emirati female suspect in the murder of an American schoolteacher in a shopping mall restroom on Reem...
View ArticleVideo: Daredevil naturalist offers himself as dinner to world's largest snake
When naturalist Paul Rosolie wanted to focus attention on the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, he decided he needed a stunt guaranteed to get people looking. So the staunch environmentalist...
View ArticleMH370: Victims' families asked for DNA samples
Latest: Malaysian Airlines has confirmed that police’s forensic team had requested families of MH370 victims to provide their DNA samples, according to a report in Asiaone. MAS said that their top...
View Article2 Indians killed changing tyre in Ajman
Two Indian motorists died in Ajman on Saturday at around 5am after being hit by a speeding taxi, when the two friends were changing their vehicle's tyre after a puncture, near the Sheikh Zayed Mosque...
View Article'Made in France' turns out to be 'made in Saudi'
Saudi law enforcers shut down a factory producing homemade perfume and labelling the bottles as ‘Made in France’, a newspaper reported on Monday. Inspectors from the ministry of commerce raided the...
View ArticleWedding brawl after sister-in-law kisses the groom
Indian weddings and kisses do not normally go together – certainly not in public fora. This is why a wedding in Aligarh, India, has grabbed space in the Times of India, for a kiss. Only this wedding...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi Reem Island killing 'personal terrorist act'
An official security source has disclosed that, given the investigations and the confessions of the accused in the Al Reem Island murder case, and material evidence collected by the security...
View ArticleUAE labour card fines cut to Dh1,000 for 6 months
The UAE’s Ministry of Labour has announced granting all employers a reduction to all issued fines, regardless of their amounts per employee, to Dh1,000 for a grace period of six months starting January...
View Article16-year-old Italian student finds wallet in Abu Dhabi taxi...
The Abu Dhabi Police honoured an Italian student for his honesty. The teenager, who immediately handed the police a wallet he found in Abu Dhabi, received a certificate of appreciation and a token...
View ArticleMH370 latest: Explosion of lithium batteries cause of crash, says report
Latest: A new theory has now emerged, which suggests that lithium batteries carried by missing Boeing 777 may be have led to an explosion. About 5,000 lithium-ion batteries were loaded in cargo...
View ArticleBritish millionaire acquitted of 'honeymoon murder'
A South African judge on Monday cleared British millionaire businessman Shrien Dewani of murdering his bride on their honeymoon, saying prosecutors failed to make the charge stick in a sensational...
View ArticleUAE firm announces Dh20m reward for 'excellent' employees
Are you an excellent employee? Is your KPI outstanding? If not, better pull up your sleeves because below-par performance is not a good omen for you professionally due to the fast changing corporate...
View ArticlePassenger goes nuts over nuts on flight
The daughter of the CEO of Korean Air forced the purser off a plane bound for Seoul from New York after she was incorrectly served some nuts - delaying the flight and triggering a government probe,...
View ArticleSaudi girl child lives with lion, wolf and cheetah
Although she is only around 10 years old, Madawi Al Anzi of Saudi Arabia lives with a lion, wolf and a cheetah in the same bedroom. Anzi says she cannot go to bed without those animals, which are aged...
View ArticleMan falls asleep while cooking, dies
Pennsylvania state police say a man who fell asleep while cooking has been found dead after a house fire. Troopers say it appears victim Anthony Joseph Willis tried to escape through a first-floor...
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