Girl child falls to death in Dubai as mom goes for New Year
A five-year-old girl fell to death from her third floor apartment in Dubai’s International City after she was left alone by her mother who went out with friends to mark the New Year. Police said the...
View ArticleNeed another holiday? Here are some UAE airfare deals
If you are like most of us who need another holiday to recover from the Christmas vacation, there are some good airfare deals that are enticing enough to make us think so. Budget carrier Air Arabia has...
View ArticleUpdated list of federal holidays in UAE... how many in 2015?
The Abu Dhabi Government has released the list of public holidays for 2015 on abudhabi.ae, its official portal, giving the public sector 13 days off during the year. The list was updated on December...
View ArticleImran Khan in Pakistan... to share news of his wedding?
Pakistani cricketer turned politician is reportedly married. Rumours of his wedding had been rife for the last several weeks. According to a report in Mirror, Khan ‘confirmed’ to reporters at Heathrow...
View ArticleMore jobs, pay hikes in store for UAE residents in 2015, but…
After a lull of a couple of years during the slowdown phase in the UAE, incomes have been going up in the country with annual pay hikes once again becoming the norm rather than exceptions. The job...
View ArticleBollywood Gossip: Bipasha wants Salman to remain bachelor 'forever'
The first person Bollywood fans want to see hitched is actor Salman Khan, but one celebrity thinks otherwise. (AFP) Bollywood actor Bipasha Basu does not want her 'No entry' co-star to tie the knot...
View ArticleSmaller UAE telecom rivals gain share: Global
Competition in the UAE telecom market is ringing louder and louder. Despite an increase in overall numbers, telecom major Etisalat reportedly lost market share to Du in the third quarter of last year,...
View ArticleChild dials '999' to get rid of maid who forced him to eat...
Abu Dhabi Police operations room receives several emergency calls a day, which are all dealt with seriously. Last year, among the thousands of emergency calls the operations room received some were...
View ArticleIs buying property in Dubai cheaper than renting? Click to know
Buying a property or renting one is a personal decision, but a new research by a UAE-based company suggests that time may be ripe for renters in Dubai to become homeowners. “Our analysis reveals that...
View ArticleManny Pacquiao vs Mayweather fight... UAE group pulls out $120 million offer...
A UAE investment group which guaranteed Floyd Mayweather Jr a record-setting purse of $120 million to fight Manny Pacquiao in Abu Dhabi says the offer is off the table. M Akbar Muhammad, president and...
View ArticleLebanese star voted top adult actress sparks outrage
A Lebanese star has sparked outrage in her home country after being voted one of the world’s most popular adult actresses, according to The Mirror of UK. Mia Khalifa, 21, has even received death...
View ArticleSkydiving plane crashes; 13 divers leap
All 13 people aboard a New Zealand skydiving plane that suffered an apparent engine failure Wednesday managed to leap out in parachutes moments before the plane plunged into a lake, according to...
View ArticleMan shoots himself in face, ploughs knife into stomach and tries to slit his...
Authorities say a New York City man was hospitalized after he shot himself in the face, knifed himself in the stomach and tried to slit his throat with a spatula while visiting his girlfriend in New...
View ArticleMan fined Dh5,000 for beating wife in Sharjah
A Sharjah court fined a man Dh5,000 for beating up his wife although he insisted he was not at home when the woman claimed she was smacked. The wife had demanded Dh20,000 damages but the judge decided...
View ArticleAre you in the right job? Top in-demand professions in UAE
Even as recruitment activity in general is picking up steam across the UAE, your chances of landing a job are stronger if you happen to be in one of these industries. According to the latest Monster...
View ArticleJemima Khan breaks silence on Imran Khan’s secret wedding
After days of speculation and responding to well-wishers that have come out to support her as news broke of her ex-husband Imran Khan’s ‘secret wedding’ to a former weather girl, Jemima Khan finally...
View ArticleSnowfall, blizzards hit Middle East
A storm buffeted the Middle East with blizzards, rain and strong winds, keeping people at home across the region and raising concerns for Syrian refugees facing freezing temperatures in flimsy...
View ArticleFresh shootout in Paris, cop dies; police converge on small town after attack...
LATEST UPDATE: French anti-terrorism police converged on an area northeast of Paris on Thursday after two brothers suspected of being behind an attack on a satirical newspaper were spotted at a petrol...
View ArticleLandlord caught in bed with tenant's wife... tenant dies
A landlord who was caught red-handed in bed with a woman by the latter's husband, ended up killing the tenant. When the tenant tried to beat his wife with a stick, the landlord intervened and hit the...
View ArticleDense fog across UAE causes several accidents; flights delayed
A number of road accidents have been reported across the UAE as dense fog reduces visibility to less than 50 metres in parts of the country. Several accidents have been reported on Sheikh Zayed Road,...
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