Dubai Marina Torch tower fire: Mum recalls running down 79 floors with baby...
Residents of The Torch tower woke up on Sunday morning to the sound of another fire alarm ripping through the building, terrifying several out onto the street. Melissa O’Neill took to Twitter to say:...
View Article277 pedestrians fined Dh200 since Jan
277 pedestrians have been fined Dh200 each for crossing the road in unmarked places since the beginning of January by Ajman Police. Police said the fine was imposed as part of a pedestrian’s safety...
View ArticleSaudi sentenced to death for abusing Islam
A Saudi court sentenced a local man to death after he was found guilty of insulting Islam and its Prophet (PBUH), a newspaper reported on Monday. The unidentified man, in his 20s, was also charged with...
View ArticleWife forgives hubby for attempted murder... Gets out of court, kills her
Blinded by true love, a devoted wife forgave her husband for attempting to murder her, but hours later, was strangled to death by the same man, the Mirror reported. Andrea Crew , 31, mother of two...
View ArticleWhatsApp's free 'contagious' voice calling: UAE activated?
Rumours about WhatsApp offering free VoIP calls to its hundreds of millions of monthly active users came true when, earlier this month, the button to the most eagerly awaited WhatsApp functionality was...
View ArticleStorm in Saudi Arabia causes money to rain
A wave of sand and thunderstorms in Saudi Arabia brought dust, rain and snow across the desert Gulf Kingdom except one place, where it rained money. Residents of a neighbourhood in the Southern Asir...
View ArticleEmirati housewife raped on street at knifepoint
Dubai Criminal Court on Sunday heard details of a case of two students who have been charged with raping a housewife on street. Two young Sudanese students allegedly kidnapped the Emirati housewife...
View ArticleFacebook love-story: How Shikhar Dhawan met his Indian-British wife
They say behind every successful man is a great woman and the hero of India's World Cup win against South Africa - Shikhar Dhawan - is a living example of that. When Dhawan delivers, more often than...
View ArticleKerala 'Ferrari dad' has chequered past
Just days after Indian millionaire Mohammed Nisham was charged with murder for ramming his Hummer into his security guard because he was “too slow” to open the gate, more reports of his chequered past...
View ArticleYou won't believe what's in your child's tablet: 9 devices tested
Did you just get your child a new tablet over the recent shopping season? Perhaps a not-so-expensive Android one, specifically marketed at children? Of course you did because the little one was so...
View ArticleEmirati woman burnt alive in traffic accident
An Emirati woman was charred to death in a traffic accident in Ras Al Khaimah on Monday. The 42-year-old woman motorist was on Lowaa Road when her car collided with a truck and burst into flames, and...
View ArticleVideo: Student throws chair at teacher
Adult students at a school in Morocco booed and laughed at a teacher in class, before throwing at a chair at him while he was giving a lesson. A brief YouTube film showed the students sitting at their...
View ArticleMan falls to death from 13th floor in Dubai's Business Bay
A man fell to his death on Tuesday from his residence in Executive Towers in Dubai’s Business Bay. Dubai Police confirmed the death, identifying him as an Iranian national, adding that the body has...
View ArticleDubai to unveil first electric car charging station today
Travelling in Dubai is set to become even cheaper very soon with the introduction of electrical vehicles (EV) in Dubai soon. The efforts to make Dubai a smart city and environment-friendly are being...
View ArticleLovebirds Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli 'chained' for life?
Cricket and Bollywood are the two things that excite India like no other and when these two elements come together it becomes a blockbuster. So cricketer Virat Kohli and actress Anushka Sharma's...
View ArticleVideo: Storm in Saudi Arabia (or Dubai) causes money to rain
A wave of sand and thunderstorms in Saudi Arabia brought dust, rain and snow across the desert Gulf Kingdom except one place, where it rained money. Residents of a neighbourhood in the Southern Asir...
View ArticleMeet baby boy who cannot cry
A baby boy born in Sydney cannot cry due to a rare brain disorder. Australian ‘Daily Telegraph’ reports that the baby was born with Miller-Dieker Lissencephaly syndrome, which means no senses are going...
View Article24-year-old locked up in filthy shed for 6 years by parents
A teenager was locked into a filthy shed after her parents discovered that they did not 'like' her boyfriend. Zhang Qi was forced to get rid of her boyfriend. However, even after cutting ties with him,...
View ArticleMum sends badly bruised child to school wearing 'shaming' t-shirt
Police say a Florida woman struck a child with a belt and sent her to school in a T-shirt marked with comments about her failing grades. The woman, 30-year-old Melany Joyce Alexander of the Tampa Bay...
View Article'Princess' Emma Watson's reaction on Prince Harry link-up
The internet was rife with unauthentic reports of Prince Harry dating former 'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson. According to an Australian magazine, Woman's Day, Prince Harry reportedly sent Emma an...
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