Sandstorm hits UAE: 48-hour storm weather alert; Dubai rain forecast
The UAE awoke this morning to a severe sandstorm, with strong winds blowing up sand and dust. Social media messages were going out early with commuters and officials urging motorists to drive...
View ArticleChelsea vs PSG Champions League last-16 2nd leg: 10-man PSG send Chelsea...
In a dramatic turnaround Paris Saint Germain, playing with 10 men after their star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was red-carded in the 31st minute, pulled off a surprise victory over Chelsea to book their...
View ArticleUS to Dubai return @ $650: How to nab deal
While residents of the UAE can take advantage of Emirates’ summer bargain announced on Monday, the Dubai-based carrier has also launched a two-for-one deal for US-based customers flying to the emirate...
View ArticlePhilippine Cinderellas: Beauty queens beat poverty, seize world
As a child she waded in muddy Philippine rice paddies, now teenager Janicel Lubina struts down runways for the country's top designers and is hoping to be crowned among the world's most beautiful...
View ArticleAir India to shut down? Will Dubai-India tickets go up?
The government of India has decided to shut down five of its 65 ‘sick,’ or or financially unviable, public sector undertakings (PSUs), which include its national airline Air India, according to a...
View ArticleSandstorm hits UAE: 48-hour alert; Dubai rain forecast
The UAE awoke this morning to a severe sandstorm, with strong winds blowing up sand and dust. Social media messages were going out early with commuters and officials urging motorists to drive...
View ArticleWill UAE developers go for it? 57-floor tower built in 19 days [video]
Broad Sustainable Building (BSB), the developer of the proposed 838-metre pre-fabricated ‘Sky City’ in Changsha, China, calls its “country’s new normal.” It has built a 57-storey tower (J57) in 19...
View Article8-month pregnant model's tiny belly causes huge uproar
Sarah Stage is a gorgeous 30-year-old lingerie model who happens to be eight-and-a-half months pregnant. You'd never guess that this super fit is 8 1/2 months pregnant if you see her Instagram posts...
View ArticleGorgeous Aishwarya Rai on an endorsement spree in Kuwait
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan attended an event of a watch company in Kuwait recently. The Bollywood actress has been associated with Longines for 15 years. The former Miss World wore a black Burberry outfit...
View ArticleVPN use punishable under law: Dubai Police
Use of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) is illegal and can be punishable under the UAE law, a senior Dubai Police official reiterated. While the UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has always...
View ArticleRevealed: Most expensive cities to live in (Dubai not in Top 3 in MEA)
It may come as a surprise for some of us living here in Dubai, but the emirate is more affordable to live in than almost two-thirds of the world’s 133 cities ranked by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s...
View ArticleMan charged for sending lewd messages
SRI LANKA: Following an investigation conducted into complaints lodged with the Crimes Division of Western Province- North on incidents of harassing women by sending inappropriate messages to their...
View ArticleFriends mourn death of young man who passed away in sleep in Abu Dhabi
A 30-year-old Indian technical staff of a leading telecommunication company was found dead on Tuesday morning in his sharing accommodation in Mussafa, Abu Dhabi. According to his friends, Jaimon Xavier...
View ArticleFit to fat: Why has Aamir Khan gained so much weight?
“Even if I have hurt even one person in this world, I would like to pologise to him or her. It was never our intention to hurt them,” says Aamir Khan. An apology that comes a good three months after...
View Article'Loving' woman picks Dubai cabbie's pocket
A Jordanian woman allegedly hugged and kissed a taxi driver in a building's lift to distract him while picking his pocket, the Dubai Criminal Court heard. On December 12, GR, 45, Pakistani taxi driver...
View ArticleWhen you could rent studio in Dubai for Dh9,500 a year
Rents for apartments in Deira, the old Dubai, have risen by nearly five times in last three decades, a report by Asteco reveals. The property consultancy said annual rents for studio and three-bed...
View ArticleConcert review: Michael Bublé leaves Dubai audiences mesmerized
Perhaps one of the most telling moments of the night was when Michael Bublé pulled off his microphone and went on to sing with just his powerful vocal chords greeting a silent sea of fans, prompting an...
View ArticleExclusive Super-Fight Countdown: Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather Jr face off
Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather's usual conservative style might not be enough to hold off Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao, former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson has warned. Tyson is just the...
View ArticleDubai Water Canal gives Sheikh Zayed Road new 8-lane bridge
Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) revealed that completion rate in Phase I of the Dubai Water Canal project had hit 40 per cent....
View ArticleWhat is wrong with this UAE picture?
The Media Security Department of the UAE Ministry of Interior and the Abu Dhabi Police, in its endeavour to raise sense of security and community responsibility has begun to release various ‘reality’...
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