Video: Child cries at seeing Israeli flags
A little Jordanian pupil shocked his teacher during a school visit to the Southern Red Sea port of Aqaba when he burst into crying after seeing Israeli flags in a nearby port. The boy and his...
View ArticleWife kills husband, puts body in fridge
A Jordanian woman was sentenced to death in the capital Amman after she was convicted of murdering her husband and cutting his body to pieces which she stuffed in the fridge. She then spent 12 days...
View ArticleDubai-Al Ain road to become 12-lane highway
A widening of Dubai-Al Ain Road is in the pipeline, increasing the number of lanes from 3 lanes in both directions to 6 lanes in both directions, said the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in a...
View ArticleEmirates signs biggest deal in ATP history
Emirates airline and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) have elevated their partnership announcing Emirates Airline as the Premier Partner of the ATP World Tour from 2016. The five-year...
View ArticleUAE discount-lovers await White Friday deals but experts warn of fraud
A number of online retailers in the UAE, including Souq.com, CrazyDeals.com, SouqPrices.com and Namshi.com will be hosting White Friday sales (equivalent of Black Friday in the western world), offering...
View ArticleTandem skydive ends in death, injury
A skydiving student died and an instructor was injured in a tandem jump in Arizona, authorities said Saturday. Pinal County Sheriff's spokesman Mark Clark said a malfunction or failure occurred,...
View ArticlePakistani thief catcher first expat to win EAY award
An Emirati and a Pakistani man who foiled a recent exchange shop robbery in Ras Al Khaimah has been selected as 'persons of the month' by the Dubai-based Emarat Al Youm (EAY) Arabic language daily,...
View ArticleLebanese superstar Haifa Wehbe 'kills' student
A teenaged Egyptian student died after he was run over by a truck in the Arab country and witnesses said he was busy staring at the image of famous Lebanese singer and actress Haifa Wehbe posted across...
View ArticleDonkey tied to car, dragged on hot asphalt
An unknown driver tied a donkey to his car and dragged him on a hot asphalted road in Saudi Arabia for a long distance before leaving it with a scalded body. Police said the donkey’s owner reported the...
View ArticleHSBC cuts 150 UAE jobs among thousands globally
HSBC bank has let go of about 150 employees in the UAE, according to bank sources. A bank spokesperson acknowledged the redundancies but declined to confirm the number. “As flagged in our Investor...
View ArticleWoman gives birth to quadruplets, dies
An Egyptian man in Saudi Arabia got a dual shock when he was told his wife gave birth to quadruplets, but that she died just after the delivery. “He had a pleasant and a sad shock. He was happy with...
View ArticleUAE closer to lowering driving age to 17
Major-General Mohammed Saif Al Zafeen, Chairman of Federal Traffic Council and Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Operations Dubai Police, said that the Council has approved the lowering of the minimum...
View ArticleUAE Weather Alert: Gear up for rain, slippery roads until Thursday
The UAE weather bureau forecasts chances of rain and 'unstable conditions' starting Tuesday. “It will go from ‘partly cloudy’ to ‘cloudy’,” said a spokesperson for UAE's National Center for Meteorology...
View ArticlePlane diverted over 'suspicious' behaviour
A Southwest Airlines flight from Indianapolis to Los Angeles was diverted to Kansas City and searched on Sunday after the crew reported suspicious behaviour by some passengers, the FBI said. "The...
View ArticleMan gets Dh303,000 by mistake
A Saudi man who went to his bank to withdraw money from the cash machine was shocked when he found that he had received SR303,000 (Dh303,000) into his account. Instead of welcoming the new fortune, he...
View ArticleCould American expats lose their passports on January 1, 2016?
The 8 million Americans living overseas should “ensure their financial affairs are in order and compliant” before the New Year, or face having their passports revoked, warns a financial advisory...
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Latest gold, forex rates in UAE: Gold price near lowest in 6 years
Gold extended losses on Monday, falling towards a near-six-year low reached last week, pressured by a robust dollar and upbeat comments from Federal Reserve officials on a possible US rate hike next...
View ArticleWife poisons hubby's drink, caught by spelling mistake
A British woman who tried to kill her husband by poisoning his Christmas drink of sparkling fruit wine with anti-freeze was jailed for 15 years on Monday after being undone by a spelling mistake and a...
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Deira residential building fire put out; 3 blocks badly damaged; no injuries
UPDATE: A major fire broke out in a residential building near Muraqqabat Police Station on Monday evening is "under control" now, an official said. At 10pm on Monday, Dubai Civil Defence spokesperson...
View ArticleDubai Parks and Resorts to host Open Day to hire 1,000
Dubai Parks and Resorts, developer of the theme park resort, will open its doors to Emiratis across the country in its first UAE National Open Day this week as part of a series of roadshows across the...
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