10-year-old girl granted divorce by court
An Iraqi court decided to divorce a 10-year-old local girl after she was forced by her father to marry a much older man, becoming the youngest divorcee in the Arab nation, an Iraqi news network...
View ArticleRevealed: Salman Khan's 'Bodyguard' returns
If you thought that ‘Bodyguard’, despite its substantial success at the box office, was not a good film, be ready for something worse. Here is the sequel to the Atul Agnihotri produced and Siddiqui...
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We want to reach people before they reach us, says Mohammed as he attends...
The UAE is conducting pilot tests to introduce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for a range of civilian government services including delivering documents to the public and monitoring traffic. His...
View ArticleFeb 19: Day your car stays at home in Dubai
Dubai Municipality (DM), in collaboration with 61 entities from government and the private sector, has geared up to organise the 5th Car Free Day on Wednesday, February 19. Employees will travel to...
View ArticleJob openings in UAE: Bank, hotel, Dubai Refreshments hiring
A number of new openings will come up this week when local companies from different sectors hold walk-in interviews. Among the companies holding open days for jobs include Dubai Refreshments, Dubai...
View ArticleUAE residents beat boom debt-trap with all cash, no credit strategy
An increasing number of UAE residents believe an "all-cash diet" is best suited to them, reveals an Emirates 24|7 online poll. It is a strategy, they believe, that works best to cut down on credit card...
View ArticleEgyptian falls into Dh270,000 honey trap
An Egyptian company manager received a phone call from a woman asking him to come to her apartment and telling him she already knows him. When the man knocked at the door, he was surprised when he came...
View ArticleSaudi denies social media reports whale swallowed entire family
A Saudi family was reported by social networks to have been swallowed by a giant whale at a beach in the Gulf Kingdom, but authorities on Tuesday denied the news and said a picture that was carried...
View ArticleHTC hits re-dial on smartphone pricing: New one starts @ Dh550
Taiwanese tech firm HTC says it will come out with cheaper models to reverse its downward slide in profits. According to a senior HTC official in Dubai the new phones will be Android-based as the...
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Dubai's Government of the Future by 2021 revealed: One ID, one contact, one...
The timeline for the Dubai Government 2021 Initiative. (Dubai Media Office) The ‘Dubai Government 2021 Initiative’ -- created in line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al...
View ArticleDubai mandatory health insurance: Latest updates... Does your plan cover you?
The first steps in the roll out of the mandatory health insurance scheme of Dubai are being rolled out and insurance companies are gradually submitting their new packages, complying with the new...
View Article2-month-old found alive inside garbage bag
Dustmen collecting waste at a main garbage site in Saudi Arabia stumbled across a two-month-old boy wrapped alive inside a garbage bag which was surrounded by hungry cats, a newspaper reported on...
View ArticleJob openings in UAE: Bank, hotel, Dubai Refreshments hiring
A number of new openings will come up this week when local companies from different sectors hold walk-in interviews. Among the companies holding open days for jobs include Dubai Refreshments, Dubai...
View ArticleBollywood's Katrina Kaif turning Emirati...
Earlier Katrina Kaif only had to work on her Hindi diction; and then she got into Urdu diction as well. And now Ms Kaif has to work hard on her Arabic diction for the Saif Ali Khan-starrer ‘Phantom’,...
View ArticleSchool registration fee hike: Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi parents upset
Parents of students in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah are upset with some private schools for raising the registration fee for the academic year 2013-2014 without giving any reason. The parents said the...
View ArticleCanada immigration alert: Waiting period for citizenship cut to a year
The application process towards obtaining Canadian citizenship should take no longer than a year and the current backlog should be reduced by 80 per cent by the year 2015, anticipated the Canadian...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi 40-100% rent hikes: Legal eagles seek official action
Legal experts in Abu Dhabi have urged the emirate’s government to intervene to legalise and regulate the recent sharp increase in residential and commercial rents in the UAE capital. Arabic newspaper...
View ArticleUnited Arab Bank hiring: Click for details
United Arab Bank, one of the fastest growing banks in the UAE, is hiring qualified front and back office staff to meet its operational needs in the country. The bank is looking to fill vacancies for...
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Chelsea title challenge stumbles in West Brom draw
Premier League leaders Chelsea's title challenge suffered a setback when West Bromwich Albion's Victor Anichebe grabbed an 87th-minute equaliser to snatch a 1-1 draw on Tuesday. It looked like Jose...
View ArticleUAE Pump Plan: Fill your own petrol and get a discounted rate
UAE's fuel retailers intend to introduce a new system whereby motorists will be offered petrol and diesel at discounted rates for self-service. According to highly placed sources, the plan is currently...
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