Boy, 2, with weeks to live, to be dad's best man
A Pennsylvania couple plans to have their dying toddler serve as the groom's best man when they wed this weekend. Two-year-old Logan, who spends most days home wrapped in a blanket clutching his...
View ArticleAbandon ship? Indian rupee could fall to 17.70 against UAE dirham
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has issued an ‘abandon ship’ rating for Indian stocks, downgrading the emerging market’s equities to an ‘underweight’ status on concerns that growth recovery will remain...
View ArticleIs Ranbir Kapoor moving in with Katrina Kaif?
Bollywood’s new lovers on the block – Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif – are finally out in the open, at least, that’s what they’d like us to believe after their PR team worked overtime to blind us with...
View ArticleWoman on first date killed in 17-floor fall from balcony
It is every New Yorker's nightmare. A 35-year-old woman fell to her death in the early hours of Thursday after the balcony railing of a 17th-floor apartment apparently gave way as she chatted to a...
View Article10-day Ramadan Night Market opens in Dubai
Ramadan Night Market, the consumer fair, opened its doors to the public on Thursday, August 1, at the Dubai World Trade Center. The market was formally inaugurated by Abdul Rahman Saif Al Ghurair,...
View Article3rd Ashes Test England v Australia Day 1: Captain Clarke spurs Australia with...
Centurion Michael Clarke played a true captain's innings as Australia shrugged off another umpiring controversy to produce an Ashes fightback and rack up 303 for three on the first day of the third...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Google offers virtual tour of A380 superjumbo
Google Street View is now offering a virtual journey inside the iconic twin-deck, four-aisle Airbus A380. The A380 superjumbo is known as the world’s most-fuel efficient jet in its class, burning 20...
View ArticleMan flies Emirates with 958kg in extra baggage, or how to fly a car
This has to be a record of sorts. Short on time (but not on cash, obviously), a wealthy man reportedly flew an Aston Martin in an Emirates Boeing 777 passenger aircraft as a birthday gift for a Russian...
View ArticleDaring movie-style robbery in Abu Dhabi
Five Pakistani men, apparently influenced by detective movies, stalked a 24-year-old Emirati woman as she left a bank in Abu Dhabi before they violently jumped on her and robbed her on the road in the...
View ArticleFootball transfer latest: Arsenal are you ready? Here comes Liverpool’s Suarez…
Liverpool's Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez has accused the club of not honouring a clause in his contract which would let him leave Anfield, in comments published in Wednesday's Guardian. Suarez...
View ArticleEid Holidays: Dubai Metro till 2am, 8,000 taxis on road, free parking
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has worked out a comprehensive road traffic movement plan for the Eid Al Fitr holidays. Hussain Al Banna, Director of Traffic at RTA's Traffic & Roads...
View ArticleTerminally-ill 2-year-old best man at parents' wedding dies
The mother of a terminally ill 2-year-old western Pennsylvania boy who served as his parents' best man at their wedding says he has died. Christine Swidorsky Stevenson says on her Facebook page that...
View ArticleEid Al Fitr likely on Thursday in Saudi Arabia
Muslim scholars in Saudi Arabia appeared split on Tuesday on whether the end-of-Ramadan moon should be sighted on Tuesday, which marks 28 days of the fasting month. But a top scholar said it is almost...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eid Al Fitr holiday for UAE private sector, federal offices announced
Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, UAE Minister of Labour, has issued a ministerial circular announcing the first and second days of the month of Shawwal as Eid-al-Fitr holidays for all establishments in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Countdown to Eid: Your guide to a 4-day road-trip around UAE
If you are lost for activities during the upcoming long weekend, here's what to do. Pack and get set for a four-day trip around the UAE. Alsarab DAY 1 If you were staying in Dubai you may start from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eid on Thursday or Friday: Moon sighting in UAE today
Dr. Hadef bin Jowan Al Dhahiri, Minister of Justice, has issued a decision setting up the moon-sighting committee for the month of Shawwal, Hijri 1434. The committee, chaired by the Minister of...
View ArticleSaudi Ramadan rift: Eid likely on Thursday
Muslim scholars in Saudi Arabia appeared split on Tuesday on whether the end-of-Ramadan moon should be sighted on Tuesday, which marks 28 days of the fasting month. But a top scholar said it is almost...
View ArticleEid surprise for some UAE private sector employees: 4-day holiday
It’s not only the UAE federal government staff that has got a four-day holiday for Eid, but a few private sector companies have also gifted their employees an extra day for Eid. “We all were surprised...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dubai teenagers' Ramadan offer to workers...
This Ramadan, Members of Helping Hand, a non-profitable group formed under the initiative of a teenage student of Dubai, went around various labour camps to create awareness about diabetes and kidney...
View ArticleKatrina Kaif's Bollywood beach rule – No bikini if Indians on the beach
The bikini in Indian cinema was until the 1990s an attire restricted to screen – that too, decorated with swaying trees and butterflies. When the likes of Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Rani...
View Article