A 29-year-old Indian man and his wife have been charged in a court here with physically assaulting his mother, causing her bone and rib fractures, internal bleeding as well as severe burns and unintentionally causing her death, according to a media report. The man and his 28-year-old wife, whose

Dubai: Microsoft on Wednesday will launch two regional cloud services from its new data centers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, according to Sayed Hashish, general manager for Microsoft Gulf. The data centers were announced last year. Microsoft joins a growing number of big tech companies moving data cen

Dubai: V.P. Abdulla Mahmood, owner of popular Indian restaurant chain in the UAE ‘Eat & Drink’, died in his hometown in the south Indian state of Kerala on Monday. A senior company executive told Gulf News that Abdulla, 62, was undergoing treatment for cancer in the US and India for the past six

Ministerial Development Council presided over by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, discussed on Sunday the policy for educational professionals in the UAE in line with the government's continuous effort to advance the education sector.

Paris: The sister of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to be put on trial in Paris next month for allegedly ordering her bodyguard to beat up a workman in the French capital, a legal source told AFP on Wednesday. The case against Princess Hassa bint Salman stems from an alleged assault in

An Arab woman tried to make a quick buck by begging. However, unknowingly, she knocked on the door of a policeman for alms and found herself under arrest. The woman stood trial at the Ras Al Khaimah misdemeanour court on Monday, where she denied the charges. "I was not begging. I was looking for

Abu Dhabi Agriculture & Food Safety Authority (Adafsa) issued an order to close two food establishments in Al Ain, Zakhar Restaurant and Confectionary with license number (CN-1102951) and Dafra Sweets with license number (CN-1102951) for violating health codes despite previous warnings. Thame

Emirati twin boys, aged two years and five months, drowned in the swimming pool of their neighbour at Khuzam area in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah late on Thursday. Brigadier Mohammed Saeed Al Humaidi, director-general of the central operations room, RAK Police, on Friday morning said t

A bus accident in Dubai on Thursday claimed seventeen lives, including that of 10 Indians. The group was returning from Oman after the Eid break when the tourist bus which bore Oman’s number plate rammed into a divider and then a sign board at Al Rashidiya exit on Sheikh Muhammad Bin Zayed Road.

Abu Dhabi: The UAE is following with great concern and deep interest the developments in the brotherly Republic of Sudan. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said: “The UAE hopes that wisdom, voice of reason and constructive dialogue would preva

An Indian expat won a staggering USD 2.7 million in a monthly raffle in the UAE, a media report said Tuesday. Sanjai Nath R, who had purchased the ticket at Big Ticket Abu Dhabi, was announced the winner on Monday of the bumper prize, 10 million dirham (USD 2.7 million), the Khaleej Times reporte

Abu Dhabi: The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship on Monday announced that it had issued its first gold residence card to Indian business leader Yousuf Ali. Ali, who is the chairman and director of Lulu Group, was handed the gold card in Abu Dhabi by Brigadier Saeed Salem Al

New Delhi: Walking on the footsteps of former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, S Jaishankar appreciated the prompt action of Indian Embassy officials in Riyadh after they helped a stranded Indian in Saudi Arabia. A Twitter user, named Manik Chattopadhyay, wanted to move back to India and urg

India was the leading destination for outward personal remittances from the UAE during 2018, according to figures included in the annual report of the UAE Central Bank, released this week. India was followed as a destination by Pakistan (9.5 percent), the Philippines (7.2 percent), Egypt (5.3 per

Dubai: The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) is assuring consumers in the UAE that they will be able to continue using their Huawei devices amid efforts by the US government to blacklist the Chinese company. In a statement issued late Thursday, the TRA said it had been in ta

Abu Dhabi: The UAE and the US have announced the entry into force of the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA), signed earlier this year. The agreement will enhance military coordination between the two nations, further advancing an already robust military, political, and economic partnership at a

Fuel retailer Enoc plans major expansion by opening an additional 62 petrol stations in the UAE by 2020 at a cost of around Dh1.24 billion and 110 stations in Saudi Arabia by 2030, investing around SR1.1 billion. (Looking for jobs in UAE? Search here) The Dubai-headquartered fuel retailer is curr

The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship has announced that it has completed all necessary procedures, granting 3,354 children of Emirati mothers the UAE citizenship. In a statement, the Authority said that procedures were completed following the directives of The President, His Highnes