UAE made another historic announcement on Tuesday as it offered 100 per cent foreign ownership in 122 economic sectors. The UAE Cabinet, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the sectors and economi

Kalba's Public Prosecution referred seven students involved in the viral bullying incident to court. A video of the bullying attack inside a school bus went viral on social media last week. They are expected to appear in Kalba's court on Thursday. Two of the defendants were sent to a juvenile

Dubai: Over 300 expats, mostly from India, working with a private company in the UAE are struggling to make their ends meet after not receiving their salaries for several months now, a media report said on Friday. The plight of the workers began a little over a year ago when they started experien

All children who were injured in two school bus-car collisions on Wednesday are in good health condition, according to the head of Department of Health in Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi Police reported on Wednesday evening that nine children were injured in two separate accidents involving school buses

JEDDAH — Yumkhaibam Sabir has joined the Consulate General of India, Jeddah, as the consul for Haj. An IFS officer of the 2012 batch, Yumkhaibam previously served in the Indian embassies in Egypt and Oman as well as the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi. Yumkhaibam studied Arabic Language

Indian national and working mother of three, Gracy Kutty Chacko struck luck as the mega winner of this year's summer promotion launched by UAE Exchange. It was a dream come true for the UAE resident of 10 years, who works as a nurse in Al Ain to win a brand-new house in Dubai. UAE Exchange felici

The Ajman Civil Defence teams managed to control two different fire incidents on Sunday afternoon. The leak from a gas cylinder led to another incident in a cafeteria in Al Naeemiya area. No casualties were reported. Lieutenant Colonel Raed Obeid Al Zaabi, Deputy Director of the fire station

Seven Asian residents stood trial at the Ras Al Khaimah Criminal Court over charges of forging ID documents and illegally working with an employer other than their sponsor. Court records show that the seven suspects used fake identification documents to work with a sponsor other than th

The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (Adafsa) issued an order to close AlSayyad Restaurant & Grill at Abu Dhabi Port for violating Law No. (2) for the year 2008 in respect of Food within the emirate of Abu Dhabi, which emphasizes on consumer protection and ensuring the food safety

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.