The UAE Cabinet, chaired by Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum congratulated the leaders and the people of the UAE on the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, saying it is “an opportunity for all of us to spread the sp

The United Arab Emirates will lift a years-long travel ban on Lebanon, a move that could revive the embattled country’s vital tourism sector. Visiting U.A.E. Ambassador to Lebanon Hamad Al Shamsi said the ban would end soon, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. Al Shamsi, who me

The Telecommunication Regulatory Authority announced that 267 websites were blocked, during the first quarter of 2019, for offensive and obscene content. According to Al Bayan, the TRA said that 117 (43.8 per cent) of the blocked websites were used for fraud while 115 of the blocked websites (43.

UAE has officially confirmed that Ramadan 1440 will begin on Monday (May 6) - after the Ramadan crescent was sighted in UAE on Sunday morning. Dubai Media Office confirmed on Sunday evening that May 6 (Monday) will be the first day of Ramadan. According to a picture tweeted earlier by the local

The Ramadan Moon Sighting Committee will meet today after Maghrib prayer under the chairmanship of Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi Al Dhaheri, Minister of Justice. The Sharia courts across the country will follow up and inform the committee of any sightings, while the Lunar Calendar Committee at the Abu

Abu Dhabi Police has announced that heavy-duty trucks, lorries, and buses carrying more than 50 passengers will be banned on Abu Dhabi roads between 08:00 and 10:00, and from 14:00 to 16:00 throughout the holy month of Ramadan. Buses carrying 50 passengers or more have been stopped from plying in

Grade 12 students of Indian schools in the UAE were ecstatic and breathed a sigh of relief after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced annual board examination results on Thursday, a few weeks earlier than expected. Most Indian schools in the UAE have reported 100 per cent in

Under the directives and in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship announced the implementation of the Cabinet's decision to issue five-year residency visas

An Indian national living in Bahrain on Tuesday won $1 million at the Dubai Duty Free raffle. Sara Elrayah Ahmed, a 21-year-old medical student, had purchased ticket no. 2790 in series 299 had purchased the ticket on her way back to Manama during her transit to Dubai from Mumbai. "I followed m

The suspect, named as Zaki Y. M. Hasan, was found hanging from the bathroom door in his one-person cell in Silivri prison, west of Istanbul, when guards arrived to give him food on Sunday morning, the prosecutor’s office statement said. It said the man had been registered in a roll-call that morn

In probably the first, the UAE government has given birth certificate to a nine-month old girl who was born to an Indian Hindu father and a Muslim mother, setting aside the country’s marriage rules for expatriates during the Year of Tolerance, according to a media report. As per the marriage rule

The Sharjah Police arrested a driver for killing a man in a run-over accident. The mishap took place at a road leading to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed road. According to Sharjah Police's announcement on Instagram, the driver fled the scene after he hit an African man. The victim was then rushed to A

A total of 163 young, aspiring UAE scientists were recognised for their creativity, resourcefulness and innovation at the awarding ceremony for the seventh edition of the pan-UAE Think Science competition, held in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Winning student projects included drones that serve as firs

She was in the back of a car with her four-year-old son on the way to their home in Al Ain, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), when the vehicle collided with a school bus. Ms Munira Abdulla, then 32, hugged her son to protect him, but suffered a serious brain injury from the impact, which left he

To the shock of residents in Sharjah, few mobile phone vendors are blackmailing them with personal videos, photos and asking them to pay money. The Sharjah Police revealed these shopkeepers are retrieving deleted content from phones sold by the customers and leaking them to other people to blackm

Unlicensed drivers caused 580 accidents in Ras Al Khaimah in the last 15 months, a top official has told Khaleej Times. Colonel Ahmad Al Sam Al Naqbi, director of the traffic and patrols department, RAK Police, said 90 such accidents were reported in the first three months of 2019. Most of the dr

UAE students attending International Baccalaureate schools will soon be learning about 'fake news' as part of a new requirement in their curriculum. Pupils will be educated on how to identify genuine and false news stories, along with the impact fake news can have on a person's life. Fake news

The UAE-India economic, political and cultural ties are in their golden era with bilateral trade and investments continuing to grow ever year, senior officials of the two countries said in Dubai on Friday. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of State for Tolerance, commended the bil