Dubai: Ten new schools offering British, Indian, IB, French, Canadian and American curriculums are set to open across Dubai from September, it was announced on Saturday. As well as varying curriculums, the schools will have different price points. Among the 10 new schools, the Newlands School in

Dubai: Dubai will soon have more schools affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), as the demand for the curriculum rises among the Indian expatriates here. Currently, Dubai has three of the five CISCE curriculum schools in the UAE, while rest of the Indian

The Dubai Police have appealed to the people not to republish or respond to messages that seek donations and make one believe that the money will be used to pay off the debts of those languishing in prisons during Ramadan. Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for

Dubai Police had recently arrested a gang of three Asian nationals  for stealing Dh10 million worth of precious stones from a European company in Al Barsha. The company’s owner was surprised to learn that the gemstones were missing after he came back from his travels; he immediately informed the

Dubai: Dubai Municipality has banned the sale and circulation of one-time use disposable mobile phone chargers in the emirate. It has also given a one month deadline for shops to return the imported chargers to their country of origin. The small and wireless portable chargers for both Android and

Dubai: School fees in Dubai are expected to rise again for another academic year after the release of the latest school ratings on Tuesday. The hikes for the new school year (2017-18) will vary between 2.4 per cent and 4.8 per cent, in line with the government rating of the school and the Education

The price of gold in the so-called “City of Gold” is not getting any higher. As of 10:09 in the morning, the price of Dubai gold continues to fall, with the 24-carat gold hitting Dh147.75 mark, a drop from yesterday’s Dh148, latest statistics from Gulf News showed. The price of a 22-carat

Washington: United States President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster has said that the former made the decision to begin his first foreign trip in Saudi Arabia in order to deliver a message of peace and unity to the world. “No president has ever visited the homeland

Dubai: At least one person was killed on Saturday in a fire that broke out on a ship carrying petroleum products docked at a port in Sharjah. Four people were injured in the fire that was extinguished in the afternoon at Sharjah’s Al Hamriyah port. Col. Sami Al Naqbi, Director-General of Sha

Dubai: Dubai Police have arrested a six-member gang who stole Dh3 million from a money transporting vehicle, police said on Thursday. Major-General Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant to the Dubai Police Chief for Criminal Investigation Affairs, said that police received a call about a vehicle

Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, issued a special message, marking the growth of Emirates over the decades. Emirates Group posted a Dh2.5 billion profit, announced earlier today. In his message, Sheikh Mohammed

Dubai: Dubai’s public buses have seen almost one million more riders in the first quarter of this year, up 2.5 per cent over the year before. In the first quarter of this year, the emirate’s buses saw 38,616,365 riders, up from 37,654,468 the same time last year. This increase shows “the growi

More than 1,600 stones of different sizes were removed from the gallbladder of a 40-year-old woman at Khalifa General Hospital in Umm Al Quwain on Thursday. Dr. Tahir Hilmi, head of the medical team and general surgery and surgical endoscopy consultant, said the patient reported to the outpatient

A woman who was arrested on charges of entering the UAE illegally through a border has been languishing in a Dubai jail for three years after two East European countries refused to allow her entry. The Dubai Human Rights is seeking to resolve the issue and has approached the United Nations High C

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced its decision to stop hiring foreign dentists to provide job opportunities for locals. The decision, announced by the Labour Ministry, aims to encourage the private sector to hire more locals in the medical area, Xinhua news agency reported. The lates

Sharjah: A Gulf Cooperation National in Sharjah was injured by three other women, breaking her thumb and afflicting minor cuts on her body, when she demanded them to delete the selfie. According, to the Sharjah police, the woman was in a Beauty Salon. Three other women customers visited the sal

Muscat: Two people have been arrested for possession of narcotics, the ROP announced Sunday. The Department of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances, led by the Wusta Governorate Police, arrested two people in the Haima province for charges of possession and abuse of narcotics. The police seized

As part of a strategic partnership with Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority, Emirates Post Group is providing various RTA services to customers through post offices across the country, including the purchase of parking cards, payments of RTA traffic fines through a direct electronic link, and sale