Abu Dhabi: Thirty-eight couples were married at the 11th mass wedding held in Madinat Zayed City here in the presence of senior government officials. The mass wedding was held on Thursday night under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in the Western Region.

Los Angeles: A hijab-clad woman was allegedly accosted at a US store by another customer who called her a “terrorist” and told her to “get out” of the country, the latest in a series of hate incidents in which headscarf-wearing women have been targeted following Donald Trump’s win. The incident happ

Amazon.com Inc is reportedly in talks to acquire Dubai-based online retailer Souq.com for about $1 billion, it was reported on Thursday. Bloomberg reported that the deal will give the US-based e-commerce giant a footprint in the high-growth Middle East market, citing people familiar with the matt

DUBAI // Hundreds of mourners led by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, attended the funeral prayers for Lt Gen Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Dubai Chief of Police, who passed away on Thursday from a heart attack. The funeral was held at the Zabeel Grand Mosque after Friday

BHATINDA: In election-bound Punjab, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that Indus river waters "belong to our farmers" and India has the right to the waters flowing into Pakistan. "The Indus waters, India has the right to those waters...it flows into Pakistan. Flowing through Pakistan, the w

Cricket South Africa said that Faf du Plessis would appeal ICC's decision to fine him, which prompted the ICC to respond. The International Cricket Council (ICC) have expressed disappointment at South Africa captain Faf du Plessis’s decision to lodge an appeal after he was found guilty of a bal

"Modiji promised that he would bring back Rs 80 lakh crore black money back to India. Has he fulfilled that promise? No," Congress spokesperson Kapil Sibal said. The Congress accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "not being worthy of trust" as he has failed to fulfil any of his promises. Co

NEW DELIH: Few days after a British tabloid published footage of Kohli applying saliva to the ball during the first Test against England at Rajkot, in a similar manner to which that had prompted International Cricket Council (ICC) to take action against South African skipper Faf du Plessis for ball-

MOHALI: Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Friday gave a nod of approval to the Decision Review System, after the national team used it for the first time in a home series following years of resistance to the technology. Kohli described the DRS as "pretty fair" after the first two Tests against Englan

NEW DELHI: They were meant to replace the demonetised currency, but some new 500-rupee notes are causing some confusion -- because of printing errors. Apparently, in a rush to go to print, an unspecified number -- no one knows exactly how many -- of notes of Rs. 500 denomination have visible erro

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Akto County in Xinjiang province at 10.24 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Friday, local authorities said adding that there were no casualties. According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre, the quake struck at a depth of 10 km with its epicentre located at 39.27 degre

Forty-four people were killed and 103 injured when one Iranian passenger train collided with another at a station about 150 miles (250 km) east of the capital Tehran, state media reported. “I was sleeping when the crash happened. I thought it was an air strike … When I opened my eyes, there was bloo

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik issued another open letter on Friday reiterating he has always advocated peace and condemned violence in all its forms. The statement comes amidst a case being registered and several raids being conducted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against Na

Aman Mani Tripathi is the son of former UP minister Amar Mani Tripathi, who is already in jail in connection with the murder of poet Madhumita Shukla in 2003. Samajwadi Party leader Aman Mani Tripathi, son of jailed politician Amar Mani Tripathi, was on Friday arrested by CBI from Delhi in connec

General Commander of Dubai Police, Lieutenant General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, died on Thursday night. He died at Rashid Hospital after he was rushed there following a heart attack. The funeral prayer will be held at Zabeel after Friday prayer and he will be buried at Al Qusais cemetery. L

But some Indian expats prefer to wait and watch as the rupee is expected to weaken over the winter break Gulf money exchanges are bracing for an unprecedented remittance rush sparked by the Indian rupee's plunge to a historic low against the dollar on Thursday. Exchange firms expect remittances to

New Delhi: Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani will visit India on December 3 and hold discussions with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on bilateral, regional and multilateral issues of common interest. With Qatar being the largest supplier of LNG to India,

A 5-year-old Muslim kindergarten student was allegedly assaulted by a woman teacher who grabbed him by the neck and began choking him, the latest in a series of hate incidents reported in the US following Donald Trump’s win. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the country’s largest