A former city mayor has admitted to the rape of a four-year-old girl but claims she was a ‘willing participant’ who initiated sex, press reports have said. Richard Keenan, who served as mayor of Hubbard, […]
Kuwait will save around KD10 billion ($33 billion) in five years as a result of austerity measures announced by the government to support a fiscal deficit because of low oil prices, a Kuwait newspaper has […]
An Asian butcher killed a housemaid of the same nationality, cut her head and limbs off and set them on fire before burying the rest of the body in Dubai. He then confessed to the […]
Dubai Wholesale City has undertaken a series of opinion polls and discussions with food traders, importers and exporters with the aim to join forces in supporting UAE food security. Headed by Abdulla Belhoul, Chief Executive […]
October 2, Sunday, will be a paid holiday for both public and private sector in the UAE to mark Islamic New Year, 1438 Hijri. Official duty will resume on Monday, October 3, according to a […]
A woman in China has given birth to a baby boy with no eyes as he is believed to be suffering from a disease. Liu Peihua gave birth on September 20 to a boy who […]
Saudi customs inspectors on King Fahd Causeway linking the kingdom with nearby Bahrain arrested a driver trying to smuggle SR140,000 (Dh140,000). Newspapers said the inspectors searching the passenger’s car found the money wrapped in plastic […]
A Saudi government hospital was forced to cram bodies together in its morgue after some of its parts suffered from a power fault and more bodies were received from a deadly road accident, a newspaper […]
Millions of people in the UK have no idea where major cities such as Manchester, Birmingham and even London feature on a map, according to new research. In a poll, 2,000 British adults were asked […]