Shocking: Online job listings plunge 33%

Hiring in the UAE slows down as market conditions remain uncertain, however, forecasts suggest pace could pick up in 2017. According to the Monster Employment Index (MEI), the UAE has registered a 33 percent year-on-year […]

Obaida’s killer heads for psychiatric check

The 48-year-old suspect on death row for kidnapping, raping and killing 8-year-old Obaida will be examined by psychiatrists to analysis his mental health. Dubai Court of Appeal has agreed to refer Nidal Isa to Rashid […]

New free zone opens in Ras Al Khaimah

Ras al-Khaimah Port, one of the emirate’s five port facilities, has now established a new free zone area that comes under the licence jurisdiction of RAK Maritime City Freezone Authority. Commenting on the new facility, […]

Mideast M&A market reaches $37.4bn in 9 months

Middle Eastern investment banking fees reached $580.7 million during the first nine months of 2016, an 11 per cent increase compared to fees recorded during the same period in 2015, according to estimates from Thomson […]

Woman sues KFC for $20m over bucket of chicken

It’s dubbed finger lickin’ good but it seems this KFC meal didn’t quite make the mark for this customer. An American woman was so disappointed with her ‘family-sized’ bucket of chicken, she’s suing the fast-good […]

UK pensioner furious over 5p bag

A British pensioner was fuming after she was asked to pay 5p for a plastic bag – just to hold her fruit in Asda. The 86-year-old grandmother, who has only been identified as Jean, told […]

UAE woman gives birth to quadruplets

A UAE woman has given birth to quadruplets in a Cesarean operation in Abu Dhabi and doctors said the mother and her babies are in good health. The ‘happy’ parents decided to call the three […]

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