Two women drown, two saved in Saudi
Two Yemeni women died after drowning while swimming at a Saudi beach while two others were rescued by coast guard units, a newspaper reported on Thursday. Coast guard and police rushed to the beach in […]
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Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre commences resolving disputes in Mideast
As of September 25, 2016, Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre (EMAC) is now fully functional and operational with its team and is ready to accept arbitration and mediation and applications or any queries related to EMAC, […]
Man tries to smuggle contraceptives to Saudi
Egyptian airport authorities arrested a man trying to smuggle a large quantity of contraceptives to Saudi Arabia, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. The Egyptian man was about to board a Saudia flight from Cairo to […]
Kuwaiti man kills ‘disobedient’ daughter
A Kuwaiti man strangled his 30-year-old daughter to death then phoned the police to say she had committed a suicide. But investigators questioning the father and his sons discovered “serious” contradictions in their statements and […]
3-day weekend in UAE… October 2 holiday for private, public sectors
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 […]
Chinese baby born without eyes
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 […]
Driver jumps red light in RAK… wife and baby killed
Driver and two other kids were injured A 30-year-old Arab woman and her new born baby were killed after her husband jumped the red lights while on a ride in their car in Ras Al […]
UK school sacks Muslim teacher over 9/11 film
A British school sacked a Muslim teaching assistant after she complained about a video showing the events on 9/11 to a class of 11-year-olds. Suriyah Bi lost her job at Birmingham’s Heartlands Academy after just a […]
Gulf man ends life with poison
A Saudi man suffering from mental illness committed a suicide by taking a large amount of poison at his home in the Gulf kingdom, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The 25-year-old man was found dead […]
Man divorces wife… lashes for 14 people of 2 families
A Saudi court ordered 14 people from two families lashed 20 times each after they were involved in a fight against each other following the divorce of a wife from one family. The wife was […]