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 […]
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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 […]
Summer mid-day work ban ends today
A mandatory three-hour mid-day summer break for workers at construction sites and other outdoor places in the UAE and other Gulf oil producers ended on Thursday. More than 100,000 work sites were affected by the […]
Filipino music icon Bamboo set for Dubai show
Dubai (UAE): Fresh from recording another series of the hugely popular TV show ‘The Voice Kids’, Filipino music icon Bamboo will return to the Dubai World Trade Centre on October 27 as part of a […]
Brexit backlash: Europeans see Brits as ‘stupid and ugly’
Britain’s decision to pull out of the European Union is still drawing ire, with people in other European countries describing the Brits as stupid, dirty and ugly. The Daily Express newspaper on Thursday published results […]
Man rapes little girl 4 times…jailed 17 years
A British man raped a little girl four times in just three months after threatening to kill her if she told her parents. The judge sentenced him to 17 years in jail, saying it is the […]
Dubai Police recover over Dh79m in delayed wages for workers
The human rights division at Dubai Police recovered more than Dh79 million in delayed wages for workers through 2014-2015 after receiving hundreds of complaints about employers, according to the division director. Brigadier Mohammed Al Murr […]
Pressure on MENA reinsurance market persists as players produce mixed earnings: Report
Reinsurance markets in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) are generally perceived as a source of expansion, with continued market liberalisation and the gradual removal of sanctions from Iran expected to yield further […]