What new types of visas has UAE come up with?
DUBAI 14 August 2017: Not many people know that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has opened up many new types of visas – apart from the traditional residence and entry visas, according to a leading […]
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New ‘World Record’ set in Dubai on Wednesday
DUBAI 11 August 2017: Thousands of UAE citizens, residents and visitors helped set a new Guinness World Record on Wednesday in Dubai for the longest line of photographs ever gathered. The record-breaking line of photographs measured […]
Activate or deactivate utilities? No visit to Dewa
DUBAI 10 August 2017: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has launched its One Step initiative, which speeds up procedures to activate/deactivate electricity and water services, without having to visit Dewa’s customer happiness centres. The initiative […]
Iranian mole gets 10 years; 3 others in the dock
ABU DHABI 11 August 2017: The Abu Dhabi Federal Appeal Court has sentenced, at the end of its session, “H.R.M.H.M,” a 48-year old Iranian, to 10 years imprisonment and deportation from the country after serving his […]
Need for four most common government docs eliminated
DUBAI 13 August 2017: The Government Accelerators Team, responsible for the challenge of reducing the number of documents in government services, has successfully eliminated the request for four most common documents – passport, family book, Emirates ID, and […]
UAE may help save Australia’s bleaching Great Barrier Reef
ABU DHABI 13 August 2017: NYU Abu Dhabi researchers have announced that they may have found new insight into how coral reefs around the world will be able to cope with climate change. A team of […]
The ‘scarf of love’ Filipina gets one year in Dubai jail
DUBAI 15 August 2017: A young Filipina, who made romantic overtures by wrapping her scarf around strangers from her country to rob them, received one year in jail. The Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance also […]
Tri-nation raids destroy Gulf drug smuggling networks
ABU DHABI 15 August 2017: Joint anit-drug smuggling efforts by authorities in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman have resulted in the confiscation of 158 kilos of cannabis resin, or hashish, 2.7 million Captagon pills, and the […]
Lover leaves girl in locked flat with predator lifeguard friend
DUBAI 13 August 2017: An African woman was shocked when her friend whom she had sex with, left her locked in a flat with his friend who fought to have sex with her too, the […]
Home insurance soars in Dubai after Marina Torch blaze
DUBAI 13 August 2017: A steep increase in home insurance sales since the Marina Torch Tower on Friday 4th August, has been reported by ServiceMarket, one of UAE’s leading marketplaces. The majority of Dubai residents do […]