No Haj permit for UAE expatriates
Expats in UAE will henceforth have to travel to their home countries in order to proceed to Haj. The UAE will not grant Haj permits to expatriate residents, according to the General Authority of Islamic […]
Emirates
Emirati sentenced to 10 years for joining Daesh
ABU DHABI 25 April 2017: The State Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court has sentenced an Emirati citizen identified as K.A.M to 10 years in prison for joining the Daesh terrorist organisation. The court […]
No fruits, veggies from Oman, Egypt, Jordan or Lebanon
DUBAI 25 April 2017: The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (Moccae), has banned imports of certain vegetables and fruits from select countries with effect from 15th May 2017 as those products have been found to […]
Emirates airline’s answer to United’s Oscar Munoz goes viral
DUBAI 23 April 2017: Gulf airlines are not ‘real’ airlines, said United Airlines head Oscar Munoz. He was then struck with a media disaster when a fare paying passenger was dragged out of one of […]
Maid encouraged to abscond… then sold to ‘informer’ for Dh2,800
DUBAI 24 April 2017: Two Bangladeshis allegedly prompted a maid to abscond her employer, forced her into prostitution and sold her to a police informer for Dh2,800, the Dubai Criminal Court heard. In 2015, 31-year-old […]
Emirati woman recorded changing in fitting room by salesman
DUBAI 20 April 22017: An Emirati woman, who was trying on a trouser in the fitting room in a garment shop, was shocked to see a mobile phone on recording put from under the door, […]
No impounding of cars for minor offences in Dubai
DUBAI 23 April 2017: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has ordered concerned authorities to exempt drivers who have committed minor motoring offences from […]
Major Haj exhibition to tell story – and history – of Makkah
ABU DHABI 23 April 2017: The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre (SZGMC), in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), is organising an exhibition entitled “Hajj: Memories of a Journey”, which […]
Trapped thief threatens Dubai crowd with just a knife… and gets away
DUBAI 21 April 2017: A large crowd could not prevent a thief – who was trapped inside a mosque’s grocery – from running away with Dh3,000 cash. All he had was a knife, with which […]
Global shopping hub Dubai to get yet another Dh1bn mega mall
DUBAI 20 April 2017: The foundation stone for Silicon Mall, the new 2.3 million square feet shopping mall by LuLu Group International, was laid at Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) yesterday by Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed […]