Roads and Transport Authority’s (RTA) Public Transport Agency confirmed that public buses had lifted 70,732,502 riders, compared with 66,703,583 riders lifted during the same period in 2015. The figure reflects (4.6%) rise over last year’s […]
Omnicom Media Group MENA has increased its maternity leave to 90 days, doubling the provisions in the UAE’s labour law. This is part of a wider program to support the return of new mothers to […]
An Asian man stabbed his father to death at his home in Kalba and fled before he was arrested by Sharjah police. Newspapers said the man, 36, told police that he had a heated argument […]
A primary school teacher died while she was addressing students on the occasion of Saudi Arabia’s national day, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The teacher was “hailing the bravery” of Saudi soldiers at the border […]
An Asian butcher killed a housemaid of the same nationality, cut her head and limbs off and set them on fire before burying the rest of the body in Dubai. He then confessed to the […]
Saudi customs inspectors on King Fahd Causeway linking the kingdom with nearby Bahrain arrested a driver trying to smuggle SR140,000 (Dh140,000). Newspapers said the inspectors searching the passenger’s car found the money wrapped in plastic […]
A Saudi government hospital was forced to cram bodies together in its morgue after some of its parts suffered from a power fault and more bodies were received from a deadly road accident, a newspaper […]
The acquisition marks the healthcare conglomerate’s foray into niche healthcare specialty services offering. • Launched in 2013, Harley Street is a renowned global healthcare entity, offering international standards of medical care in Abu Dhabi, through […]
Obtaining a driving licence made easier in the UAE. Motorists who clear the test need no longer visit do not have to visit the traffic and licence department to get their licence. Beginning today (September […]
Saudi authorities on Wednesday executed a local man after he was convicted of killing his wife by stabbing her while sleeping. The Interior Ministry said Hassan Falouk was beheaded in Riyadh after he was sentenced […]