Child killed by scorpion in Morocco
By A Staff Reporter A 7-year-old Moroccan girl died after she was bitten by a scorpion while she was playing near her home in the North African Arab country. Newspapers said her family rushed the […]
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Teen chooses mobile phone over life
A 14-year-old Moroccan woman committed suicide by hanging after her family prevented her from using her mobile phone. The girl was found hanging at her home in North Morocco by her parents, who called the […]
Car tank has liquor instead of petrol
By A Staff Reporter Saudi customs inspectors got a shock when they found that a car tank contained only liquor instead of petrol before discovering another reserve tank in the vehicle. The inspectors searching the […]
Child falls to death from 3rd level in Saudi mall
By staff A five-year-old Saudi girl died after she fell down from the third level inside a crowded shopping mall in the Gulf Kingdom, a newspaper said on Tuesday. The girl was playing at the […]
Dubai Municipality orders shawarma shops to follow guideline
By Parag Deulgaonkar The Dubai Municipality has ordered food outlets that are preparing and selling “shawarma” to adhere to its guidelines issued in May 2015. The civic body said 43 food outlets have met the […]
Dubai “Live” in UK: Watch Burj Al Arab, Burj Khalifa come to London
By Parag Deulgaonkar Dubai Tourism is launching an innovative new experiential marketing campaign, “Here Today, Dubai Tomorrow,” designed to give British holidaymakers a ‘live’ taste of what they could enjoy on a trip to Dubai. […]
UAE to set ceiling on traffic fines
By A Staff Reporter The UAE intends to copy Dubai’s experience and set a federal ceiling on traffic fines which must be paid by offenders or their vehicles will be seized, the chairman of the […]
Lavrov, Kerry to meet on Syria, Ukraine in Geneva on Friday
GENEVA, August 24, 2016, SPA — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will hold talks in Geneva on Friday focusing on the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, both sides […]
Two ‘confused’ Daesh recruits arrested in Saudi town
Tried to resist and flee away but were caught Riyadh, August 24, 2016, SPA — An official spokesman of the Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of two Daesh-recruited youths before carrying out a plan […]
25,000 buildings under construction in Dubai
20% rise in number in first half of 2016 DUBAI, 24th August, 2016 (WAM) – The Buildings Department of Dubai Municipality is undertaking engineering supervision of 25,124 buildings under construction in various areas of the […]