RAS AL KHAIMAH // Air Wing paramedics have treated a man who suffered serious injuries while skateboarding on the Jabal Jais mountain. The helicopter air ambulance was dispatched to the mountain at 11.40am on Sunday to recover the skateboarder. He was given first aid as he was...

DEAD SEA — Tourism sector in the Arab world helps in direct employment by around 10 million jobs, which means 12 percent of the jobs in the Arab world are in the tourism and aviation sector, according to Bandar Fahad Al Fehaid, president, Arab Tourism Organization of the Arab League. During...

DUBAI // King Salman of Saudi Arabia was given a tour of Dubai on Monday by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, who praised the strong historical ties between their countries. King Salman was briefed on the historical landmarks of Dubai, learning about how they show the Emirati community’s ties...

Community Development Authority honours 20 volunteers on International Volunteering Day Dubai: Most centenarians would often be sitting at home to pass their time, but not Saif Ali Al Mansouri — now aged 105 — who still goes around serving the community for free. Al Mansouri started...

DUBAI: The next three years will be a time of change for the UAE’s business community, according to the CEOs questioned by KPMG for its first UAE CEO Outlook report. Overall, the outlook among the CEOs polled is optimistic, with 94 per cent confident their company would grow both within the...

There are no immediate reports of any casualties, but some people in the area are being treated for suffocation. A massive fire broke out in a tyre dumping area in Al Hamriya area No. 2 in Sharjah. Fire fighters from nearby stations immediately rushed to the site and put out the fire,...

Dubai: Abu Dhabi’s property market continues to be in the grip of a softening sentiment, brought on as much by external factors as internal. “We have seen a notable acceleration in the residential market correction as a result of increasing global economic uncertainty and the protracted oil...

Residents can use Emirates ID to skip passport control lines Dubai: You can now, technically, enter or exit the UAE in just 10 to 15 seconds — by using your Emirates ID at the Smart Gates at Dubai International (DXB) Airport. The automated immigration gates at passport control do...

The show is part of a Dhs1.5bn redevelopment of the Festival City area The UAE’s Al-Futtaim Group has has revealed plans for a new light, water and fire show to be located within Dubai Festival City. The company said the show, which is in the final stages of development, would rival...

Dubai’s floating villas will be featured on Discovery Channel’s new television series to be aired by end of 2017 Dubai: An international film crew has landed in Dubai to document the construction of the emirate’s latest mega project – the Heart of Europe – as part of the Discovery...