"We issued directives to train and qualify a first batch of 500 Emiratis as forecasters," said Shaikh Mohammed. Making the future of states hinges on the readiness and capability of their governments and people to predict the future, using tools for change to face challenges, and establish...

It's going to be 2017 soon so give these tall tales a rest please. Christmas Eve is taking place tomorrow and you'll probably hear some tall tales going on around circles of kids about certain details about Christmas. While they make for good stories to tell the younger ones, it's always...

Travelex report says average cost per person for New Year celebrations exceeds $600, three times that of Edinburgh Dubai has been ranked as the most expensive city in the world to celebrate New Year in a report by international currency exchange firm Travelex. It said the average...

Crime Prediction was developed in support of the UAE’s Smart Governance Initiative; designed to predict where crime is likely to occur next Dubai Police have launched a new software which enables it to predict where crime is likely to occur next, according to its creators Space Imaging...

Azizi Developments, a leading UAE-based real estate developer with a global reach into international markets, has announced plans to launch 50 new projects comprising a mix of residential, commercial and retail space in 2017. The announcement of such a high number of projects, ahead of the...

DUBAI // About 1,000 residents of luxury waterfront apartments on the Palm Jumeirah have been prevented from using their beach because of a dispute between developers. People living in Shoreline apartment buildings Al Haseer 7 and Al Nabat 8 say they have been caught in the middle of a...

Her sentence was upheld after losing her appeal. The Dubai Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld 10-year jail and deportation given to a businesswoman who murdered her inebriated lover while he was sleeping.The 34-year-old Russian woman was found guilty again of stabbing her lover to death...

To be a good place to shop, a city first needs a wide selection of things to buy, according to The Economist. If you want to do some last-minute holiday shopping, don't go anywhere else - stay in Dubai. Because the city tops the list of "best cities for last-minute Christmas shopping,"...

Court-appointed panel says defendant has ‘antisocial personality disorder with alcohol dependence’ Dubai: Nidal Eisa Abdullah, the man on death row for kidnapping, raping and killing eight-year-old Obaida Sedqi on May 20 has “antisocial personality disorder with alcohol dependence”, but...

Pinarayi Vijayan is on his first official visit to UAE since taking office Sharjah: Pinarayi Vijayan, the chief minister of the South Indian state of Kerala, officially inaugurated the building of the new Sharjah Indian School on Thursday evening. After touring the school building in...