Suspect admits molesting woman, asks for leniency because he is a heart patient Dubai: An elderly carpenter has been accused of hugging and kissing a female tourist against her will after he talked her into taking a selfie with him at Dubai Museum. The 72-year-old Indian carpenter...

DUBAI // A Dubai Parks and Resorts employee molested a female colleague by touching her face, hand and chest, a court has been told. But the Kenyan worker said he was only pointing at the Emirati woman’s henna during a friendly chat as they walked to her office on December 6 last year....

The Middle East’s construction market is set to grow at a faster pace than any other region in the world this year, according to analysts BMI Research. The firm has published a paper on the Mena infrastructure sector in which it argues that buoyant markets in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Egypt...

Headline consumer price index to average 1.8 percent in 2017, says BMI Research Inflation in the UAE will stay low throughout 2017 as the impact of subsidy cuts wears off, a report has concluded. The headline consumer price index (CPI) will average 1.8 percent over the course of the...

Dubai: Residents in Dubai will be able to report fires to emergency services at the click of a button, a senior official of Dubai Civil Defence said on Monday. Addressing the Intersec Fire Safety Conference, Lieutenant Colonel Ali Hassan Al Mutawaa, assistant general director of Dubai Civil...

At first glance, the new Eco-Villa concept launched at Masdar City last week looks like any other villa in most neighbourhoods across Abu Dhabi emirate. So what makes the concept so special that officials are touting it as the future standard for villas in the United Arab Emirates and beyond?...

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has deposited AED1.47 billion into the Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) to secure increased liquidity and stimulate economic growth in Sudan. Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, Director-General of ADFD, signed an agreement to that effect with Hazim Abdegadir Ahmed...

Etisalat presents Eat the World DXB, the UAE’s international street food and food truck event will return to Burj Park in Downtown Dubai from 23-25 February, 2017. After the inaugural Eat the World DXB’s ‘Best of British’ food trader and food truck concept attracted a crowd of...

New route brings year-round flight services between the USA and Greece Emirates today announced it will launch a new daily service from Dubai to Newark Liberty International Airport, via the Greek capital city of Athens, starting on 12 March 2017. The new route complements Emirates’...

DUBAI // The death sentence for the man who kidnapped, raped and murdered eight-year-old Obaida Al Aqrabawi has been upheld by Dubai Court of Appeal. The boy’s mother was in court on Sunday morning eager to hear the outcome of the killer’s appeal. When it was announced at 11am, she let out...