October 2016 — Topical news of the United Arab Emirates

October 30, 2016 no comments 1105
Fitness instructors at gyms are to blame for promoting steroid abuse among gym goers, says industry peers Dubai: There is a worrying increase in the recreational use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS), the synthetic drugs of the male sex hormone testosterone, and the human growth...

October 30, 2016 no comments 1096
Unauthorised drone activity shuts down both the Dubai and Sharjah airports Dubai/Sharjah: For the third time this year, a drone intrusion into high-security airspace has briefly suspended operations at Dubai International Airport suspended operations while nearby Sharjah International...

October 30, 2016 no comments 1012
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) ended Dubai Week in Shanghai with three commodity trade agreements. It obtained a licence from the Shanghai Gold Exchange to list its futures in Dubai at eh Shanghai Gold Benchmark Price, marked the Agricultural Bank of China as the first market...

October 29, 2016 no comments 946
Mahra Al Shehi shot to fame after mimicking one of the UAE Vice-President’s speeches Sharjah: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has met the girl who mimicked one of his speeches in a video that has gone...

October 29, 2016 no comments 973
The project is spread across 30 million square feet of land strategically located on Shaikh Zayed Road Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Saturday inspected the finishing touches at Legoland and...

October 29, 2016 no comments 951
Dubai Police said it is illegal to take videos or photographs of people without consent and post them online Dubai: Al Barsha police have detained the man who took the video of the car with the D5 number plate that had been parked in a slot reserved for the handicapped. The number plate...

October 29, 2016 no comments 845
Nakheel, one of the world’s leading developers, is gearing up for the grand opening of The Boardwalk at Palm Jumeirah in November, with a truckload of treats for visitors to the island’s latest attraction. Covering the entire 11-km stretch of Palm Jumeirah’s protective crescent, the...

October 29, 2016 no comments 881
The Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) has signed a deal to allow the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCE) to be the first foreign market platform to use its new yuan-based gold fix to develop derivative products, the Chinese exchange said on Friday. The Dubai exchange will use the...

October 29, 2016 no comments 1002
UAE-based Azizi Developments has announced the launch of Azizi Aliyah, a Dh470-million ($128 million) project featuring 191 studio, 135 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom apartments, in Dubai. A leading UAE-based real estate developer with global reach into international markets, Azizi said it is...

October 28, 2016 no comments 876
The man already has a wife and two daughters in his home country, and said he didn't need a second wife. An Asian man who was forced to marry a second woman he did not like has mutilated his genitals, a police source told Khaleej Times. However, the doctors at Al Qassimi Hospital in...

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