He was allegedly using social media networks to lure his customers Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police have arrested three people for allegedly selling drugs on social media. One of the suspect goes by the name ‘Facebook Ghost’. The three accomplices of Arab nationality were allegedly luring...

Dubai Culture to operate museum, exhibitions, and education programmes following museum’s inauguration Dubai: A new modern museum in Dubai to celebrate all things related to the 1971 founding of the UAE will be managed and operated by Dubai Culture. To new Etihad Museum site is...

Workers in the UAE will enjoy a three-day weekend beginning September 30 - returning to work on October 3 Abu Dhabi: Sunday October 2, 2016, will be an official paid holiday for all public and private sector employees in the UAE, in celebration of the Islamic New Year 1438, the Ministry...

The United Arab Emirates will be ready to provide the law regulating use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the nearest future. In the nearest future in the UAE the law on sale and use of unmanned aerial vehicles for the purpose of risk minimization in this sphere shall be ready, the official...

FUJAIRAH // Two boys who were badly burnt in a pit filled with chemical waste five years ago were awarded a total of Dh2.4 million in compensation on Monday. Khalifa Al Yamahi and his cousin Jasem Al Yamahi were awarded Dh1.5m and Dh900,000 respectively. Their families filed a claim...

Its Highness the sheikh Muhammad bin Rasheed Al Maktoum, the prime minister, the vice-president of the UAE and the governor of Dubai, took out the order about new official shifts among a management of the top management of Municipality of the emirate. Its Highness the Sheikh Muhammad bin...

Millennium Place JVT Dubai, one of the latest hotel projects from leading Dubai-based property developer The First Group, has received a Highly Commended Award in the Best New Hotel Design & Construction category at the 2016-17 Africa & Arabia Property Awards. The striking 34-storey glass-clad...

Woman had lodged a civil lawsuit in 2014 requesting the court to confirm her marriage to diplomat Dubai: A court has issued a ruling confirming the marriage of a diplomat and a woman, whom he claimed to be his fiancee and not his wife. The Dubai Cassation Court ruled that the Gulf...

DUBAI // The new Medical Liability Law does not mean that gender reassignment surgery is now legal in the UAE. "We want to clarify the difference between the terms ‘sex change’ and ‘sex correction surgery’, as sex change surgery remains illegal in the UAE," said Dr Amin Al Amiri, assistant...

The United Arab Emirates will become the largest market for the regional Marriott direction against the background of a role of the international brand in the forthcoming Expo-2020 in Dubai. The president of Marriott in the region of the Middle East and North Africa Alex Kiriadis declared...