Dubai: Even the most diehard of cricket fans will admit that the sport has been suffering from an overkill over the past decade or so — be it international fixtures …
One dead, over a dozen injured in mosque blast in southwest Pakistan: police
QUETTA, Pakistan: At least one person was killed and more than a dozen injured by a blast at a mosque in southwestern Pakistan’s Quetta Friday, according to police, the latest …
Dubai International to shut down northern runway this weekend; some flights will be cancelled
Dubai: Passengers travelling out of Dubai have been advised that another airport runway will be closed this weekend for maintenance works, and this could lead to flights being cancelled. ### …
British PM Theresa May announces her resignation
Theresa May has bowed to intense pressure from her own party and named 7 June as the day she will step aside as Conservative leader, drawing her turbulent three-year premiership …
What you need to know about Lasik eye surgery
The thing about Scary Spice going blind was enough to give a lot of us glasses-wearing-thinking-about-lasik people a fright. Fortunately, Mel B is fine; turns out it wasn’t a laser …
5-day public holiday in UAE for Eid Al Fitr?
Dubai: The UAE Cabinet had previously announced in March that the same number of holidays will be granted to the public and private sector. ### The decree was issued with the …
Can Manchester City hero Vincent Kompany save Anderlecht?
Anderlecht: On Sunday, on as dark a day as imaginable in Anderlecht’s history, Belgium’s record champions stunned the world with the appointment of their biggest international icon of the last …
Nationwide drive to generate donations for Rohingya refugees
Abu Dhabi: More than a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are slated to benefit from the latest humanitarian campaign of the Emirates Red Crescent Authority after it launched a nationwide …
India election live results 2019: BJP storms to power with unprecedented show in decades, Congress accepts defeat
Highlights ### Indians had voted. 67.11 per cent of the 909.9 million eligible voters had cast their votes in the seven-phase elections. Over 8,000 candidates were in the fray for …
Emirati culture key to women empowerment
Today, Emirati women account for more than 66 per cent of jobs in the country’s public sector, close to 30 per cent of which are decision-making positions. Despite making up …