Saudi authorities have made several arrests and confiscated quantities of drugs in operations carried out across the Kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Border patrols in Dhahran Al-Janub, Asir, located nine Ethiopian nationals smuggling 113 kg of narcotics. In Aridah, Jazan, patrols thwarted an attempt to smuggle 225 kg of qat. The General Directorate of…
Russian real estate agent Miranda Hayes truly believed the fines imposed by her Arab boyfriend were for her own good. He’d charge her anywhere from Dh3,000 to Dh15,000 for being late to dates or upsetting him. “Yes, you can call me dumb, because looking back, I realise I was naive. But at that time, I…
The UAE thwarted cyberattacks carried out by terrorist organisations that targeted a number of vital and strategic sectors in the country, as confirmed by the UAE Cyber Security Council. The council said that cyber emergency systems had been activated nationwide in cooperation with all relevant authorities. These systems were able to professionally and efficiently repel…
Dubai: Four domestic worker recruitment agencies in the UAE have been sealed shut, and their owners fined Dh50,000 for operating without a licence. The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has referred the four Al Ain-based agencies to the public prosecution. The Department of Economic Development has placed ‘closure’ signs on their doors. “A…
Ajman Police has nabbed three suspects within the span of just 12 hours for stealing Dh1.1 million worth gold jewellery and Dh40,000 in cash. The operations room at Ajman Police received a report of theft from a gold shop, and immediately formed a team to investigate. When they arrived at the scene, the authorities realised…
An attacker armed with an automatic weapon opened fire from a moving vehicle before fleeing. At least eight people were killed and 13 injured in a drive-by shooting near Belgrade late Thursday, state-run media reported, a day after nine people were shot dead at an elementary school in the Serbian capital. Near Mladenovac on Thursday,…
A 34-year-old Asian man has been sentenced to three months in prison and will subsequently be deported for attempting to sexually assault a woman by entering her room. The Court of Appeal upheld the verdict. As per police records, the Asian woman lodged a complaint stating that the accused had entered her room and attempted…
Man had confessed in note that he killed his wife and children before taking his life The bodies of an Indian man, and his family, involved in a suicide-murder case in Sharjah have been flown home. Last month, the 35-year-old man jumped off a residential building in Sharjah and confessed in a letter that he killed his…
