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The Eid Al Fitr holiday for private sector will be on the first and second of Shawwal 1431 Hijri year, according to a ministerial circular issued by the Minister of Labour.

FUJAIRAH - A desperate bid to escape from a moving car led to the death of an Ethiopian housemaid on Monday.

DUBAI - The Court of Appeal of Misdemeanours upheld the two-month jail sentence given by a lower court to an American physician who impersonated a famous Hollywood plastic surgeon and duped clients.

DUBAI - Mohammed Abdel Rahman, an employee at a petrol-refining company, is set to have the best Eid Al Fitr break of his life after finding out that he has become a millionaire with National Bonds Corporation PJSC, the leading sharia saving scheme.

Not much enthusiasm among corporates in region to send staff for higher education programmes

ABU DHABI - Healthcare facilities in the Abu Dhabi emirate produce around 12 tonnes of medical waste per day, majority of which are from the government-run hospitals and clinics, Khaleej Times has learnt.

DUBAI - The Dubai Customs has recently seized 3kg of opium hidden in wooden toys on a transit flight heading from an Asian country to a European country.

DUBAI - The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Sharjah Police has arrested a gang comprising five Pakistanis who stole copper cables and wires from warehouses in the industrial area.

DUBAI - A clearance clerk at the Dubai Customs stood in the dock in the Court of First Instance on Sunday facing the accusation of stealing Dh1,000 while on duty.

DUBAI - The Court of Appeal on Sunday adjourned the hearing in the case of alleged premeditated murder of South African Kerry Winter to September 26 to obtain some relevant information from the residency department.

ABU DHABI - The UAE's 'Giving' campaign, an initiative to provide free healthcare for one million children around the world, has launched the world's first field children's hospital.

The distressed UPS Boeing 747 - 400 which crashed in Dubai on Friday had entered Bahrain airspace and returned after reporting a technical snag, according to the GCAA.

The pen might be mightier than the sword but digital tools are growing more powerful than the proverbial pen.

DUBAI - The Dar Al Ber Society, as part of its Ramadan projects, is distributing 1,400 Iftar meals daily in the masjids of the UAE, particularly in the emirates of Fujairah and Umm Al Qaiwain.

DUBAI - The Dubai Immigration Department on Sunday extended working hours of its external office at Bin Sougat Shopping centre in Rashidiya up to 12.30am.

DUBAI - There are two things that have changed about video gaming. One, it is no longer the couch potato's sole preserve, and two, you don't need a joystick to play your video games anymore. Kinect, Microsoft's new controller-free gaming system is all set to be launched in the UAE on November 10. Priced at the Dh699, the Kinect sensor comes as a cam style add-on peripheral for the Xbox 360. This revolutionary new gaming experience uses a natural interface comprising gestures, commands, or presented objects and images.

SHARJAH - Sharjah Police have arrested a gang of eight Asian and Arab men who were involved in theft and smuggling of mini-bus vans.

DUBAI - India's low budget passenger carrier Air India Express (AIE) will stop its daily flight from Sharjah to Kochi and will curtail over 200 other flight services between India and the Gulf sectors till October end.

DUBAI - The distressed UPS Boeing 747 - 400 which crashed in Dubai on Friday evening had entered Bahrain airspace and returned after reporting a technical snag, according to the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), on Sunday. Smoke was reported from the cockpit and the pilots said they were unable to maintain altitude at 7.15pm local time.

ABU DHABI - The Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (HAAD) on Sunday announced its plan to reduce the antibiotic consumption by 25 per cent in two most prevalent infectious disease conditions in the next two years.