Dubai: Bahrain's Gulf Air confirmed a ground incident at Dubai International Airport where one of its aircraft was impacted on the tail by an aircraft of another airline.Gulf Air said it was working to reconnect all the passengers to thei...

British ministers will tell social media companies to immediately hand over details of those who made online racially abusive comments towards England players after their defeat against Italy in the Euro 2020 final, The Times newspaper rep...

Tokyo: Britain’s Adam Peaty clocked a scorching heat time today to kickstart the defence of his Olympic 100m breaststroke crown on the opening day at the Tokyo pool.Peaty, 26, who has lowered the world record five times and is arguably th...

Yas Island Abu Dhabi is drawing visitors with a brand-new marketing campaign, Stayin On Yas, inspired by the hit Bee Gees classic. The campaign features three holidaymakers channelling the Bee Gees on a staycation like no other, as they ex...

Dubai: The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has opened a new medical fitness centre in Bur Dubai. With the opening of this centre, the DHA now has 17 medical fitness centres across the emirate for medical tests to be conducted ahead of issuanc...

Abu Dhabi: A number of specialised clinics will now operate on Saturdays across the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) network of facilities.In a statement, Seha said patients can visit doctors on Saturday for paediatric, obstetric,...

Bridgetown, Barbados: A positive COVID-19 test on Thursday resulted in the last-minute postponement of the scheduled second One-Day International between the West Indies and Australia at Kensington Oval on Thursday, officials announced.“T...

Dubai: As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his final State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday, Filipinos in the UAE also aired their views on how the populist leader, with a penchant for skewed humour and strong-arm rule,...

Abu Dhabi: The Eid break has ended, but restrictions on nightly movement are still in place across Abu Dhabi Emirate.The National Sterilisation Programme is conducted between midnight and 5am every day, and authorities have reminded resid...

Silverstone: Championship leader Max Verstappen dominated the opening practice session at Silverstone todayas the teams prepare for the inaugural ‘Sprint’ which will decide who starts in pole position for Sunday’s British Grand Prix.Red B...

India’s campaign in Tokyo 2020 got off to a poor start with Deepika Kumari, currently ranked No.1 archer in the world, finishing ninth in the women’s individual archery ranking round with a total score of 663 at the Yumenoshima Ranking Fie...

Abu Dhabi: More than half of all Emirati couples in Abu Dhabi — 62 per cent — face divorce within the first four years of marriage, according to research conducted by the Department of Community Development.The emirate has therefore launc...

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain, along with the men’s hockey team, provided a rare bright spot on Tuesday as she advanced to the quarter finals in 69 kg class in her debut Olympic appearance at the Tokyo Olympics. She defeated German vetera...

Tokyo: Japan suffered an opening session blow today when their gold medal hope Daiya Seto failed to qualify for the men’s 400 metres medley final after finishing ninth in the heats.The 27-year-old Seto, the world champion and top ranked i...

Harare: Soumya Sarkar returned figures of 2/19 with the ball before scoring a career-best 68 as Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe by five wickets to take the T20 International series 2-1 at the Harare Sports Club.Opting to bat first on Sunday...

Dubai: Dr Azad Moopen, Founder Chairman and Managing Director of Aster DM Healthcare has been nominated to the Advisory Council of Dubai International Chamber.The council (and a new board of directors) for the chamber was announced on Sat...

India’s much awaited Test series against England after the World Test Championship final begins on August 4 and India finally get a practice game before the Test series - which is seen as the final frontier for Team India after their serie...

Dubai: A total of 30 million meals were distributed to low-income families and underprivileged communities in Egypt, as part of the UAE’s global ‘100 Million Meals’ campaign, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) an...

UAE judoka Victor Scvortov crashed out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Monday as he was defeated by Sweden’s Tommy Macias by Ippon in the men’s 73kg category. The 33-year-old Scvortov lost out to Macias yet again after the Swede a...

Colombo: The second T20 International between India and Sri Lanka, scheduled to be played on Tuesday night, has been postponed by a day after Indian allrounder Krunal Pandya tested positive for Covid-19.A Sri Lanka Cricket official confir...

Kolkata: Indian skipper Virat Kohli promised that his team will ‘‘regroup with new energy’’ for the second cycle of World Test Championship, beginning with the India-England series starting next month. The first of the five-Test series wil...

Dubai: When the entire world is using the benefits of virtual platforms amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of people of determination living in the UAE and India have shown that they are not lagging behind, by acting in a short film wit...

Sapporo: Ellen White scored her third goal in two games at the Olympics, heading Britain to a 1-0 victory over Japan todayand earning a place in the women’s soccer quarterfinals.The striker scored both goals in Wednesday’s win over Chile...

Dubai: A fake website of the UAE Embassy in India being used to extort money from UAE residents stuck in India due to the COVID-19 entry restrictions has been blocked after the scam came to light following complaints from some Indian expat...