The countries of the GCC, which continue to attract foreign labour of various levels and skills, seem today open to the possibility

Breast removal for treating breast cancer is outdated, inhumane and can be avoided regardless of how terminal the case might be

The Dubai Metro’s facilities for people with special needs were put to the test on Tuesday with the help of "special" volunteers from all over the UAE.

Despite nearly half of the eligible voters in Bahrain being women, their representation in government bodies has declined in the last few years

Referred to as the most trouble-plagued Commonwealth Games ever, all eyes are now on India to see if the sporting event will progress smoothly.

Riding a taxi has become more expensive since Sharjah Transport implemented a minimum taxi fare of Dh10 effective from October 1. Residents expressed their dismay over the changes that were brought into effect as of Friday,

Some categories of expatriate workers who had previously been barred from sponsoring their children and family members can now do so

Kuwait will scrap its controversial sponsorship system in February, the social affairs and labour minister has said.

A section of the false ceiling at the weightlifting venue for October’s Delhi Commonwealth Games collapsed on Wednesday,

We’ve all been there, that immediate sense of regret kicking in when we clicked the send button to hurry along an e-mail

Bread will cost Dh2.50 per kilogram from next month, significantly lower than the current price, a senior government official has told

Summer 2010 is one of the hottest seasons on record in Qatar, with temperatures having increased by five degrees,

Dubai Police rescued three labourers who fell in a petroleum refinery tank, while a fourth worker lost his life due to prolonged exposure

There was no casualty in a major fire that broke out in an old seven- storey residential building on Airport Road in Abu Dhabi on Saturday

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has refuted reports published in local newspapers regarding a new increase in fuel prices. The company stressed that no company official has spoken on the issue.

The next price hike on petrol prices in the UAE will come a few weeks after the Eid holidays, sources from oil company Adnoc told Gulf News.