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His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday praised students for their scientific, technical and cultural achievements.

Most foreigners in Dubai enjoy a safe life with well-paid, tax-free careers, and want to continue in the UAE, speakers at an expatriate community conference said.

Apps have made their way into the classroom. Computer science and Mathematics teachers at a school in Sharjah have created an online app 'Math Café' that promises to make the cumbersome task of learning Mathematics easy.

The environmental services team at the Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), master developer of major tourism, cultural and residential destinations in Abu Dhabi, has spotted the first sea turtle nest on Saadiyat Island, marking the start of this year's nesting season.

More than 100 kilograms of prohibited substances, such as sexual stimulants and weight loss medicines, were seized by the Abu Dhabi Municipality during an inspection of an exhibition at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.

The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), the country's independent nuclear regulatory body, has invited the public to review and comment on its draft Regulatory Guide on the Certification of Reactor Operators and Senior Reactor Operators at Nuclear Facilities.

The UAE government has declared Thursday, June 6, 2013, as a paid official holiday for public and private sectors to mark Isra Wal Miraj.

Days after international Hollywood siren Angelina Jolie told the world she had removed her healthy breasts to prevent breast cancer, dozens of UAE-based women have inquired about getting the same procedure.

Various reports point that there is a huge decline on the technology gaming market. This made many users believe that the death of gaming consoles, like PlayStaion and Xbox, will soon become a fact....

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There are no new cases of the novel coronavirus in Saudi Arabia, but one of the patients in the Eastern Region died yesterday, bringing the total number of coronavirus deaths in the Kingdom to 16....

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Dubai was urged to regulate the speed with which its real estate market grows by IMF’s senior official Masood Ahmed. The director of IMF’s Middle East department warned that if the emirate does not...

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With a refreshed identity and enhanced entertainment offerings, SummerFest Abu Dhabi – an upgrade of the emirate’s annual summer promotion – has been expanded into a 52-day extravaganza...

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Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the financial and business hub connecting the region’s emerging markets with the developed markets of Europe, Asia and the Americas, will host an...

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Dubai Courts officially launched three innovative online service programmes. The three programmes provide facility for online case registration, access to archive of case files, and pro bono legal...

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As Microsoft is preparing to introduce its next-generation Xbox console today, Sony is doing its best to remind of its own gaming devices. The company released a short video in which it teases on its...

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched today its Regional Economic Outlook Update for the Middle East North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan region (MENAP). The Outlook was introduced in a...

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Emirati veterinarian’s experiences teach the importance of protecting the environment.

Results of Abu Dhabi's first in-depth green house gas inventory are unveiled.

Saadiyat is renowned for its hotels and beach clubs, but it is also a vital breeding ground for the endangered sea turtle.

The UAE needs to review legislation to prepare for new worldwide rules governing shark protection, says conservationist.

Ras Al Khaimah felt the effects of a 5.5-magnitude earthquake at 2pm today. The epicentre was 230km northeast of Ras Al Khaimah in southeast Iran, the UAE National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology reported.

Motorists are being warned of reduced visibility as winds of up to 60kph whip up dust into the air.

The Ministry of Environment is driving the effort in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Office of the Prime Minister and the Global Green Growth Institute.

Increasing the number of air quality monitoring stations and stepping up efforts to regulate groundwater well use and drilling are among the other achievements of the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi.

An Australian zoo said Tuesday the birth of a southern white rhinoceros was a 'sign of hope' for the species given the escalation of poaching in Africa.

Extreme global warming is less likely in coming decades after a slowdown in the pace of temperature rises so far this century, an international team of scientists said on Sunday.

Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined.

Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano was shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume was thinning Saturday and no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly nearby.

One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet (4,580 meters) into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles.

Water from the world's shrinking glaciers was responsible for almost a third of the rise in sea levels between 2003 and 2009, new research showed Thursday.

More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted, "Protest! Protest!" in a demonstration Thursday against plans for a petroleum refinery, in one of the country's biggest environmental protests this year.

Twelve penguins, newly arrived from a conservationist park in France, have become the star attractions at Guatemala City's La Aurora Zoo.