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The Ministry of Interior will no longer accept no-objection certificates from sponsors permitting certain categories of workers such as housemaids to switch jobs.

Expatriates and UAE nationals alike caught borrowing or lending housemaids will be fined Dh50,000, an informed Ministry of Interior source revealed yesterday.

Rock-bottom airfares offered by no-frills Air Arabia for regional flights may be too good to be true. For passengers of the UAE's newest airline, the Dh99 one-way air ticket advertised will actually leave you poorer by Dh600 for a return trip.

An ex-wife who discovered that her former husband and his current wife were mistreating her 20-month-old daughter is ready to drop a case if she is granted child custody.

Agreement signed to create qualified national workforce

Children dressed in bright colours dance with joy as they speak. It could only be one time of year in the Gulf - Eid Al Fitr, a time when Muslim families celebrate together and pass goodwill to all their neighbours.

Motorists will be able to use one of the new artery roads connecting University City to other roads in the UAE from tomorrow.

Many car rental companies are flouting the rules by taking the customer's, especially tourists', passport despite a government ban on doing so.

Islamic centres in Rotterdam, Scotland, South India, Georgetown and Pennsylvania, and mosques in Sweden, Boston and Frankfurt are among the new projects being undertaken by the Al Maktoum Charity Foundation.

While many people complain about the inefficient service offered by the 999 police hotline, the authorities have hit back by saying that the service is largely misused.

The rising rate of fatalities on the Emirates Road is a source of concern to officials.