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In a bid to get hold of people offering private tuitions and violating the law, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education has employed inspectors with judicial powers. Hassan Al Muhammadi, director of the Public Relations Department at the ministry, explained that taking private tuitions are banned by the law. Moreover, newspapers too are not allowed to carry advertisements about...

Doha: A rumour has been doing the rounds of social media that motorists will be fined QR150 for using mobile phone at traffic signals. The message along with a picture which went viral in the last few days also warned about docking 12 points for checking your mobile at traffic signals. The picture along with the message showed workers fixing...

KidzMondo Doha, Qatar’s one-of-a-kind miniature edutainment city, is pleased to announce that Qatar’s children and their families can now access the indoor theme park and have the opportunity to engage in some immersive role-playing activities at its real-life replica establishments during the city’s soft-opening phase, which kicked off this month at the newly-opened Mall of Qatar. The highly anticipated family...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed Canadian immigrants Saturday in a sunny Twitter message written in stark contrast to Donald Trump's order temporarily banning all refugees and many Muslims from traveling to the United States. "To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada," Trudeau posted on Twitter. The message comes...

Airbnb will offer free housing to refugees and anyone not allowed in the U.S. That’s according to the company’s cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky, who made the offer earlier today. “Not allowing countries or refugees into America is not right, and we must stand with those who are affected,” Chesky tweeted at 8:35 pm E.T. Saturday evening. The company’s decision...

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai,, has approved Cabinet Decree Number 24 for 2017 on granting citizens of the Russian Federation an entry visa at all entry points to the United Arab Emirates.   The Decree states that citizens of the Russian Federation are granted an entry visa for 30 days...

DONALD Trump’s and Vladimir Putin’s friendship has extended to the battlefield, with the US and Russia reportedly joining forces in the fight against Islamic State. The Russian army said today it had carried out joint attacks with America on Islamic State targets in Syria. The commander of the Russian air force contingent in Syria “received from the American side ... the...

APPLE has dropped a MAJOR hint about its plans for future smartphone interfaces. The Sun reports tech giant has hidden two secret types of keyboard inside iOS 10.3, the latest version of the operating system which powers iPhones and iPads. These two new keyboards will change the way users type. One of them appears to be a “gestural keyboard” which lets you...

IT’S perhaps one of the best foods found in a jar, but a photo claiming to reveal exactly what goes into Nutella may have you thinking twice before dipping a spoon into the chocolatey goodness. A new image shared on Reddit claims to show the ingredients that go into making a jar of Nutella — and if you thought Hazelnuts...

DID murdered 11-year-old Gerard Ross take a different path? For 20 years, investigators believed that Gerard was taken and killed on his way to a Perth comic book store. But a breakthrough in the unsolved case is exploring the possibility that he took a different path than the one initially investigated. Gerard disappeared on the morning of October 14, 1997, when...

VICTORIA’S most senior police officer has conceded officers failed to stop the rampaging car driver before he reached Bourke St Mall and drove into dozens of people. The action, or inaction, of police in the hours leading up to the carnage in central Melbourne will be examined by the coroner, Police Commissioner Graham Ashton said, as a question mark hangs...

A WOMAN has been charged with murder after allegedly hitting a motorbike rider on purpose with her car south of Tweed earlier this month. Police will allege the 47-year-old woman of Girards Hill purposely hit the man with her white Ford Falcon station wagon. Paramedics could not save Mr Moran, who died on scene.Source:Supplied It is believed the man was not known...

An attack by members of one crime gang on rival inmates touched off a riot at a prison in the northern state of Amazonas, leaving at least 56 dead, including several who were beheaded or dismembered in the worst bloodshed at a Brazilian prison since 1992. Authorities said the riot that raged from Sunday afternoon into Monday morning grew out...

Durban - A funeral director has warned mourners to be more vigilant at funerals and crematoriums as criminals see them as soft targets. Logan Chetty, chairperson of the KZN Funeral Directors Association, made this comment in light of a recent robbery at Clare Estate crematorium. He said mourners and funeral services staff were becoming victims during cremations. Johannesburg resident Shalen Rangasamy, 33,...