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Saudi capital police reported in Riyadh that they arrested a Saudi woman for a charge of removing her veil (Abaya) in the middle of the city and taking pictures in daring mode. The pictures were taken near to main Riyadh Street in a huge public crowd. This Saudi woman posted her picture on Twitter publicly. This picture without veil...

Organisers of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar say a British man has died working at a stadium which will be a venue for the event. The organisers say the unnamed 40-year-old man died on Thursday working at Khalifa International Stadium, which is due to stage games up to the quarterfinal stage in 2022. There are more than 5000 construction workers...

A former Ministry of Economy employee received 3 years in jail for embezzling valuables worth Dh2.9 million from a jeweller using forged papers. The 37-year-old Emirati man, YY, forged several papers from the ministry and showed them to the Canadian jeweller claiming that the valuables were needed as gifts to the ministry’s guests in 2013. The convict returned some of the...

42-year-old recruitment consultant in Dubai claims she has fallen on bad days and is desperately in need of a job to clear her dues Image Credit: Virendra Saklani/XPRESS Nowhere to go. Briton Aisha roughs it out in a car and survives on doles from acqaintances and strangers Published: 15:00 January 18, 2017 XPRESS REPORT   Dubai: A 42-year-old British national of Indian origin visiting Dubai...

Laws surrounding the employment contract and the rights of employees enshrined therein and guaranteed by the Qatar Labour Law have always been a matter of ambiguity, albeit unnecessarily. The Labour Law is explicitly clear about the rights of the employees as well as those of the employers, however, certain greedy employers have chosen to abuse the law, which the...

QatarScoop Staff Jan 19, 2017 Information, News, People & Places, World News 5725 The court of Madinah also known as the criminal court of Madinah gave a driver heavy punishment. The crime for which the driver was sentenced to a serious punishment by the criminal court of Madinah was raping a woman. Rape is one of the severe and extreme...

Both nationalities also top list of pedestrian deaths in Sharjah in 2016, official says Published: 19:36 January 18, 2017 Aghaddir Ali, Staff Reporter   Sharjah: Pakistanis and Indians topped the list of fatalities caused by traffic accidents in Sharjah in 2016, police said on Wednesday. Last year, a total of 32 Pakistanis died in road accidents followed by 30 Indians, 23 Emiratis, 13 Bangladeshis...

New prison equipped with modern technology to keep officers, inmates, public safe A view of a prison cell.Image Credit: Sharjah police The exterior of the prison in Sharjah.Image Credit: Sharjah police Published: 17:57 January 15, 2017 Aghaddir Ali, Staff Reporter   Sharjah: The first phase of a new Dh400 million central jail was opened in Sharjah on Sunday. The Punitive and Rehabilitation Establishments...

Bangladeshi man hurt in Sharjah knife attack Afkar Abdullah /Sharjah Filed on January 12, 2017 | Last updated on January 12, 2017 at 07.11 am (Picture via Controversial Times) The victim is recuperating in the intensive care unit of Al Kuwaiti Hospital. A 33-year-old Bangladeshi is fighting for his life at a Sharjah hospital after he was assaulted by two Africans in Al Yarmouk...

Butcher dumped headless body in a desert area in Dubai A picture of the victim, Manormeeta Salwaro Dadi.Image Credit: Dubai Police Lt. General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Dubai Police Chief, addresses the press conferenceImage Credit: Dubai Police Published: 14:18 September 21, 2016 Noorhan Barakat, Staff Reporter   Dubai: A Filipino butcher has been arrested after a three-month search for the killer who dumped...

MILWAUKEE COUNTY -- Criminal charges have now been filed against a man accused of killing three women in a crash near 2nd and Clybourn that happened Sunday, October 23rd -- and court documents indicate he admitted to driving drunk, and planned on reporting the Lexus he was driving as stolen after the crash. Jasen Randhawa 23-year-old Jasen Randhawa faces 12 charges: ...

Expat worker dies after inhaling car exhaust fumes Police warn public about sleeping in enclosed places with a car engine or any engine-driven tool running within it The car polishing workshop where the incident occurred.Image Credit: Aghaddir Ali/Gulf News Lt Col Sami Khamis Al NaqbiImage Credit: Supplied  Sharjah: A 50-year–old Pakistani worker was found dead in a car polishing shop on...

By Janene Pieters on April 21, 2016 - 16:30 . Kemal Abis is considered a hero after he rescued a suicidal young girl from train tracks near the train station in Lent on Monday. Abis got lost in the hectic confusion following his rescue of the girl, but was found and thanked on Tuesday after the police posted a message on Facebook looking...

The victim was speeding on Ras Al Khor Road when he failed to notice a truck parked on the fast lane Dubai: A motorist was killed in a traffic accident in Dubai on Saturday morning after his vehicle collided into a stationary pick-up truck. According to Dubai Police reports, the tragic incident occurred at 9.37am, January 14, 2017, in the area...