Auckland, Nov 20(ANI): New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond and batsman Peter Fulton have been included in the 13-man squad for the first of Three tests against Pakistan, starting in Dunedin ...

New Delhi, November 20 (ANI): Brad Pitt has reportedly refused 5-million-dollar offer for a public appearance to spend quality time with his family. The 'Burn After Reading' star was set to attend ...

London, Nov 19 (IANS) Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt reportedly turned down $5 million for a public appearance to spend time with his children. The actor was due to attend the Grand Prix ...

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the Delhi Police to trace a Bangladeshi woman, who fled her country to marry a person whom she met on ...

London, November 17 (ANI): Oprah Winfrey's production company bosses have apologized for providing misleading information relating to Dubai. A recent episode of Winfrey's daily U.S. talk show had welcomed Dr. Lamees Hamdan ...

Kabul, Nov 16 (IANS/AKI) Afghanistan's national cricket team will compete in this year's Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Hong Kong, Kuwait, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Singapore and ...

Islamabad, Nov 15 (DPA) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to go ahead with the construction of a $5 billion oil refinery in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, Pakistani officials said Sunday. The ...

Paris, Nov 15 (IANS) French arms exports will be worth seven billion euros (about $10 billion) in 2009, making it the fourth biggest weapons exporter worldwide, media reports said. Laurent Collet-Billon, head of ...

Canberra, Nov 12 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia have agreed on measures to strengthen bilateral relations, WAM news agency reported Thursday. Saeed Mohammed Al Shamsi, UAE Ambassador to Australia ...

Damascus, Nov 12 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) would fund a project for the development of the Neirab Palestinian refugee Camp in the Syrian city of Aleppo, WAM news agency reported ...

Hyderabad, Nov 12 (IANS) Etihad Airways of the United Arab Emirates has launched services to Hyderabad, its seventh destination in India. Etihad is the first airline to operate flights between Abu Dhabi and ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Gulf region's civil aviation sector is poised to attract more than $45 billion in investments in the next five years, according to a report by Kuwait ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 11 (WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) based communication services provider Etisalat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Manchester City for a three-year sponsorship, WAM news agency ...

Wellington, Nov. 11 (ANI): New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori, who is suffering from a chronic shoulder injury in his bowling arm, will see a surgeon on his return from the United ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 10 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) would finance the construction of a dam in Burkina Faso in west Africa, WAM news agency reported Tuesday. The loan agreement was ...

Dubai, Nov 10 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has registered a record surge in consumer confidence in the third quarter of 2009, WAM news agency reported Tuesday. At 102 points, the ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 9 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will give about $9 million loan for a dam project in Burkina Faso in West Africa, WAM news agency reported Monday. Mohammed ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 9 (WAM) The Royal Jet, a leading private charter jet company headquartered here in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has won the World Travel Award (WTA) for the third ...

London, Nov 9 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host World Green Tourism Congress next year, WAM news agency reported Monday. The event will be organised in Abu Dhabi Dec 6-8, and ...

Dhabi, Nov 9 (IANS) United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Trade Minister Lubna Al Qasimi is heading a 70-member delegation to Malaysia to boost economic cooperation between the two countries, WAM news agency ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 8 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has introduced measures to deal with money laundering in the insurance sector, WAM news agency reported Sunday. Fatima Mohammed Ishaq Al Awadhi, deputy ...

Dubai, Nov 8 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is hosting the First Exporters Forum here Nov 9, WAM news agency reported Sunday. The forum brings together heads of Dubai government ...

Rome (Italy), Nov.8 (ANI): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been accused of planning more than a dozen foreign trips in an attempt to ensure that two trials, in which he is ...

Dubai, Nov 7 (IANS) At least 1.5 million pills worth nearly $4 million were seized between January and October in a crackdown on illegal drug supply in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 6 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France have pledged to enhance cooperation in the trade sector, which grew by 25 percent to more than $4 billion in ...

Dubai, Nov 6 (IANS) Swine flu treatment is now available at all government-run and private hospitals in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), WAM news agency reported Friday. The announcement was made by the ...

Dubai, Nov 6 (IANS) Osama Ahmed Al Shafaar of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was named the chairman of the World Bodybuilding Federation, WAM news agency reported. Al Shafaar has been the chairman ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 5 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has imported cast iron rods worth $6.77 billion in 2008, a 237 percent increase over last year and 14 times more than ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 5 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host world triathlon competition here in March next year, WAM news agency reported Thursday. Some 1,000 triathletes, including the world's top 40, ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 5 (IANS) The UN has lauded the efforts of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for improving the conditions of its migrant workers engaged in various sectors, WAM news agency ...