GCC nationals can drive in the UAE with their home licences as visitors but must exchange them upon gaining residency/ Representative Image TL;DR GCC nationals can drive in the UAE using their home country licence while visiting. Once a GCC national becomes a UAE resident, they must exchange their licence. License exchange is done via…
GCC nationals can drive in the UAE with their home licences as visitors but must exchange them upon gaining residency/ Representative Image TL;DR GCC nationals can drive in the UAE using their home country licence while visiting. Once a GCC national becomes a UAE resident, they must exchange their licence. License exchange is done via…
The mystery surrounding the death of American paranormal investigator Dan Rivera has taken a chilling turn, as Pennsylvania authorities confirm that the notorious Annabelle doll was not in the room where he died. But the eerie coincidence has only deepened the unease around his final hours.Rivera, 54, a lead investigator with the Connecticut-based New England…
Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba (Image: AP) TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was clinging on Monday even after his coalition disastrously lost its upper house majority, as painful new US tariffs loom.The Liberal democratic party (LDP), which has governed almost continuously since 1955, and its partner Komeito had to win 50 seats in Sunday’s election…
Chinese president Xi Jinping (file photo) BEIJING: China confirmed that top leaders from the European Union will visit on Thursday for a summit, as the two major trading partners seek to smooth over a series of trade disputes.“As agreed between China and the EU, President of the European Council Antonio Costa and President of the…
Luis Leon, an 82-year-old Pennsylvania resident, was unexpectedly deported to Guatemala after visiting a US immigration office to replace his lost green card.Leon had been living in Allentown for decades after being granted political asylum in the US in 1987, following torture under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s regime.He had lost his wallet containing the physical…
Renewed attention is being drawn to former associates of Jeffrey Epstein which includes sexual harassment allegations made in 1996 by artist Maria Farmer. At the time, Farmer, then in her mid-20s, alerted law enforcement not only to Epstein’s alleged abuse but also raised concerns about the powerful circle surrounding him- including now-US President Donald Trump,…
Wildfire spread (Image from last week posted by Oregon State Fire Marshal on Facebook) US’ biggest wildfire of the year has consumed over 95,740 acres, according to central Oregon fire authorities on Sunday, with ground teams achieving partial containment of the blaze, which still has potential to expand into a megafire.Officials, quoted by NBC News,…
Southern Syria’s Sweida province witnessed a fragile calm on Sunday after a week of intense sectarian violence that claimed over 1,100 lives. The silence came after a ceasefire, announced on Saturday, began to take hold, succeeding where earlier attempts had failed. The fighting, largely between Druze factions and Sunni Bedouin rivals, quickly escalated into a…
All members — Lee Chan-yeon, Park Hyun-jin, Kim Ji-seok — are hard of hearing Like other K-pop sensations, Big Ocean sings, raps, dances and attracts swooning fans. But this new group’s meteoric rise is fueled by a skill it seems no other boy band boasts: signing. Band members — Lee Chan-yeon, 27, Park Hyun-jin, 25,…
