Afkar Ali Ahmed

SHARJAH - Four nationals and a Pakistani died and two Kazakhs were injured in three accidents on Al Madam-Al Showaib Road in Sharjah in the space of four to five hours on Thursday morning.

SHARJAH - The Sharjah Police, in coordination with Interpol, have busted an international gang of car smugglers who imported vehicles stolen in the US into the UAE and sold them here.

SHARJAH - Six contracting companies in Sharjah have been fined for violating the midday break rule in force during the months of July and August.

SHARJAH - A one-and-a-half-year-old boy is battling for life in Al Qasimi Hospital's ICU after falling into the swimming pool at his family's villa in Samnana area of Sharjah on Wednesday.

AJMAN — Four Russians were yesterday arrested for assaulting and robbing an American diamond dealer who owns a company in Dubai, two weeks ago.

SHARJAH - The municipal inspectors yesterday raided two villas in a residential area in Maysaloon. One villas was being used illegally as a garment factory while the other one as a warehouse for storing large quantities of rice.

AJMAN — The Ajman Municipality has banned smoking in Internet cafes and ordered the cafe owners to remove the tinted glasses on the front doors and windows.

SHARJAH — The Government Roundabout in Sharjah that was closed partly yesterday for maintenance works on roads leading to it, would reopen tomorrow.

SHARJAH — A 19-year-old Emirati died after he lost control over his car which swerved to the right, hit the cement road divider and rolled several times near Oceanic Hotel in Khor Fakkan yesterday morning.

SHARJAH - Police in Sharjah are investigating the mysterious death of a 28-year-old Ethiopian housemaid who reportedly fell to her death from the 20th floor apartment in Sara Tower on Buhaira Corniche in Sharjah on Tuesday night.