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Old PIA plane turned into restaurant

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

The Airport Security Force (ASF) in Pakistan has converted an old aircraft, previously owned by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), into a restaurant, an online portal reported on Wednesday. According to the news site, PIA retired the jumbo jet, a 747-300 AP-BFV, in 2014, following which the aircraft was transferred to a hangar at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport and later "donated"Read more

19 students hospitalized in mass food poisoning incident

Amman - Emirates Voice

Some nineteen school boys fell ill on Tuesday after eating contaminated food at a restaurant near their school in East Amman, according to director of education in Marka Abdul Karim Yamani. He told Petra in an interview that civil defence crews were called in to the Al Marqab School after the students showed symptoms of nausea and abdominal pain duringRead more

Why I enjoyed dinner in front of a mirror at Tete-A-Tete in Dubai

Dubai - Arab Today

I couldn’t stop wishing I’d spent more time on my hair and touched up my makeup. Those were the self-absorbed thoughts I had while spending almost two hours eating four delicious courses in front of a candlelit mirror Sunday night, tucked into a warehouse at the back of the hip arts hub Al Serkal Avenue. Before Inked Dubai’s Tete-A-Tete popupRead more

Elijah Wood’s business ambitions

Utah - ArabToday

Actor Elijah Wood wants to open a restaurant and a record shop. The 35-year-old has a lot of interests outside of his career, and finds himself happy while performing as a DJ, and he is also keen to branch out into other businesses. “I DJ as a hobby, which has increasingly become a source of enjoyment and expression. I’ve alwaysRead more

At least 77 hurt as gas cylinder explodes in southern Spain

Madrid - Arab Today

At least 77 people have been injured, five of them seriously, after a gas cylinder exploded on Saturday in a restaurant in the Spanish town of Velez-Malaga on the southern coast, a spokesman for the Andalucia region's emergency unit said. The spokesman said the explosion occurred at about 1700 GMT during a festival in the town, which is 40 kmRead more

At least 4 killed as explosion hits Somali restaurant

Mogadishu - Arab Today

At least four people were killed and several others injured as an explosion hit a restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police said. Police officer Abdishakur Farah told Xinhua at the scene that a car laden with explosives detonated outside the Blue Sky Restaurant. Source : QNARead more

Expatriate exodus reshaping Qatar

Doha - Arab Today

Five years ago Samer Habib left the UAE and moved to Qatar where he opened a restaurant that turned a profit serving Lebanese salads and sandwiches to expats. In June, the business folded. The European lawyers and Indian clerks who for years frequented Habib’s restaurant have been leaving the country in recent months, he said, many laid off in sweepingRead more

Suicide bomber attacks Iraq diner; 5 killed

Baghdad - MENA

A suicide bomber blew up himself in a restaurant Monday in Nasiriyah city, south of Iraq, leaving five persons killed and 20 others injured. The casualties were all volunteers of the Popular Mobilization Forces, a security source said. Source: MENARead more

Lawmaker denies meeting Israeli ambassador in Cairo

Cairo - Arab Today

Egyptian lawmaker Amin Massoud denied reports on meeting the Israeli ambassador in Cairo. In a statement released on Monday, Massoud said the photos released by Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid district lawmaker Ibrahim Abu Shuaera on his meeting with the Israeli ambassador are fabricated. He said the released images are gathering him with former lawmaker Tawfiq Okasha and former lawmaker SherinRead more