00:00Good day! Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, May 19. Here are the top stories
00:09at this hour.
00:11Fifteen schoolchildren had a narrow escape with moderate injuries when their school bus
00:15veered into the hard shoulder of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, killing an Asian man and injuring
00:20a woman on Sunday morning. The man was run over after he had parked on the hard shoulder
00:25to change his car's tire. The woman sustained severe injuries.
00:30A former Omani commerce minister was jailed for three years for corruption on Sunday.
00:34Mohammed bin Nasser al-Khusebi was found guilty by Muscat's court of first instance of paying
00:39bribes worth $1 million to the ex-undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport to win a contract
00:45for Muscat International Airport.
00:48The general in charge of Syria's air defense has been killed in fighting near Damascus.
00:53Lieutenant General Hussein Ishaq was one of the highest-ranking officers to die during
00:57the country's three-year conflict.
01:00Thirty-one children were burned to death when their bus caught fire and exploded in northern
01:04Colombia last night. Another 25 people were seriously burned in the blaze in the town
01:09of Fundacion.
01:11In sport, Calcutta Knight Riders took a step closer to the playoffs of India Premier League
01:15when they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets last night, and a doubleheader today,
01:20Rajasthan Royals take on Mumbai Indians, while tabletoppers Kings XI Punjab square
01:25off against Delhi Daredevils later.
01:28British-Irish boy band One Direction will bring a brand-new tour to Dubai on April 4
01:33next year. Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Niall Horan will play
01:39their first UAE concert at the Dubai Rugby Sevens Stadium, organizer DUN Events announced
01:44this morning. Tickets go on sale May 22.
01:48And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:53to 27 degrees at night.
01:55That's all for now. Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest news
01:59at Gulfnews.com.
