The President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of condolences to Felipe VI, King of Spain, for the victims of the terrorist attack that took place in Barcelona on Thursday, which killed and injured ...
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Salesman steals suitcase containing Dh550,000 in Dubai
A 29-year-old Pakistani salesman has been charged in the Court of First Instance for stealing Dh550,000 from his workplace. The case dates back to July 15 when a Chinese businessman, owner of a digital products trading firm, reported to Naif ...
Read More »Saudi Arabia: 54 pilgrims reported dead in Makkah before Hajj 2017
RIYADH: So far 54 Muslim pilgrims died before the annual Hajj pilgrimage begins in Saudi Arabia, Anadolu Agency reported. And in one day i.e; on late Sunday of August, 13, at least thirty one (31) people have lost their lives, ...
Read More »Saudi Arabia, Iraq to reopen border crossing which was closed after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait
Riyadh: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Iraq decided to reopen Arar border crossing for trade. This border crossing was closed after Saddam Hussein, 5th President of Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. According to the news published in Khaleej Times, on Monday, Saudi ...
Read More »US fighter jet crash lands at Bahrain airport
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Authorities say a U.S. fighter jet has crash landed at Bahrain International Airport, disrupting flights to and from the island nation. Social media pictures of the aircraft showed the grey fighter jet’s nose tipped into ...
Read More »158kg of cannabis, Dh2.7m pills seized in UAE, Saudi, Oman operations
Around 158kg of cannabis (hashish) and Captagon tablets worth Dh2.7 million were seized from drug traffickers during the first half of this year in joint operations carried out by the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman. In all, 12 drug dealers ...
Read More »Bahrain records hottest July in 115 years
Manama: As the Arabian Gulf continues to swelter amid a string of unbearably hot months, Bahrain broke a record that had stood for 115 years for the hottest month of July. The average maximum temperature for July was 42.1 degrees ...
Read More »Drug cartel crackdown: Man flying from Dubai to Australia arrested
A man suspected of being part of a drug trafficking organization targeted in near-simultaneous raids in Dubai, Australia and the Netherlands last week was arrested in Sydney after disembarking from a flight from Dubai, according to Australian media reports. According ...
Read More »Haj Policy 2018: Pilgrimage through sea route likely to resume
Mumbai: The new Haj Policy 2018, aiming to make the annual pilgrimage process more “smooth and transparent”, will be unveiled later this month, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi announced here on Saturday. Addressing the 22nd ...
Read More »Hyderabad man lands in Qatar jail for carrying agent’s parcel
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India]: A man from Hyderabad has been jailed at Doha in Qatar for allegedly carrying drugs. Shaik Sikander, left for Doha in search of a job on June 20. While leaving for Qatar, his agent, Razaaq, handed him two ...
Read More »Leaders praise the nation’s youth as ‘champions of UAE’s success story’
ABU DHABI: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Shaikh Mohamad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the ...
Read More »How Dubai Police tracked and busted drug syndicate
Dubai – Five Australian suspects arrested in Dubai as part of a multinational efforts against two drug trafficking organisations who were under surveillance for “about a year” and did not resist arrest, according to Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, ...
Read More »Saudia Airline issues strict dress code advisory for passengers
RIYADH: For all those passengers taking its flights to Saudi Arabia, the national carrier Saudia Airlines announced a strict dress code, BBC reported. The airlines placed the details of its dress code on its website stating that it will refuse ...
Read More »All Saudi airports to be privatized this year
JEDDAH: All Saudi airports will be privatized this year, the head of the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA), Abdul Hakim Al-Tamimi, told Aleqtesadiah daily. GACA’s privatization strategy aims to transfer all Saudi airports to companies wholly owned by the ...
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