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Dubai:Kuwaiti contestant Yassine Ben Hassoun won the top position in the 16th session of Dubai International Holy Quran Award on Wednesday. Shaikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, presented the awards in a ceremony at ...

Riyadh – 14 Aug 2012:Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has ordered $50 million in aid be sent to the Rohingya community in Myanmar which a human rights group said has been targeted by the authorities since sectarian riots in June. A ...

Riyadh – The Saudi Arabian Airlines will implement a new baggage allowance policy on international routes effective Sept. 1. The new scheme is based on the "piece concept” as opposed to the current "weight concept.” The airline had informed all ...

Dubai – 29 July 2012: The Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) 16th session started on Friday night at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Deira, with participation of eight contestants from the UK, Bangladesh, Jordan, Sri Lanka, Mali, ...

Sharjah: Customs officials at Sharjah International Airport have arrested an Egyptian man and his wife after they attempted to smuggle their infant son into the UAE in their luggage. The attempt was discovered on Saturday morning after the man, in ...

Jeddah – 21 July 2012: Workers are seen putting finishing touches to the new expansion of the Grand Mosque in Makkah. King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, issued directives to make use of the new expansion area effective ...

Dubai – 20 July 2012: The holy month of Ramadan will begin from Friday in most Arab countries, religious authorities announced on Thursday.Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, as well as Lebanon’s Sunni ...

Jeddah – 07 July 2012: The month of fasting this year will begin on July 20 and the celebration of Eid Al-Fitr will be on Aug. 19, according to a senior Islamic scholar in the Kingdom. Member of the Council ...

Temperatures in Saudi Arabia could hit an excruciating 70?Celciusover the next two months, Saudi Arabic dailyAl Watanreported. According to Saudi astronomer Dr. Khalid Al Zaaq from theArab Federation for Space Science, this summer is expected to be exceedinglyhot in the ...

Jeddah – 17 June, 2012 (IINA): The funeral prayers for the Saudi Crown Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz will be held at the Haram Mosque in Makkah following the Maghreb prayer today. The body will then be buried at the ...

JUBAIL – A Saudi man gunned down his 44-year-old Indian expatriate colleague in Jubail last week. The citizen, said to be in his 50s, then turned the gun on himself. Both died on the spot at their workplace. company’s control ...

Dubai, June 8 (ANI): Ayurveda, a 5,000-year-old Indian health system that is believed to cure all internal and external ailments by a combination of its eight branches, has been approved by the Dubai Ministry of Health and the Dubai Health ...

Dubai – Emirates India Fraternity Forum (EIFF) conducted a family get-together under the theme of "Importance of Education to Empower our community” and "Evils of Dowry” held on June 1stat Aneesa Al Ansari Girls School, Al Quoz in Dubai from ...

Qatar was united in prayers as the nation mourned 13 kindergarten children who were burned to death in a devastating fire that swept through the main Villagio shopping centre in the capital city of Doha. A Ministry of Interior spokesman ...