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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: An airline in Saudi Arabia has completed the country’s first flight with an all-female crew, officials said today, framing it as a milestone for women’s empowerment in the conservative kingdom. The flight operated by flyadeal, budget subsidiary of ...

In a circular made available on its website, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has raised the level of epidemiological surveillance of monkeypox cases in Dubai as a preventive measure. The circular read, “DHA is raising the level of epidemiological surveillance ...

Hiring is back in full swing at Dubai’s top airlines, Emirates and Flydubai, a senior official said on Tuesday. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and chairman and chief executive of Emirates Airline and ...

Choosing a lottery ticket with numbers matching his son’s birth date has won a Dubai-based Indian expat Dh500,000 in a raffle draw. Thedsinamoorthy Meenachisundram is the latest winner of Big Ticket’s weekly electronic draw held in Abu Dhabi, and he ...

The Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen said has said it transported more than 100 freed prisoners to Yemen in coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross in a humanitarian initiative to support a United Nations-brokered truce. The coalition said last month ...

Emirates has revealed a new custom A380 livery dedicated to Dubai’s newest architectural icon and centre for pioneering concepts and ideas, the Museum of the Future. The first Emirates A380 (A6-EVK) to sport this new livery takes flight today (May ...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a number of phone calls on Tuesday from Muslim leaders in celebration of the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr. One of them was from Bahrain’s King Hamad, who exchanged Eid greetings with ...

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has approved the launch of a $100.73 million (AED 370 milion) Venture Capital Fund for Startups to bolster and sustain startup ...

The weather in UAE will be partly cloudy with a chance of rainfall in parts of the country, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). The weather forecast for today is partly cloudy to cloudy at times with chance ...

Islamabad [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): Ahead of Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Saudi Arabia, the newly-elected Pakistan Prime Minister has been caught in the controversy over his plans to travel privately along with a large entourage. Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to ...

New Delhi(PTI): Seven Indian sailors were among 14 foreigners released on Sunday from the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital of Sanaa, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said. The Indian sailors and at least seven other people from different countries were held captive ...

Dubai has become the latest Emirate to approve a nine-day Eid Al Fitr break for federal government staff. The break will be from Saturday, April 30, till Sunday, May 8, according to the Dubai Government Human Resources Department. Official working ...

A construction worker who stabbed an Indian couple to death in their bed was handed the death penalty by the Dubai Criminal Court on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Pakistani defendant hid outside the villa of the Indian couple, Hiren Adhiya 48, ...

Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned the burning of the Quran by far-right groups in Sweden. Issuing a statement early on Monday, the Saudi Arabian foreign ministry said that it condemned the deliberate abuse of the Quran, the provocations and incitement ...