UAE telecom provider etisalat has announced that it is bringing down the minimum recharge to Dh10 starting today. Until now, etisalat users could only recharge for a minimum of Dh25. A message informing users about the new change is being sent out to all customers through SMS. The message refe

Dubai: It has extremely hot, humid and dry summers and hardly sees any rain at all, but the UAE is still the top-rated destination for many expatriates. According to a survey by Standard Life, nearly half (46 per cent) of non-resident Indians (NRIs) living in the country ranked the UAE as the i

[caption id="attachment_34926" align="aligncenter" width="580"] In this screen capture from an MOH video posted on YouTube, Dr. Mansour Naser Al-Howasi, MOH vice minister for health affairs, is shown during an inspection at a hospital in Hofuf, Al-Ahsa, where coronavirus patients are confined.[/capt

[caption id="attachment_34921" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Sri Lankan workers stand in a long queue under the sun at the deportation center in Jeddah on Monday. (AN photoby Irfan Mohammed)[/caption] JEDDAH: Tuesday 21 May 2013 Chaos prevailed yesterday across deportation centers in Jeddah a

Acquisition to provide incremental revenue and cost savings for airline, CEO says Dubai: Etihad Airways said on Sunday that it had acquired three airport services companies from Abu Dhabi Airports Company as the airline looks to exploit cost and revenue synergies across ground handling, catering and

RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 12 May 2013 Imams should not hire foreign laborers as imams and muezzins, directed the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance. Doing so would be considered a violation, with sanctions and punishments that may include dismissing them from their missions,

JEDDAH: Sunday 12 May 2013 Tens of thousands of illegal expatriate workers have registered with their consulates over the past 30 days in an effort to get an airline ticket home, consulates and embassy officials told Arab News. An estimated 6,000 Pakistanis, 60,000 Indians, 10,000 Filipinos, 7,0

The Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) denied earlier media report that the UAE residents could be fined and imprisoned for using Skype. A report said today that some of the services that Skype offers - like making telephone calls - need a licence from the TRA and the violators could be

Dubai: A recent report on economic impact of Expo 2020 by Oxford Economics shows that Dubai Expo 2020 would support over 277,000 jobs. The report said a total of 77,149 jobs would be created between 2013-2021, 40 per cent of which would be within the travel and tourism sector. The

Sharjah-based Air Arabia, one of UAE’s low-cost airlines, has announced a sale offering tempting airfares for travellers to the Indian subcontinent. The airline is offering a one-way promo fare from its home base Sharjah to Karachi for Dh200, with these fares available from now until May 29, afte

There will be no Air Kerala in the near future. At least not according to India’s Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh. Air Kerala is the state government’s planned project to assist Gulf-based NRIs with an international airline.  On Wednesday evening when asked about the planned project he said, “

Jeddah is getting a green makeover with the mayoralty planning to build 76 new gardens at a cost of SR 68 million by the end of the year. Abd Al-Aziz Al-Nahari, spokesman for Jeddah Mayoralty, said the project would cover many neighborhoods of Jeddah, depending on “demographic density,” and where t

Dubai International continued its draw as the world’s second busiest international hub, registering a record 5.8 million passengers in March according to the monthly traffic report issued by Dubai Airports. According to the report, passenger traffic in March surged by 20.6 per cent – the highest

The Gulf Monetary Council has signed an agreement declaring Riyadh as its headquarters here yesterday. The agreement was co-signed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah representing the Kingdom and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the council Fahd Al-Mubarak repr

Dubai achieved in 10 years what New York did in 150 years while the emirate has become a safer place than London and other key western capitals, a US news website has reported. Huffington Post, one of the most popular online news services in the West, described Dubai’s preparations to win the hos

Shaikh Awadh Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saifi had 24 children and 447 grandchildren [caption id="attachment_32014" align="aligncenter" width="475"] Shaikh Awadh Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saifi, 120, was born in 1893.-Image Credit: Sabq[/caption] Manama: A Saudi, believed to be the oldest man in the country, ha

Ministry warns of zero tolerance for misuse of sermons Manama: Saudi Arabia has launched a campaign to ensure that all mosque imams (prayer leaders) and muezzins (callers to prayers)in the Makkah area are Saudi nationals. “We will be very strict about the issue and we will adopt a zero-tolerance p

[caption id="attachment_31887" align="aligncenter" width="475"] Image Credit: Saeed Al Afeefi/Gulf News ReaderFire breaks out from a residential building in Sharjah's Al Tawun area on Monday.[/caption] Residents of the building have been evacuated as fire fighters worked to contain the blaze Sha