[caption id="attachment_21752" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Saudi Aramco's Safaniya Tie-In Platform No. 20, or Safaniya TP-20.[/caption] DAMMAM:The world’s largest offshore oil field has a new landmark. Safaniya Tie-In Platform No. 20, better known as Safaniya TP-20, has been installed using

JUBAIL:The general traffic administration is currently coordinating with a team for a unified traffic application in GCC countries, its director has said. “The new system allows the exchange of information and data electronically between GCC countries on traffic violations, data related to ve

[caption id="attachment_21743" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Prince Faisal bin Salman (left), the new governor of Madinah, and Prince Saud bin Naif, the new governor of the Eastern Province.[/caption] RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has appointed new governors for Madin

Manama: Foreign women who married Kuwaiti men after January 2010 will need the approval of a special committee to be able to live in Kuwait. “The interior ministry has stopped stamping residence permits to the foreign wives of Kuwaiti nationals and whose marriage took place after January 1, 2010,”

Dubai: Taxis in Dubai will start charging a Dh4 toll from Tuesday when passing through Salik toll gates installed across four different locations in Dubai, a senior Roads and Transport (RTA) official told Gulf News. Tolls for taxis are being reintroduced after a gap of four years, as the RTA upgrad

The title of Tallest Residential Building also exchanged hands twice in 2012, with both recipients located in the Dubai Marina Dubai: A fifth of the world’s tallest 100 towers are currently located in Dubai, according to a latest report issued by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTB

Abu Dhabi: The UAE will continue developing its legislature and laws to safeguard its community from different crimes and to protect national markets from all types of frauds, while protecting consumers with the best international systems and standards, said His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid A

Part of the fund will be used to create 5,000 new job opportunities this year Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi government will invest Dh330 billion to help fund capital projects during the next five years and create 5,000 new job opportunities this year for Emiratis in various sectors in order to upgrade

Makkah:  Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal yesterday urged all parties involved in the implementation of the SR100 billion Makkah development project, including contractors, to finish the job without delay. “You have to work with the spirit of a single team while coordinating activities related to desig

[caption id="attachment_21480" align="aligncenter" width="475"] Illegals from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with entry permits and expired visa seek funds to buy air fare to return back home during the amnesty period.[/caption] Dubai: Holding an exit permit in one hand and an expired passport in

Ras Al Khaimah/Dubai: At least six people, including two women, were killed and six injured in traffic accidents in Dubai, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah during the last two days. Two women were killed and three others sustained injuries in a horrific road accident in Ras Al Khaimah. According to the

Prospective travellers flying through Abu Dhabi who discover they are on a travel ban list due to unpaid fines will soon be able to still catch their flights. The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) announced the setting up of an ‘Injaz’ centre at the Capital’s airport, so people banned from lea

Investigation called for after 13 people killed in three-storey building that caught fire at camp in capital Manama. Officials in Bahrain have opened an investigation into the cause of fire that killed 13 people in a labor camp. The official Bahrain News Agency said on Saturday the public pros

Human rights groups condemn execution of Rizana Nafeek, convicted of killing an infant in her care in 2005. Rights groups have criticised Saudi Arabia over the beheading of a young Sri Lankan domestic worker accused of killing an infant left in her care in 2005. The Saudi Interior Ministry

Dubai: A car number plates auction held by Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) raised more than Dh25m recently. Some 120 distinguished numbers, some of them two-digits, were auctioned. The plate L16 fetched the highest amount at Dh1.9 million, followed by N70 for Dh1.64 million

[caption id="attachment_21003" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed[/caption] DAMMAM:There was excitement in the air as the names of the new Shoura Council were announced yesterday. Women members were particularly satisfied at finally having been given the chance to be part of

Emergency humanitarian assistance for Palestinians whose houses and properties were destroyed by floods in the last few days was ordered by Shaikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in the Western Region and President of the Red Crescent Authority (RCA). The initiative came upon d

Dubai: At a conference on Wednesday titled ‘Dubai: Capital of Islamic Economy’, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced a group of initiatives to a set up a comprehensive platform of Islamic economy products and s