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

[caption id="attachment_20721" align="aligncenter" width="580"] King Abdullah Medical Complex in north Jeddah.[/caption] RIYADH: The medical complex that is being built in the north of Jeddah will be named King Abdullah Medical Complex in Jeddah, Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah announced in

JEDDAH: Saudis are eagerly looking forward to the appointment of women on the 150-member Shoura Council with great hope and believe the move would further empower women and enhance the Kingdom’s reputation. Abdullah Omar Naseef, former vice president of the Shoura, said the names of new Shoura memb

Du mobile subscribers, who have been sent reminders to re-register by January 16 and fail to do so, will have their outgoing barred after January 17, but will have a grace period of three months to complete the process, a senior company executive told Emirates 24|7. “Majority of the two million s

EDDAH: The Labor Ministry announced yesterday that foreign workers in red and yellow category firms would be allowed to move freely to green and platinum companies. Expatriates intending to transfer their jobs may log on to the ministry’s website redyellow.com.sa that offer them jobs in green and p

JEDDAH: Labor Minister Adel Fakeih has said there is no plan to withdraw the SR 2,400 levy imposed on private companies that employ foreigners in excess of Saudis. In an exclusive interview with Arab News, he said the Nitaqat program was successful in employing more than 400,000 Saudis in the priva

Riyadh: A function was held on Friday, 4th January 2013 to launch the Islamic website (www.najeebqasmi.com) of Maulana Mohammed Najeeb Qasmi in Riyadh. The function started with the Tilawat-e-Qur’an by Qari Shamshad Qasmi, conducted by Maulana Inam-ul-Haque Qasmi and presided over by Maulana Ehte

DUBAI: Emirates India Fraternity Forum held a program on 4th January, 2013 Friday at Karama Dubai to Welcome Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) Karnataka State Chief Secretary Janab Abdualla Hannan Saheb and also to create awareness among expatriates regarding the ongoing amnesty. The amnesty a

Abu Dhabi: With inflation rates expected to be lower than the average pay rise in 2013 in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) Region, Mercer, a global consulting leader in talent, health, retirement and investments, expected that the expected increases will lead to a real pay growth for the work