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 the first day of Ramadan. The Monarch ordered that the ground floo

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 Muslims, were among those to announce a Frida

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 of Senior Scholars Sheikh Abdullah Al-Manie said fasting will end on Saturday Aug. 18. The da

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 Kingdom over the next 60 days

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 graveyard in the holy city. Muslim leaders from across the world started arriving in Je

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 room. The two had been working for the National Environmental Preservation

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 Authority. Those who use it believe it to be a complete syst

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 3pm till 7pm. The program started with the recitation 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 said the fire claimed 19 lives, including seven boy and six gir

Residents living in Dubai have only a few days left to apply for the national ID card or face a daily fine of 20 AED ($5.45), UAE daily Gulf News reported on Sunday. The fines will be imposed on anyone who fails to register with the Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) by the end of May 31. EIDA has s

Riyadh: Fasih Mahmood, an engineer from Darbhanga, Bihar was arrested by Saudi Police on Sunday and now waiting to be deported to India. Mahmood, who did his B.Tech (Mechanical) was working in Saudi Arabia for the last five years. He was arrested Sunday afternoon from his home in Jubail. Saudi Polic

A group of private Saudi divers said they had built what they described as the first underwater mosque in history and that they performed prayers inside it just after it was completed, according to a newspaper. The divers used massive plastic pipes filled with sand to construct the symbolic mosque u

Dubai - Travellers to India are being searched for gold ornaments by customs officials at major airports across the country. An Indian law dating back to the 1960s states that those travelling to India are supposed to pay tax for carrying any gold valued at more than Rs20,000 (Dh1,379). What's stran

DUBAI(Wam)- The second edition of the Dubai International Peace Convention begins today with the objective of sharing ideas and solutions that help cultivate a peaceful world in which the concepts of equality and moderation urged by the Islamic religion are respected. This event, being held under th

Wealth of 36 Arab billionaires increased by $3.7 billion (Dh13.58 billion) to $121.3 billion (Dh445 billion) last year as compared to $117.6 billion in the previous year with Saudi prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud topping with a fortune of $18 billion. After prince Alwaleed, Lebanese-Brazilian billi

The Saudi labour ministry has completed a study on prospects of cancelling the current individual sponsorship system to replace it with recruitment companies, Arab News has reported, citing an unnamed source. The study, which took five years to complete, will be presented to the Council of Ministers

Riyadh - 26 March 2012:Allah keeps all the holy persons alive even after their death. One such incident came to limelight in tourist area of Aseer Zone in Saudi Arabia recently. This area is located in the South West of the country. During excavation, some dead bodies were exhumed from 150 year old

By : Muaz Shabandri DUBAI ( Khaleej Times - The UAE's Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced a series of initiatives on Monday as part of its drive to transform e-services in the country. Speaking at a Press briefing, Salem Khamis Al Shair Al Suwaidi, Deputy Director-General for Information s