The Ministry of Energy has announced on Wednesday, December 27, new petrol prices for January, 2018 in the UAE. The per litre prices will be Super 98 at Dh2.24 (up from Dh2.15) ; Special 95 at Dh2.12 (from Dh2.04) ; E Plus-91 at Dh2.05 (slight hike from Dh1.97) . And diesel price has been fixed a

The Arab world needs to come together under Saudi-Egyptian leadership to push back against the ambitions of regional rivals Iran and Turkey, a U.A.E. minister has said. “The Arab world is at an impasse and the solution is to cooperate in the face of surrounding regional ambitions,” U.A.E. Ministe

Riyadh: The King of Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Tuesday announced the largest budget at any time in Kingdom’s history during the annual budget statement. Government expenditure will next year amount to a projected SR978 billion ($260.8 billion), up from SR890 billion this year. Additio

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has condemned the suicide bombing that took place at a church in Quetta, Pakistan, on Sunday. The Saudi Arabian foreign ministry issued a statement on Monday, saying that the kingdom stands by brotherly and friendly countries against terrorism and extremism. The ministry s

Sanaa, Yemen: A Saudi-led air strike has killed at least three civilians in Yemen’s Marib province, a local official said on Sunday, but a rebel news agency gave a higher death toll. The local official, speaking from Marib east of Sanaa, said the civilians were in a vehicle in the Hreib Karameesh

Virgin Mobile, the recently launched mobile brand of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has announced the launch of Recommend, a new innovation that helps customers get more value from their mobile plans. Designed to help customers set the most efficient plan for their mobile

Dubai: The Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) and volunteers collected 21.75 tonnes of waste on Saturday under its Clean Up UAE drive. The event was held under the patronage of Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy. The EEG team was joined by 10,000 volunteers at Nad Al Sheba and the

Companies in the UAE that have not got their tax registration number (TRN) yet will have to procure it within the next 15 days. Companies who have not completed their VAT registration within the dates prescribed by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) will have to pay a fine worth Dh20,000 and also st

Employees of UAE federal ministries and other government entities will be given two days off for to mark New Year's, the government announced on Tuesday. According to the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR), the official holiday period will be January, December 31, 2017, and M

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday lifted a decades-long ban on cinemas, part of a series of social reforms by the powerful crown prince that are shaking up the ultra-conservative kingdom. The government said it would begin licensing cinemas immediately and the first movie theatres are expected to op

If you are visiting Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) one of these days, be ready to cough up for parking your car. The paid parking space in JLT district in Dubai started rolling out fees from Monday, residents of the locality told Khaleej Times. The motorists, excluding the residents, are required

Sharjah Police are investigating the case of a 53-year-old Indian, identified as Sh. J, who fell to his death from the 10th floor of a building on King Faisal Road. Police received a call at 9.30am on Sunday at the operation room informing them about the incident. A team of patrols and forensic e

Three drones linked to a police car and a main command centre will be used to warn of tailbacks, accidents and nab motorists who don’t pay parking fees. The system was used during the recent National Day celebrations to monitor traffic flow and accidents by the Department of Traffic. Computers

Riyadh: Inspectors of Saudi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs along with security forces in a joint operation detained several persons for committing various offences including labour violations taking the total number of arrests to 119,850. According to the report published in Arab News, thes

RIYADH: A fine of SR20,000 will be slapped on each expatriate employed in gold and Jewellery shops. According to Saudi Gazette reports, the penalty amount should be paid by their respective company or owners of the establishment that employed expatriates, said Khaled Aba Al-Khail, spokesman of th

In the 'Year of Giving' and in the spirit of the UAE National Day, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has directed the Ministry of Interior to coordinate with the traffic and licensing departments across th

UAE customers will not be charged five per cent VAT on amount withdrawn from ATMs of banks other than their own bank - but only on the Dh2 fee charged by the banks, according to tax experts. For example, a customer has an account with Bank X and he withdraws Dh5,000 cash from Bank Y's ATM, he wil

Salaries will not increase to offset January’s introduction of value added tax (VAT) in the UAE, according to recruitment firms. Yet with housing and education not affected by the hike, experts predicted an average cost of living rise of about 1.5 per cent. Some goods and services in the UAE,