The doors of employment in Saudi Arabia are being closed these days from next month. New visa rules will be implemented in Saudi Arabia. According to the new visa rules, Saudi citizens will get preference in jobs. This will minimize the number of visas for Indian citizens. It is also reported

Muscat: Oman will host the launch of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) third Global Patient Safety Challenge, titled 'Medication Without Harm', next month. Represented by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, Oman

The northern Persian Gulf has been hit with a series of major oil spills, affecting Kuwait and Saudi Arabia with an estimated 35,000 barrels of crude in the first incident and an undetermined amount in the second, which followed two days later.. Already the beaches of Ras Al Zour, where Kuwait is bu

Riyadh: A fire broke out in a hotel in the Saudi city Makkah on Monday, sparking alarm among Haj pilgrims, an official said on Monday. The hotel in Makkah, where some two million Muslims will perform the 2017 Haj pilgrimage, was evacuated after the fire, Xinhua news agency reported. Civil Defe

JEDDAH: Demand for Saudi riyals has increased at banks, and at local and foreign exchanges, as pilgrims and tourist companies use the currency for their Hajj needs, bankers told Aleqtesadiah newspaper. The most exchanged currency during Hajj is the US dollar followed by the euro, Singapore dollar

Muscat: Effective September 1, passengers will no longer be allowed to check in round and irregular shaped luggage items wrapped in blankets, linen or tied with rope at Muscat International, Salalah and Sohar airports. This change is applicable to all passengers regardless of airline, cabin class

The Abu Dhabi Police have issued fresh warning to those indulging in behaviour and actions which are offensive to the culture and tradition of UAE society. The warning comes in the wake of a 6-minute-video showing a young woman and a man having a conversation inside a car despite them not being r

The President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of condolences to Felipe VI, King of Spain, for the victims of the terrorist attack that took place in Barcelona on Thursday, which killed and injured many innocent people. President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zay

A 29-year-old Pakistani salesman has been charged in the Court of First Instance for stealing Dh550,000 from his workplace. The case dates back to July 15 when a Chinese businessman, owner of a digital products trading firm, reported to Naif police station that he was robbed of Dh 550,000. "I

RIYADH: So far 54 Muslim pilgrims died before the annual Hajj pilgrimage begins in Saudi Arabia, Anadolu Agency reported. And in one day i.e; on late Sunday of August, 13, at least thirty one (31) people have lost their lives, the country’s official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. No furthe

Riyadh: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Iraq decided to reopen Arar border crossing for trade. This border crossing was closed after Saddam Hussein, 5th President of Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. According to the news published in Khaleej Times, on Monday, Saudi and Iraqi officials vis

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Authorities say a U.S. fighter jet has crash landed at Bahrain International Airport, disrupting flights to and from the island nation. Social media pictures of the aircraft showed the grey fighter jet’s nose tipped into the air but largely intact. Bahrain’s Trans

Around 158kg of cannabis (hashish) and Captagon tablets worth Dh2.7 million were seized from drug traffickers during the first half of this year in joint operations carried out by the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman. In all, 12 drug dealers were arrested. Colonel Saeed Abdullah Al Suwaidi, director ge

Manama: As the Arabian Gulf continues to swelter amid a string of unbearably hot months, Bahrain broke a record that had stood for 115 years for the hottest month of July. The average maximum temperature for July was 42.1 degrees Celsius, which was 4.1C higher than the yearly average. Bahrain

A man suspected of being part of a drug trafficking organization targeted in near-simultaneous raids in Dubai, Australia and the Netherlands last week was arrested in Sydney after disembarking from a flight from Dubai, according to Australian media reports. According to the 'Sydney Morning Herald

Mumbai: The new Haj Policy 2018, aiming to make the annual pilgrimage process more “smooth and transparent”, will be unveiled later this month, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi announced here on Saturday. Addressing the 22nd Annual Haj Orientation Camp for Haj pilg

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India]: A man from Hyderabad has been jailed at Doha in Qatar for allegedly carrying drugs. Shaik Sikander, left for Doha in search of a job on June 20. While leaving for Qatar, his agent, Razaaq, handed him two packets that needed to be delivered. The moment Sikander la

ABU DHABI:  His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Shaikh Mohamad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, have expressed their pride for the UAE's y