Road accidents, involving heavy trucks, have claimed 15 lives in 14 accidents during the first half of 2017 in Dubai due to the violation of heavy truck timings. According to Col Essam Ibrahim Al Aour, Director of Traffic Services at Dubai Police, the number of deaths caused by heavy trucks have

A bid to smuggle 472.55kg of Hashish and 855 amphetamine pills (Captagon) into Saudi Arabia was foiled by the border guards in Jazan and Najran, the Arab News reports. Spokesman Col. Saher bin Mohammed Al Harbi was quoted as saying in the report that in the past two weeks, several people were cau

Muscat: Fuel prices for August have increased from last month, the Ministry of Oil and Gas announced on Monday. According to the latest prices released by the Ministry, M95 petrol will now cost 186 baisas per litre, compared to 183 baisas a litre last month. M91 petrol will cost 178 baisas a litr

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has awarded a consultancy contract worth Dhs6.3m for two water reservoirs. The contract covers the design and construction of one water reservoir in Al Nakhli with a storage capacity of 120 million gallons, and another in Al Lusaily, with a storage cap

Muscat: 47 facilities have been inspected and 124 arrested for labour law violations in Muscat, according to a statement by the Ministry of Manpower. “47 facility inspections have been carried and the arrest of 124 violating workers who were working in an illegal manner,” the ministry said. Nu

Six staff of a security company have been charged with stealing Dh1,198,000 from a vehicle they were transporting. The six Sri Lankans admitted in the Court of First Instance to the charge of theft of the funds that belonged to several branches of a shop in Dubai. Two Sri Lankan cleaners have

There will be at least 265,000 more international haj pilgrims this year, said Singapore Pilgrims' Affairs Office (SPAO) director Muhammad Nasir Johari on Saturday (July 29). Speaking at this year's haj pre-departure briefing at the Singapore Expo, he said that the higher numbers are due to Saudi

Dubai: Come September, say goodbye to long queues for passengers arriving at or departing from Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport. Travellers will no longer need to stop at passport control for the most part thanks to new-generation smart gates being installed in the weeks ahead at one of

United Nations — Saudi Arabia warned of a further escalation in the Mideast situation with regional and global repercussions if Israel continues with measures to alter the status of Al-Quds and Haram Al-Sharif. Israeli authorities angered Muslims all over the world by installing metal detectors a

Riyadh: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud contacted US President Donald Trump and other world leaders over the past days to help end Israel’s restrictions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, media reports said on Thursday. The King “has held necessary contacts with a number of leader

Dubai: Tourists planning to visit Oman can apply online for visas by submitting their applications at https://evisa.rop.gov.om/. The first stage comprises non-sponsored tourist visas for people from 67 countries as well as GCC residents employed in 116 professions. “The Sultanate’s announcement o

Qantas has described a delay which saw passengers stranded in Dubai for more than 40 hours as “very unusual”. Flight QF2 operating from London to Sydney departed on schedule on Monday, but was stranded in Dubai during a scheduled stopover in the city due to a fault with the A380’s air conditionin

A robbery took place at a bank branch in Sharjah on Tuesday morning, Sharjah Police has confirmed. According to the police, the robbery took place at a branch of a bank at Al Buhaira road along the corniche at around 11am. Masked robbers walked into the bank and snatched cash from one of the t

Saudi Arabia is planning to limit work opportunities at confectionery shops and those selling supply and consumer goods to Saudis only. According to a draft decision being prepared by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development (MLSD), jobs in such shops will be 100 per cent Saudized, local dail

Sharjah Police have arrested two Asian drug dealers who were planning to traffic 3kg of marijuana. Lieutenant Colonel Majid Al Asm, deputy director of the Anti-Narcotic Department at Sharjah Police, said that the drug dealers were nabbed while they were looking for buyers to sell narcotics. Ac

Manama: Bahrain’s Council of Representatives has rejected a proposal to ban foreigners over 50 from working in Bahrain. The proposal, submitted in a bid to boost employment chances for Bahrainis, had already been opposed by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority and Bahrain Chamber of Commerce an

Security services in Saudi Arabia have foiled a major terrorist plot after shooting dead three suspects , the Saudi ministry of culture and information announced on Saturday. Officers of the kingdom's security service intercepted a stolen Toyota Corolla  in a busy, built-up area of the cty of Sai

Kuwait: Oman stood at the second position among countries that received maximum projects within the Arab region in 2016, said a report released by the Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation. According to the report, Saudi Arabia topped the list, with 21 per cent of the total numb