Beijing: President Xi Jinping welcomed visiting Saudi King Salman to Beijing on Thursday as China pursues a charm offensive towards the Middle East, where it has previously kept a low profile. The king’s three-day stay returns the favour after Xi last year visited Saudi Arabia as part of the fi

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council issued Executive Council Resolution No. (5) of 2017 pertaining to the refund of fees collected for exceptions from planning and building regulations in Dubai. The Resolutio

New Delhi: India on Sunday said it looks forward to the first official visit here by King Salman of Saudi Arabia to further deepen the strategic ties between both countries, an Indian official said. “We are looking forward to the visit of the King of Saudi Arabia later this year,” Secretary, Ex

ISLAMABAD: Kuwait has agreed to pour millions of dollars into building a white oil pipeline from Pakistan’s south to north for transporting petroleum products from the port city of Karachi to major consumer Punjab. “During a recent visit to Kuwait, Pakistani officials invited the Gulf oil producer

Muscat: Oman crude oil prices fell to pre-Opec (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) agreement levels on glut concerns as shale production offset price gains made by output cuts. Futures, for delivery in May, traded at $51.32 on close of last week’s trading at the Dubai Mercantile E

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman arrived in Tokyo today, making the first visit to Japan by a monarch from the oil-rich nation in nearly five decades. The 81-year-old king, who was greeted by Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito at Haneda airport, will meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tomorrow and as he kicks o

An Indian woman died in a road accident in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Smruthy James was crossing the road near Al Wahda bus station when she was hit by a car. She was rushed to hospital. The 25-year-old worked as HR manager at a private company in the Capital and belongs to Thrissur district of K

Two policemen and a jobless man were charged in the Court of First Instance with break-in robbery and damage of private property. The three men, all Emiratis, are accused of breaking into a villa in Al Barsha while its female owner was away on a trip. The three accused, aged between 22 and 26,

DUBAI: More than 280 students from private schools in Dubai have participated in the first Treasures of Hatta education activity, which connected students with different aspects of community living in the area as part of the Hatta Wellbeing District project. The programme was launched by Dubai’s

DUBAI, March 8,2017 : The UAE has cracked the top 20 list of countries with the most billionaires for the first time. The Emirates is home to 21 ultra-rich individuals, giving it a ranking of 19, according to the China-based Hurun Global Rich List 2017. "The world today has 5,000 dollar billio

SG| Mar 2, 2017 JEDDAH — Picking up passengers from airports using private cars or ride-hailing services such as Uber and Careem is considered a traffic violation that is punishable by law, according to the General Directorate of Traffic. Saudis using private vehicles are also banned from pickin

RIYADH: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lent all support to the warring factions in Yemen if they are willing to reconcile and reach a political solution to the bloody conflict within the framework of the UN resolutions and GCC-brokered initiative. Guterres also strongly backed the efforts

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Bahrain on Sunday as part of a three-day official tour to the Gulf region that will also take him to Saudi Arabia on Monday and Qatar a day after. His meetings with the heads of these countries are expected to focus on regional and political i

Hundreds of drivers with ride-hailing service Uber in Qatar went on strike on Monday for the second time in a year to protest against fare cuts. The U.S.-based company, which started operations in Doha in 2014, has in recent months cut fares by 15-20% for passengers amid growing competition from lo

Muscat: It’s almost exam time for thousands of school pupils across the country, but while students buckle down to their studies educators say parents are the ones stressing out. More frantic parents than worried students are calling a counselling hotline set up to ease the pressure of exam time.

DUBAI: Schools face a struggle to survive as operating costs rise, profits drop and global competition for the best teachers becomes even more intense, education experts say. Another 175,000 school places are expected to be open by 2020, 90 per cent of them in the private sector, exacerbating the p

Sharjah has been named as one of the top 10 cities in the world for connectivity, coming in ahead of several cities including Frankfurt, Manchester, Miami, and Dubai. Ranking in at number six on the 'Top Ten Global Cities of the Future Survey', Sharjah's high rank is attributed to its world-class

Gold held near 3-month highs on Thursday as political risks from elections in Europe and worries over US President Donald Trump's policies buoyed safe haven demand for the bullion. Spot gold dipped 0.1 percent to $1,240 per ounce at 0708 GMT. On Wednesday, the metal touched its highest since Nov