A bomb exploded on a main street near the Bahraini capital on Sunday, causing no casualties in what the government described as a “terrorist” act. “Terrorist bombing on Budaya Street damages multiple cars without casualties,” read a tweet by the interior ministry. No further details were availabl

DOHA: Qatar Airways launched the world's longest scheduled commercial service with its inaugural flight from Doha to Auckland taking off eight minutes early today, a company spokeswoman said. Flight QR920 left the Qatari capital at 05:02 (local time) and is set to land in New Zealand at 07:30 (lo

Muscat: Some northern parts of Oman witnessed snowfall as temperatures drastically dipped in the country following winter rains in the last three days. Oman’s northern Musandam region has been pounded by hail and snow for three consecutive days, an official at the Meteorology department said.

Islamabad [Pakistan]: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has deported 160 Pakistanis who were living illegally in the country. As per details, these people have been sent to Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport on a special plane- SV-3724, reports Dunya News. The immigration authorities of

ABU DHABI: The UAE condemned in the strongest possible terms the heinous terrorist crime in which a French soldier was stabbed by a terrorist at the entrance of the Louvre Museum at downtown Paris. The soldier was injured during the attack. ''While strongly condemning this hideous crime, the U

TEHRAN, Feb. 04 (MNA) – Kuwaiti Embassy has dismissed Sat. false reports from certain mass media about Kuwait’s travel ban on five Muslim countries including Iran. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Embassy of Kuwait stressed that the news are completely baseless and the country has not mad

Muscat: Oman’s minister of manpower has issued a decision regulating the part-time work based on the suggestions that were put by the labour labs of Tanfeedh in 2016. Tanfeedh is a national initiative which is part of the 9th Five-Year Development Plan (2016-2020, and was launched in collaboratio

Iran was to deploy missiles for a Revolutionary Guards exercise on Saturday in a show of defiance, a day after the United States imposed sanctions over a ballistic missile test launch last weekend. Relations between Washington and Tehran have deteriorated sharply since Donald Trump took office last

Riyadh: Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Naif, Deputy PM and Minister of Interior made it mandatory for non-Saudi men wishing to marry Saudi women to undergo a premarital drug test. Many have welcomed the decision of Crown Prince. Speaking to the media, Kingdom’s doctors said that it is positive move and

Riyadh: A Saudi soldier has been killed in a firefight on the border with Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition has been battling rebels, the interior ministry said on Thursday. A border guard post in Jazan province came under heavy Yemeni rebel fire at 6:30 am (0330 GMT) on Wednesday, the ministry

JEDDAH: A Saudi patrol frigate was attacked by three Houthi suicide boats off the shore of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, killing two, the Arab coalition headquarters said Monday. A Saudi patrol frigate was patrolling the coast of Yemen when the attack took pace, the coalition in support of the legit

The total number of Pakistanis arrested for involvement in terror activities in Saudi Arabia has gone up to 69, reports Saudi Gazette. A Pakistani woman, Fatima Ramadan Balochi Murad was arrested along with her Saudi husband from an apartment in Al Naseem district by security agencies after a tip

Kuwait's foreign minister made a rare visit to Tehran on Wednesday and called for frank dialogue between Iran and its regional neighbours, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. Tensions have risen between predominantly Shi'ite Iran and the mainly Sunni Arab countries of the Gulf, part

Dubai: The Dubai Central Laboratory (DCL) at Dubai Municipality has launched a new service to help detect non-halal products in cosmetics and personal care products. The Halal Testing Service is being conducted with the help of the best technologies and international practices by the DCL’s expert

BBC NEWS | Jan 25,2017 Kuwait has executed seven prisoners for the first time since 2013, including a member of the ruling royal family. They were hanged at the central prison, according to a statement carried by state news agency Kuna. The royal family member was named as Faisal Abudallah Al J

Sharjah: Police in Sharjah have arrested members of a major drug-smuggling ring, seizing 300kg of hashish worth Dh2 million and 1,270,000 Captagon pills worth Dh44 million in what is described as the biggest drug bust in the emirate in recent years. People who are addicted to drugs, are usually sent

Aden: Clashes in Yemen killed at least 66 people since Saturday, medics and security sources said on Sunday, as pro-government forces pushed to oust rebels from a key stretch of coastline. Air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition and fighting near the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait killed at least 52

Kuwait City: A state of emergency has been declared by Kuwait’s national oil company due to an oil leak in one of its southwestern oil fields. Monday’s statement by the Kuwait Oil Co. did not identify the onshore oil field affected by the leak, which began Sunday. The state-run Kuwait News Agency sa