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Kuwait rejects rumors on travel ban for Iranians

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

Oman regulates part-time work

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

Defiant Iran to carry out missile exercise

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

Now non-Saudi men wishing to marry Saudi women had to undergo premarital test

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

Saudi soldier killed in Yemen border shootout

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

Two dead in Houthi suicide attack on Saudi navy patrol

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

69 Pakistanis arrested in Saudi for terrorism

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 minister makes surprise visit to Iran

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 Central Lab launches halal-testing service

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

Prince among seven prisoners executed by Kuwait

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

Drugs worth Dh46m seized in Sharjah

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

Yemen: Nearly 70 killed by air strikes by Saudi-led coalition

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

State of emergency in Kuwait over oil leak on shore

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

Oman road builders cut through 2 million cubic metres of rock to open new road

Muscat: A new road to Jebal Sifah was opened by Muscat Municipality officials on Thursday. Officials at Muscat Municipality said that the new 2km stretch of road was created by cutting through 2 million cubic metres of mountain rock. “The new straight road without any dangerous curves will help t

Six Britons killed in Saudi road crash

London: Six British nationals have been killed and several more injured in a road crash in Saudi Arabia, Britain’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. “We are supporting the families of six British people who have sadly died following a road accident in Saudi Arabia,” a Foreign Office spokeswoman

Man on trial for stealing cancer drugs worth Dh1.2m in Sharjah

The Sharjah Police have arrested an Arab man for allegedly stealing cancer medicines worth Dh1.2 million from a warehouse in the Sharjah industrial area. The police also arrested four other Arab men in connection with the case. The first suspect, who was happened to be a driver at the warehouse,

Indian businessman found hanging in Fujairah office

The Sharjah Police are investigating the death of an Indian businessman who had been missing for days. Colonel Dr Saeed Mohammed Al Hassani, Director of the media and public relations department at the Fujairah Police, said that the police believed that the 49-year-old businessman had committed suic

Emirati officer accepts Dh30,000 for helping defaulters exit Dubai

A corporal at the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs allegedly sought and accepted Dh30,000 worth of bribes from 9 persons in return for unlawfully issuing them exit passes. The Court of First Instance was told the 35-year-old Emirati officer, who works at the Follow-up and I