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

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

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

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,

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

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

The State Security Department of the Federal Supreme Court has sentenced three men, two Emiratis and an Arab male, to jail terms ranging from one year to five years on charges of terrorism. It sentenced a UAE national, identified by his initials as A.H.M., to five years in jail and also fined him

The visa renewal process has already been linked to medical insurance and activated from January 1, a senior official told Khaleej Times on Wednesday, while asking Dubai visa holders to get insured as soon as possible. Dr Haidar Al Yousuf, Director of Health Funding at the Dubai Health Authority

New Delhi: A man from Bihar has been languishing in a jail in Saudi Arabia for over 15 years, and his family, unable to pay a punishment sum of over Rs 1 crore to secure his release, has now approached External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for help. Mohammed Irfan, 42, was arrested for allege

Dubai: The UAE ranked second globally in government trust according to the results of an international survey revealed on Monday. Announcing the Edelman Trust Barometer survey via Twitter, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler o

Muscat: Oman said it received 10 inmates from the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay Monday, as outgoing President Barack Obama looks to reduce the number of prisoners there before leaving office. Neither the sultanate’s foreign ministry nor the US defence official who confirmed the transfer w

Dubai: Thick fog caused visibility to drop to less than 50 metres in most parts of the UAE on Thursday morning, delaying more than a hundred flights and causing accidents. Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and some western areas experienced extremely poor visibility on Thursday morning, forecasters from

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia and Lebanon agreed Tuesday to hold talks on restoring a $3-billion military aid package, opening a “new page” in relations, a Lebanese official source said. “The blockage is lifted,” said the official in the delegation of Lebanese President Michel Aoun, who held talks over lu