JEDDAH: Vision 2030 would create more jobs for citizens and increase their standard of living, said Labor Minister Mufrej Al-Haqabani, according to a press report on Wednesday. Al-Haqabani’s comments come in the wake of the announcement Monday by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of sweepin

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and India on Sunday signed five major agreements, including one on terror financing, following wide-ranging talks between Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The talks between the two leaders focused on ways to expand strategic

A majority of Dubai Courts’ services are round-the-clock and available through smart channels. Among those online services is the remote case registration facility, through which Dubai Courts aims to minimise the legwork of those who believe the legal recourse is their only option. The Salfah

Passengers flying out of Dubai will have to pay a charge of Dh35 for the use of airport facilities from July 1. "Airlines operating in Dubai airports are tasked with collecting the fee while issuing tickets, whether in the UAE or outside the country, effective March 1, 2016, for flights departing D

Mirroring the rise in the global price of crude oil, the UAE has announced a hike in the retail price of petrol for the first time in eight months. ‘Special’ grade petrol (95 octane) will retail at Dh1.51 per litre from April 1, up 11 per cent from the Dh1.36 per litre that UAE residents currentl

LATEST:  Ajman Civil Defence has confirmed to Emirates 24|7 that the fire that broke out in the two residential towers in Ajman has been successfully brought under control and cooling efforts are now underway at the site. There were no casualties. Two men and a woman suffered minor injuries. They

Dubai: Dubai International started the New Year with a record monthly traffic of 7.3 million passengers in January as Emirates airline expanded its operations to North America. Passenger traffic through the world's busiest airport for international business climbed 6.3 per cent from a year earlier

Etihad Airways is supporting India Aviation 2016 this week by proudly showcasing two of its newest aircraft - a Boeing 787 passenger jet and Boeing 777 freighter - at the country's premier civil aviation exhibition and air show being held in Hyderabad. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, one of five in th

Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Expo Higher Committee, the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and the Emirates Group, in partnership with leading property developer Emaar, has revealed the winners of one of the world's most prestigious architectural competitions, to design the theme p

A warning has been issued to residents of Discovery Gardens in Dubai: “Remove satellite dishes/ antennae from roofs and balconies or else violators could face vandalism charges.” Nakheel Facilities and Owners Association Management has put up notices in the master community of over 20,000 residen

RIYADH: The number of Saudi nationals in the private sector, which was only 700,000 in 2011, reached 1.7 million by the end of 2015. Labor Minister Mufrej Al-Haqabani attributed the increase to the Nitaqat program launched in 2012. Addressing a meeting at the Qussaim Literary Club recently, the

Tenants in Dubai, who are facing arbitrary rent hikes by landlords, can move the rental disputes settlement centre for justice. “There is a rent law in place and all have to follow it. All the rents have to be increased as per the rent index,” Dubai Land Department Director-General, Sultan Butti

Rents of one-bed apartments in Bur Dubai have risen by 70 per cent between 2011 and 2015, while rentals in Deira jumped by 86 per cent during the same period, reveals data released by Asteco, a real estate consultancy. Average rentals in the above two communities stood at Dh73,000 per annum (pa)

"Thirty years from now, we will need seven cubic miles to sustain our environment." Hyperloop, bitcoins and nanotechnology discussed at Dubai's World Government Summit. Imagine this: Travel from Abu Dhabi to Dubai in a tube at hypersonic speed. Travel time is just 15 minutes and fare is paid not by

JEDDAH: The Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) on Tuesday said it is not against communication services and applications in the Kingdom, but telecom companies will have to respect the Kingdom’s rules and regulations. The telecom regulator’s clarification came following a t

Dubai :Indian expatriates will get an additional Rs500 on every Dh1,000 they earn in salary because of the rupee's free-fall versus the US currency. It's a bonus for the salaried class of Indian expatriates in the UAE in 2016 as the Indian rupee's exchange rate jumped from Rs17.96 on January 1 to R

JEDDAH: The Kingdom issued 2.182 million Umrah visas for pilgrims until Thursday. According to the Ministry of Haj, 1.8 million pilgrims have arrived and 500,000 more people with visas are still to come. They are expected to arrive in the coming days. Incoming pilgrims include 455,000 Egyptians and

JEDDAH: The terrorist attack on a mosque in Al-Ahsa that killed four people and injured 18 was roundly condemned on Friday. Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki said that two suicide bombers were prevented from entering Al-Ridha Mosque in the Mahasin area of Al-Ahsa during the F