"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

JEDDAH: The Asir municipality has arrested a gang run by Arab expatriates who forced the cleaners in their region to beg for money from passers-by in Abha, in violation of the regulations, a media report said on Wednesday. According to sources, the expatriates worked in a cleaning company as supe

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s oil giant expects oil prices to climb toward the end of the year, saying the current price of around $30 a barrel is not sustainable. Saudi Aramco’s CEO Amin Nasser, speaking Tuesday at the 9th Global Competitiveness Forum, said there are indications that demand for oil pic

Riyadh (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry, on a visit to Saudi Arabia, sought Saturday to reassure Gulf allies concerned about a perceived warming of ties between Washington and Iran. He also announced that the Syria Support Group of 20 nations and organisations will meet "very shortly" to he

RIYADH: Around 2,000 engineering certificates have been caught and referred to security bodies to be dealt with according to the forgery system in the Kingdom, Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE) President Jameel Al-Baqawi has said. “No expatriate can work with a fake certificate in the Kingdom now. E

RIYADH: Traffic police can arrest a vehicle driver only if he is found to have violated certain traffic rules twice in a Hijri year and that too after obtaining a court order, traffic expert Musaed Al-Rabeesh has said. The traffic police do not have enough knowledge about the traffic system, and th

RIYADH: The Saudi leadership’s peace initiatives were praised by Laurent Fabius, French minister of foreign affairs and international development, at a joint press conference with Adel Al-Jubeir, foreign minister, on Tuesday. Fabius said he had met with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman

RIYADH: The police last month arrested 5,469 people who have been living in the Madinah region in violation of local regulations. Madinah police chief Maj. Gen. Abdul Hadi Al-Shahrani said Sunday police were able to arrest these expatriates of different nationalities, who violated the local labor a

RIYADH: The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH) has warned all providers of tourist accommodation services, including furnished apartments and hotels, against refraining from providing such services to women without mahram (guardian). Non-acceptance of women without mahram in

JEDDAH: Oil prices slipped back below $30 on Friday. This has raised questions about global growth on one hand and left investors braced for a third straight week of losses on world stock markets on the other. In fact, the price of crude oil fell again after a rebound in the previous session, helpi

RIYADH: With the Kingdom celebrating the first year of prosperity under Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, citizens and expatriates alike applauded the anniversary on Wednesday saying it was a year of significant achievements. One year ago, the oath of allegiance to King Salman was pl

Thirty-three nationalities are allowed to exchange their permanent driver’s licence from their home country for a Dubai driving licence, according to Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). Nationals from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries – Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait – are al

RIYADH: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has entered into a strategic partnership with a private company to improve its electronic health services in the Kingdom. The agreement was reached in the presence of Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih and Elm CEO Abdulrahman bin Saad Aljdaa at the MoH headquarters

JEDDAH: The Consulate General of India, in association with the Saudi-Indian Business Network (SIBN), organized an event to commemorate the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) at the consulate premises on Saturday. The theme of the event was “India: Emerging economy with emerging opportunities.” Mor