His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, chaired the Executive Council meeting held at the Crown Prince's Court on Wednesday. During the meeting, the council revie

Abu Dhabi: An Iranian ship smuggling in drugs and two people has been seized by the UAE's Ministry of Interior. Both of the men were suffering from fatigue and exhaustion due to a lack of oxygen and rising temperature. Colonel Saeed Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the Anti-Narcotics Federal Di

JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman delivered a speech to mark the work of the fourth year of the sixth session of the Shoura Council on Wednesday. In his annual speech to the consultative body, the king talked about domestic and international issues. In a televised two-minute s

The Dubai Police have arrested a motorist who was allegedly involved in stunt driving in a gas station in Al Aweer area after the video of his action went viral on social media. The video showed him driving his four-wheel Nissan Patrol on two wheels at a gas station taking speedy U-turns close to

RIYADH: Security authorities have arrested 5,013 illegal expats during the month of Safar in Madinah, according to the district police. Madinah police chief Maj. Gen. Abdul Hadi Al-Shahrani said his force arrested expatriates of different nationalities, who have violated the labor and immigration re

RIYADH: Expatriate workers and their dependants with expired re-entry visas seeking to return to the Kingdom can now renew them in their home countries, according to a directive issued by the Saudi Foreign Ministry. “A re-entry visa for all workers and their family members (wives and children) in

JEDDAH: Only 3.11 million Saudis have medical insurance or 30 percent of eligible citizens in the country, while 7.85 million or 79 percent of expatriates have coverage, according to the Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI). With a new company entering the market within the next 90 days

(CNN)Did Kuwait Airways just scrap an entire flight service to avoid carrying Israeli passengers? The airline has this week pulled its connection between New York's JFK airport and London Heathrow after U.S. authorities threatened legal action over alleged discrimination. The U.S. Depart

RIYADH: King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) announced here on Wednesday that officials would no longer check passports at boarding gates to save time and money. This includes all passengers departing on international flights, an official, who did not want to be named, told Arab News on Wednesd

JEDDAH: The Ministry of Labor will launch on Tuesday an e-services website for enterprises on www.mol.gov.sa in order to enable owners and their representatives to create accounts with the ministry to execute a number of online services. Services which can be handled through the ministry's portal a

(CNN)Calling Islamic extremism a disease, Saudi Arabia has announced the formation of a coalition of 34 predominately Muslim nations to fight terrorism. "This announcement comes from the Islamic world's vigilance in fighting this disease so it can be a partner, as a group of countries, in the fig

It was reported that five masked men raided the exchange office at around 4:50 PM  in the morning. The Dubai Police is on the hunt for five suspects involved in an armed robbery of Dh700,000 from a money exchange in Karama. It was reported that five masked men raided the exchange office at a

JEDDAH: Hundreds of Saudi men and women streamed into polling booths on Saturday to cast their votes in the much-publicized municipal elections. There was a festive atmosphere in many districts as voting began at 8 a.m. What started as a trickle in the morning became a torrent after 1 p.m. By the t

JEDDAH: In a shakeup announced on Friday, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman relieved Education Minister Azzam Al-Dakhil of his position and appointed him as an adviser at the Royal Court. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Issa was appointed as the new education minister. The royal decree relieved

The Emirates Environmental Group held the 14th edition of the Clean Up UAE in the beautiful city of Ras Al Khaimah, on December 10 2015. The atmosphere was charged with enthusiasm and motivation as 600 volunteers, equipped with bio-degradable trash bags, cotton re-usable gloves, caps and t-shirt

RIYADH: A report by the American Institute for Economics and Peace stated that Saudi Arabia occupies eighth place internationally in terms of the cost posed to the country by the need to fight violence and terrorism, which is estimated at SR619 billion, according to a prominent security expert. The

Dubai: The path to a healthier life in Dubai continues to widen with the latest series of cycling and pedestrian sport tracks opens on December 6 in Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City – District One. Set within the upscale new community scheduled to open next year in the Meydan area, the new dev

The phrase 'start as you mean to go on' can apply to many areas of life, and on Tuesday it was the basics of road safety which was being drummed into pupils at the Horizon International School in Dubai - right before they got behind the wheel themselves. From fastening the seat belt to