DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The United Arab Emirates said Sunday that its military freed a British hostage who was kidnapped 18 months ago by Al-Qaeda in Yemen, which has expanded its reach amid fighting between Shiite rebels and their opponents. A statement carried by the UAE’s official WAM new

RIYADH: Indonesia’s first Haj group of about 3,500 pilgrims arrived in Madinah on Friday. Tuan Sunarko, charge d’affaires at the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh, accompanied by senior officials from the consulate in Jeddah, welcomed the pilgrims, who arrived at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Internat

Saudi officials have confirmed the death of two pilots in a crash of Apache helicopter in Jizan province bordering Yemen, refusing to announce the cause of the incident. Meanwhile Houthi forces fighting the Saudi-led coalition claimed responsibility for the downing. The two Saudi pilots were ki

TANGIER — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received at his residence in Tangier, Morocco, on Thursday Sheikh Muhammad Bin Rashed Al-Maktoum, vice president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Muhammad Bin Zayed Al-Nahayan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deput

JEDDAH: Members of the public in the Eastern Province have launched a campaign to boycott fish in response to price hikes. The campaign, ‘Let it rot,’ was launched on social networking sites, a local publication reported. Users said that the campaign started on Tuesday and would last for four days.

Women in Saudi Arabia have begun registering to vote in municipal elections, the first time they are able to take part in the electoral process in the kingdom. Women will also be able to stand as candidates in the polls, slated for December. The ongoing voter registration and the planned vote

A case of official corruption involving SR22 million, allegedly committed by the chairman of a committee in Jazan, has been unearthed. The committee was tasked with finding reasons for the delay in salaries of workers whose company had contracts with the Directorate General of Health Affairs in the

JEDDAH: An unmarried woman’s dowry has been officially fixed at SR50,000, while for a divorcee, it would be SR30,000. The move follows instructions from Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is also adviser to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman. The Makkah region’s Twitter account

August 18, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: A delegation comprising of BMJ Eastern Province's newly elected members who have arrived here in Bhatkal for summer vacations, toured various centers and institutions in Bhatkal with the aim of community service. The delegation began t

RIYADH: Three Sri Lankans and an Egyptian were beheaded for murder and armed robbery in Jeddah and the Eastern Province on Monday. According to the Ministry of Interior, the Egyptian was convicted of stabbing and strangling to death a fellow citizen following an argument. The three Sri Lankans wer

JEDDAH: Residents who want to benefit from the government’s low­cost Haj scheme can now register themselves on the localhaj.haj.gov.sa website. Because of the limited quota, the registration should be done early. The process began on Sunday (Dul Qaada 1) and packages available start from SR3,000.

INDUSTRIAL CITY ABU DHABI:  It was a 20 minute visit that will leave a lasting impression for the 300-odd Indian workers who were selected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Industrial City Abu Dhabi (ICAD) on Sunday evening. The basketball court was the venue and the PM casually walked

The historic Saudi-India relationship is now breaking frontiers by opening up new vistas of opportunities for the citizens from the two friendly countries, which is evident from the fact that the Kingdom now hosts 2.75 million plus strong Indian community — the largest expatriate community in Saudi

JEDDAH: Hafr Al-Batin city in the Eastern Province woke up to a rare incident of forgiveness on Wednesday. Baddah bin Rashid Al-Sahli chose to forgive his son’s killer only a short time before the sentence of execution was due to be carried out. Al-Sahli, whose exemplary action received widesprea

Dubai: The Yemeni president has arrived for a visit in the United Arab Emirates, one of the key backers of a Saudi-led coalition attempting to roll back gains by Iranian-backed Houthi milita in the deeply impoverished country. State news agency WAM says exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi arri

JEDDAH: Expat remittances from Saudi Arabia rose by five percent or SR4.1 billion to SR81.6 billion in the first six months of this year compared with SR77.5 billion in the same period last year, local media reported. Expatriate workers in the Kingdom have sent home around SR1.42 trillion in the pa

Tripoli (AFP) - The future of Libya's internationally recognised government was uncertain Wednesday after Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani said he would resign, as fraught peace talks entered a second day. It was unclear whether Thani planned to follow through on his vow, and a government spokesm

ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister made clear that his country’s position on Syrian president Bashar Al Assad remained unchanged on Tuesday during a visit to Russia, a key backer of Damascus. “We believe the question of Bashar Al Assad has been solved. There is no place in Syria for Basha