Sharjah: More than 300 illegal residents were arrested during June and July as part of a police campaign launched in the emirate to stem loitering in public places, Sharjah Police said. The 370 suspects were of various nationalities. The police said those caught had entered the country illegall

JEDDAH: Several construction firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar are hiring expat workers who failed to legalize their work status in the Kingdom. Several cities in the UAE have benefited from the existence of these laborers-in-limbo thanks to huge, pending mega-infrastructural projec

Dubai: The UAE is free from the Ebola virus and the Ministry of Health (MOH) is taking preventive and precautionary measures in line with the World Health Organisation's (WHO) regulations to keep the disease at bay, according to a WAM report. Dr. Amin Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary of the M

Dubai: Bachelors who share accommodation say that despite being evicted, they continue to dodge municipal rules by relocating to another neighbourhood. According to a 1999 municipal rule, it is illegal for bachelors to share accommodation in family-friendly non-freehold areas. One of the main p

RIYADH: Pilgrims arriving from different countries are being monitored for the Ebola virus at the airports. This was stated by a senior official from the Ministry of Health. “We are checking pilgrims coming on airlines from West and Central Africa, and also from other countries, since pilgrims co

Dubai: Work on phase one of the Dubai Tram project is nearing completion with 11 trams ready to roll out in November. The trams have arrived in Dubai and technical and operational tests are being conducted on a daily basis. Served by seven stations on a 10.6km stretch in phase one, Dub

Abu Dhabi: Three people and two firemen were injured in a fire that broke out on the 17th floor of an Electra Street building in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Residents of the building were able to leave their homes safely. All the injured were treated on site or moved to hospital. The area w

Dubai: The emirate’s street renaming project will be complete by next year as all the main streets have already been renamed, while 50 per cent of the internal streets have also been renamed, Gulf News can reveal. Renaming of streets is part of the new address system which will see Dubai divide

Abu Dhabi: Living in Dubai and claiming house rent allowances from your workplace in Abu Dhabi may not be in line with the capital’s laws, but many are doing just that, XPRESS has found. According to Abu Dhabi’s new regulations, announced in September 2012, all Abu Dhabi government employees ar

JEDDAH: Senior officials from the Labor and Interior ministries held a meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday to intensify the campaign against labor and residency law violators across the Kingdom. An official statement issued after the meeting warned Saudi sponsors and employers against allowing their emp

JEDDAH: Good news for expatriates in the Kingdom. Expats can now renew visit visas for relatives using the Passport Department’s Abshir system. Maj. Gen. Sulaiman Al-Yahya, the department’s director-general, will launch the new service next Monday, said Col. Mohammed Al-Saad, director of public rel

Dubai: Due care needs to be taken when posting or sharing information on social media because rumour-mongering is a criminal offence in the UAE. Under Federal Legal Decree No 5 for 2012 on combating cybercrimes, spreading rumours “damaging social peace and public order” and causing damage to “n

Around 70 Ethiopians escaped from a detention center in Riyadh. “We have arrested 25 of them and the security authorities are in hot pursuit of the remaining detainees,” said Capt. Abdullah Al-Harbi, general director of prisons. According to police, the detention centers are heavily monitored

Abu Dhabi: Effective on Friday, the employment visa for a worker sponsored by governmental bodies will cost Dh200 per year, while the visa charge for workers employed by the private sector or free zones will be Dh250 per year. A new visa fee structure signed by Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bi

JEDDAH: Although Umrah pilgrim quotas for various countries remain reduced this year, including in Ramadan, the flow of visitors to Makkah remained high. The holy city witnessed an increased number of pilgrims from within the Kingdom during the fasting month. The Ministry of Haj has said that ove

A conveyor belt at Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) crashed under the influx of baggage on the first day of Eid, resulting in thousands of passengers having to travel without their luggage. Operations were largely back to normal by Wednesday amid a frenzy of travelers leaving th

Abu Dhabi: A new visa fee and fine structure will take effect from August 1, according to a Cabinet decision published in the latest edition of the official gazette. The new measures will include the issuing of a new array of entry permits and visas, such as multiple entry permits for visit or

JEDDAH: The festive fireworks that mark the beginning of Eid ended in tragedy for a Riyadh family when a 14-year-old boy died on Monday evening trying to burst a firecracker. The latest incident comes among several other firework-related casualties during the Eid holidays. Firecrackers are still