Man divorces wife at daughter’s wedding
A Saudi man divorced his wife just a few minutes after the end of their daughter’s wedding, blaming her for the costly party. The unnamed husband waited for the guests to leave at the end […]
Year: 2016
Summer mid-day work ban ends today
A mandatory three-hour mid-day summer break for workers at construction sites and other outdoor places in the UAE and other Gulf oil producers ended on Thursday. More than 100,000 work sites were affected by the […]
Wife divorced from drug-addict husband
A Saudi court sided with a local wife seeking to split from her drug addict husband and agreed to divorce her despite the man’s objection. The woman, in her 20, told court that her husband […]
Woman finds huge killer spiders in banana
A huge spider whose venom is the deadliest in the world was found in a bunch of bananas in from the shop – along with an egg sac with baby spiders crawling out. The Brazilian […]
Filipino music icon Bamboo set for Dubai show
Dubai (UAE): Fresh from recording another series of the hugely popular TV show ‘The Voice Kids’, Filipino music icon Bamboo will return to the Dubai World Trade Centre on October 27 as part of a […]
Majority of Mena employees want to leave jobs
One of the requirements employees in Mena need from their employers is a ‘living allowance’ apart from bonuses and incentives. Randstad Mena in its 2016 Salary Survey analyses the working environment in the Middle East […]
UK ambassador to Saudi converts, performs Haj
Simon Collis has converted to Islam Britain’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia Simon Collis has converted to Islam to become the first UK senior diplomat in the Gulf Kingdom to perform Haj (pilgrimage). Ajel newspaper published […]
3 kids killed by fire they caused in Saudi
Three children were charred to death in a fire that gutted their house in Saudi Arabia and officials said the kids had caused the blaze. A civil defence spokesman, quoted by Ajel newspaper, said the […]
Brangelina heads for divorce but Jennifer Aniston is trending
Hollywood’s first couple is heading for a divorce and Brangelina fans across the world are going crazy. Angelina Jolie filed for divorce on Monday and rumours blamed it on a ‘third person’ but according to […]