Mobile winch collapses at Grand Mosque in Makkah
MAKKAH 21 May 2018: The General Presidency of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has said that at 14:30 yesterday a mobile winch working in an isolated zone in the premises of the holy […]
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Girl-child used as human shield reunited with family
NAJRAN, Saudi Arabia 21 May 2018: The Spokesman of the Arab Coalition Forces Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Turki Al Malki, has said that on Saturday ‘Jameela’, a 4-year old girl used as a human […]
UAE submits complaint to ICAO over Qatar jets
ABU DHABI 3 April 2018: The UAE has filed a formal complaint with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), following repeated incidents where Qatari fighter jets intercepted Emirati civilian aircraft during regular, scheduled flight paths. […]
Parliament okays fees on remittances by expatriates
KUWAIT 2 April 2018: The Parliament’s financial and economic affairs committee in Kuwait on Sunday approved bills stipulating fees on expatriates’ financial remittances to abroad. Kuwait News Agency (Kuna), quoted MP Salah Khorshed, the committee […]
Qatar jets ‘dangerously’ intercept two UAE planes
GCAA condemns interception over Bahrain air space ABU DHABI 27 March 2018: The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has condemned the reckless manner in which two Qatari fighter jets, dangerously approached two UAE-registered commercial airplanes, […]
Which Mideast city is the cheapest in the world?
DUBAI 18 March 2018: One would have thought of Sub-Sahara or Asia – but it is a city in the Middle East has has earned the distinction of being the cheapest in the world – […]
Qatar speech at UN has many ‘fallacies’ – Quartet
Four countries respond to Qatar’s statement at UNHRC ABU DHABI 1 March 2018: The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt affirmed that the speech made by the Qatari minister of foreign affairs at the High-level […]
Coalition jets launch 68 air strikes against Houthis in 1 day
MOCHA (Yemen) 16 February 2018: The Saudi-led Arab Coalition jet fighters – backed by the UAE Armed Forces – launched 68 airstrikes on military targets and sites belonging to the Iran-aligned Houthi militias in six […]
Kuwait regrets Philippine President Duterte’s remarks
KUWAIT 20 January 2018: Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al Jarallah on Friday expressed regret over the remarks made by the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte regarding the treatment of the Filipino community in Kuwait, said Wam […]
US President Trump renews Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON 13 January 2018: The US President Donald Trump renewed his country’s participation in the Iran nuclear deal on Friday by granting Tehran relief from US sanctions – but his aides said it would be […]