- Middle East
Video: Saudi man honoured for preventing gas station explosion
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has awarded a citizen the King Abdulaziz Medal (First Class) and a Saudi Riyals (SR) one million (Rs 2,33,15,687) financial reward for his courageous act of driving…
- Middle East
UAE: Minor earthquake recorded in Fujairah
Abu Dhabi: A minor earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale struck the Safad area of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday, August 22. The National Centre of Meteorology…
- Middle East
Video: 7-yr-old Saudi boy saved after heart transplant from brain-dead donor in Abu Dhabi
Riyadh: A 7-year-old Saudi boy, Faisal, has been given a new lease on life after receiving a heart transplant from a brain-dead donor in Abu Dhabi, marking a remarkable story of cross-border…
- Middle East
Video: Dubai Airport launches world’s first AI-powered corridor
Dubai: Dubai International Airport (DXB) has launched the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered passenger corridor, enabling travellers to bypass traditional passport control entirely. The innovative system can process up to ten passengers…
- Middle East
Dubai rolls out online licence for int’l visitors to operate vessels
Dubai: The Dubai Maritime Authority (DMA), part of the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC), on Thursday, August 21, launched an online service enabling international visitors to obtain licences to operate…
- Middle East
Three Asians arrested in Abu Dhabi for 377kg crystal meth haul
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police, in coordination with the National Anti-Narcotics Authority, announced on Thursday, August 21, the arrest of a gang of three Asian nationals in possession of 377 kilogrammes of…
- Middle East
Repatriation of mortal remains: Indian consulate in Dubai issues guidelines
Dubai: The Consulate General of India (CGI) in Dubai has issued an advisory for the Indian diaspora in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) regarding the repatriation of mortal remains, warning families against…
- Middle East
Israel launches first stage of Gaza City ground offensive
Tel Aviv: Israel has announced that it has begun the first stage of an ground operations aimed at capturing and controlling Gaza City, triggering a mass exodus of remaining civilians towards the…
- Middle East
Minor earthquake recorded in Oman, no impact in UAE
Muscat: A minor earthquake measuring 2.2 on the Richter scale was recorded in Oman’s Madha region in the early hours of Thursday, August 21, according to the National Seismic Network of the…
- Middle East
UAE-based Indian tycoon Yusuff Ali donates Rs 10 cr for Wayanad rehabilitation
Thiruvananthapuram: United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian businessman and LuLu Group Chairman, M A Yusuff Ali, has donated Rs 10 crore to the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund (CMDRF) to aid families affected…
- Telangana
Mortal remains of Telangana man repatriated from Uzbekistan after 29 days
Hyderabad: After nearly a month of waiting, the mortal remains of Sanga Suresh, a 33-year-old migrant worker from Telangana, finally reached his native village Monday night, August 18. Suresh, from Peda Kothuru…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia launches ‘Nusuk Umrah’ service for foreign pilgrims
Makkah: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Haj and Umrah on Wednesday, August 20, launched the ‘Nusuk Umrah’ service, enabling foreign pilgrims to apply for Umrah visas and book services online directly, without the…
- Middle East
Israeli min puts Gaza destruction photos in prisons to intimidate Palestinian detainees
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has installed large photographs showing the destruction caused by Israeli military operations in Gaza within Israeli prisons, in what appears to be an attempt to…
- Middle East
Video: Tearful graduation ceremony in Gaza for over 1,000 children who lost parents
Gaza Strip: More than 1,000 Palestinian children orphaned by the war took part in a graduation ceremony on Monday, August 18, at Gaza’s Al-Wafaa Orphan Village, with no parents there to applaud…
- Middle East
Video: Saudi poet Saud Al Qahtani dies after mountain fall in Oman
Muscat: Renowned Saudi poet Saud bin Maadi Al-Qahtani passed away on Monday, 18 August, after a tragic fall from a high cliff in Jabal Samhan, located in Mirbat, Dhofar governorate of Oman.…
