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Dubai: Families, bachelors banned from sharing housing units
Abu Dhabi: Dubai has introduced new housing regulations prohibiting families and individuals from sharing the same residential unit. The new rules set by Dubai Municipality under Law No. 4 of 2026 state…
- Middle East
Years of war leave Israel at risk of civil conflict: CIA
Tel Aviv: Israel faces a growing risk of civil conflict and state collapse as political, economic and social tensions deepen ahead of the country’s October 27 elections, according to a classified CIA…
- Middle East
Saudi-led coalition deploys 100 jets, hits 324 Houthi targets
Riyadh: The Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s internationally recognised government said on Monday, October 5, that 100 fighter jets had taken part in the launch of “Operation Dawn of Yemen”, with 324 high-value…
- Middle East
Houthis report 106 Saudi strikes as Yemen govt launches campaign
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi group reported 106 Saudi air and missile strikes across areas under its control over the past 24 hours, as the internationally recognised government launched a military campaign to retake…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia rejects Houthi claim of Riyadh attack as misleading
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has rejected claims by Yemen’s Houthi group that it targeted the Saudi capital Riyadh, describing the allegations as “misleading” and accusing the group of seeking to portray its battlefield…
- Middle East
Smoke seen over Riyadh as fire reported near Aramco facility
Riyadh: Videos circulating on social media showed smoke and flames rising near a Aramco facility in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Saturday, October 3. A Reuters witness also reported seeing smoke and…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia plans Houthi offensive to retake Bab el-Mandeb
Saudi Arabia is preparing for a possible military operation against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement to reverse the group’s recent gains around the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, regional and Western officials told Reuters.…
- Middle East
Resident injured, prayer hall damaged by Houthi missile in Saudi
Riyadh: A resident was injured after debris from an intercepted ballistic missile fell in Ahad Rafidah governorate in Saudi Arabia’s Asir region, the Civil Defence said on Saturday, October 3. The missile,…
- Middle East
Houthis damage Madinah power station serving Prophet’s Mosque
Madinah: A Houthi drone attack damaged a power distribution station in Madinah that supplies electricity to the Prophet’s Mosque, Saudi Arabia’s Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Thursday, October 1. The attack…
- Middle East
Ben-Gvir enters Palestinian prisoner’s cell, vows to kill him
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has published a video showing himself inside the prison cell of Palestinian prisoner Hassan Salameh, whom he threatens to kill and execute. “I want to kill…
- India
Pakistan’s terrorism arguments will not stand: Jaishankar at UNGA
United Nations: India strongly hit back at Pakistan in the UN General Assembly on Saturday, September 26, asserting that arguments by the “serial practitioner of terrorism” to normalise the scourge and claim…
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Indian man killed in Sharjah buried, family demands probe
Mangaluru: The mortal remains of a 50-year-old man from Kundapura, who allegedly died in mysterious circumstances in Sharjah in July, were brought to his hometown and buried on Friday, September 25, with…
- Middle East
Jaishankar meets Jordan, Egypt FMs amid West Asia crisis
United Nations: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar met on Thursday with the Foreign Ministers of two key countries from a region embroiled in crisis, Jordan and Egypt, to review developments in…
- Middle East
Turkiye agrees to withdraw forces from key Iraq military base
Ankara: Turkiye has agreed to gradually withdraw forces from a strategic military base in northern Iraq and hand over its control to the Iraqi government, following a meeting between the two countries’…
- Middle East
Trump backs India-Mideast-Europe corridor amid Iran tensions
United Nations: US President Donald Trump has reaffirmed his administration’s support for the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, presenting the ambitious connectivity project as an alternative route for moving energy and goods across…
