The US embassies in Dubai (UAE) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) have alerted US citizens in both countries against potential terror attacks in the Gulf region. In a statement, US mission in Dubai reports that terrorist groups could organize attacks against US citizens in the region are being monitored. The embassy did not name the terrorist […]
A high-profile Emirati poet and former diplomat has said authorities have banned her from traveling out of the country in an apparent connection with her opposition to normalization with Israel. Dhabiya Khamis Al-Muhairi on a Facebook post said she has been prevented from boarding a Cairo-bound flight at Dubai international port. “I am Emirati writer […]
Women and men doing same work in the private sector in the UAE, will get same salary, a decree signed by the President of the Gulf country Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has ordered. The decree notes that the wages or salaries will no longer be determined by gender but by market standards. The […]
Oman is drafting a dress code including jail terms and fines to punish “unethical” dress in capital Muscat. The law, being drafted by the Muscat municipality, will cover public areas in the capital, after complaints from shoppers about immodest dress, Omani daily Shabiha reports. The law will ban sleeveless shirts, mini-skirts, and shorts in public […]
International commercial flights to and from Saudi Arabia will resume from January 1 next year on the condition that all coronavirus-related precautionary measures are followed, state-run news agency SPA has announced. “Completely lifting the restrictions on citizens leaving and returning to the Kingdom, and allowing the opening of ports for the crossing of all means […]
Saudi-led coalition stationed in Yemen has brought down a missile and explosive-laden drone launched towards the city of Najran. The missile was launched by the Iran-backed rebels and was targeting the kingdom’s southern region close to the Yemeni border, the coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki was quoted by state-run TV as saying. The projectile was shut […]
US President Donald Trump Thursday told visiting Iraqi Premier Mustafa Al-Kadhimi he will get international forces stationed in the Middle East country out within three years. “We have withdrawn significantly from Iraq and very few soldiers remain,” Trump said, according to the Iraqi News Agency. “Al-Kadhmi is a man with whom I get along very […]
Israel’s spy Chief Yossi Cohen paid a visit to the UAE, the first such a trip by an Israeli top official as both countries normalize ties. The Mossad Chief was received in Abu Dhabi by Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s national security adviser, Emirati state-run news agency WAM reports. Cohen according to […]
Algeria will increase its non-energy products export to $5 billion next year from current $2 billion, The Algerian President said Tuesday as the North African looks to reduce dependence on energy earnings. The President was speaking at the national conference on the socio-economic recovery plan of the OPEC member country. Algeria is grappling with sluggish […]
A senior member of outlawed Muslim Brotherhood died Thursday in Cairo notorious Tora Prison, from heart attack, reports say. Essam El-Erian has been held in prison and handed multiple sentences for inciting violence following the ouster of the former and first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. Incumbent leader led a military coup […]