Leading News Source For Middle East
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will resume flights to 20 cities across the world after Emirati authorities opened airports for commercial flights. The regular flights will connect the capital Abu Dhabi to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Read more
A plane chartered by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) landed at Sana’a airport on Saturday with lifesaving supplies to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in conflict-torn Yemen. The UN agency said that the supplies include a range of medical Read more
Qatar has branded “incorrect and baseless” rumors that it is planning to leave the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as the diplomatic feud with Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain will be three-year old next month. “Reports claiming that Qatar is considering Read more
Kuwait’s national carrier, Kuwait Airways is planning to cut 1,500 jobs occupied by expats amid fallout of the covid-19 pandemic, a source told Bloomberg. The source who asked to be named because not allow to speak on the matter indicated Read more
Police in Iran Tuesday arrested a man who surrendered himself after he beheaded his 13-year old daughter in alleged honor killing. The man in northern city of Talesh killed his daughter Romina Ashrafi Tuesday with sickle while she was asleep Read more
Six people were killed on Wednesday in a gunfire battle that opposed two families in the southern part of Saudi Arabia. “Security authorities received a report of shooting between a number of people in Al-Amoah province,” the official SPA news Read more
Humanitarian aid projects to war-torn Yemen are reaching breaking point, and some $870 million is needed to continue giving life-saving assistance to millions of vulnerable people for the next six months, the World Food Program (WFP) warned on Tuesday. The Read more
Saudi Arabia has announced resumption of domestic air traffic for May 31 as the Gulf country is set to ease gradually lockdown measures by the end of this month. Six daily flights will resume in the first phase, state-run SPA Read more
One of Iranian five tankers carrying fuel for Venezuela has arrived safely in the Latin American country despite US threats. FORTUNE moored at the refinery of El Palito, Venezuela, according to TankerTrackers.com. “The Iranian oil/chem Handymax tanker, FORTUNE, which loaded Read more
The wife of Qatari royal Sheikh Talal Al Thani held in prison for seven year, has called for the release of her husband amid covid-19 pandemic spread in the Gulf country. Asma Rayyam said her husband been unjustly and without Read more